Warsaw

While it's a major attraction, you must go up to the large terrace on the 30th floor of the Palace (at a height of 114 m). From here you can admire the most gorgeous panoramic view of Warsaw. — Afar Magazine

Monuments and memorials can be found throughout Warsaw, but one of the city’s most memorable is the Warsaw Uprising Monument. — U.S. News & World Report

The former palace of King John Sobieski III, a baroque-style property built in 1677, now welcomes visitors to explore its royal apartments, chapel, library and galleries. — U.S. News & World Report

The amount of material is impressive, though not overwhelming: you can easily spend a half-day at the museum with or without the navigation help of an audio-guide. — Fodor's

For a kid-friendly attraction, try this over-the-top, fully interactive, push-the-buttons-and-see-what-happens science museum. — Lonely Planet

The highlights of the ‘Castle Tour’ include the Great Apartment and its magnificent Great Assembly Hall,. — Lonely Planet

The section opened to the public is the grounds of the Museum Pavilion-X, formerly the prison for Polish insurgents. Stenciled on the wall by the cell entrances are names of famous inmates. — Frommer's

Warsaw's Old Town is one of Europe's most extraordinary feats of reconstruction. — Concierge

As Poland's biggest contemporary art gallery, this is the best place to see exhibits by young Polish artists, as well as those of foreigners. Admission on Thursdays is free. — Afar Magazine

Precious collections of ancient and medieval art, Polish art from the 16C to the 20C and decorative arts. — Michelin Guide

The Old Town is one of Warsaw's finest architectural triumphs, but above all it is a poignant reminder of the desire of the Polish people to regain their lost honour following on from the Second World War. — Michelin Guide

Several monuments between Anielewicza Street and Stawki Street are worth looking out for. — Michelin Guide

Contains the body of a Polish soldier brought from the eastern battlefields of the Polish–Soviet war of 1919–20. — Fodor's

This neo-Classical building was built for King Stanislas II Augustus Poniatowski. — Michelin Guide

This is a cemetery with graves from before the war along with memorials to those exterminated and also to a Polish doctor who saved Jewish children but sacrificed himself in the process. — Afar Magazine

In the courtyard of this building on Sienna Street...are the only two surviving fragments of the infamous wall built by the Nazis to close off the Warsaw Ghetto in November 1940. — Fodor's

Situated in the town centre, opposite the evangelical church, the Ethnographic Museum offers a rich collection of exhibits representative of Polish crafts and folklore. — Michelin Guide

Standing in the middle of a square, Plac Trzech Krzyzy, this church was built in 1818 in honour of Tsar Alexander I of Russia, also King of Poland. — Michelin Guide

On the market square at the heart of the Old Town, Warsaw's History Museum traces the entire history of what is today capital of the Polish Republic. — Michelin Guide

The heart of Poland's most famous composer, Frédéric Chopin, is immured in a pillar inside this baroque church. — Fodor's