Gdansk Guided City Cruise on Historical Polish Boat: Uncover Hidden Gems and Historical Sights

Explore Gdańsk’s hidden gems on a historical Polish boat. Cruise through the Old Town, uncovering ruins, water gates, and iconic landmarks.

Duration: 1 hour, 10 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Gdansk Shipyard - The cruise starts from the post-shipyard area - from the former Imperial Shipyard, where the production of u-boats took place. And right next to the existing shipbuilding industry - characteristic Gdansk cranes, specialized ships, exclusive yachts and a unique industrial atmosphere.
  • Motlawa River Embankment (Dlugie Pobrzeze)
What's Included
  • Blanket
  • Guide
Additional Information

Experience Gdańsk through a river viewpoint, aboard the replica of a 400-year-old Polish river boat. This cozy, wooden 12-seat boat will take you to locations unreachable to larger ships, offering an intimate, distinctive experience. Depart from the historic areas of the Gdańsk Shipyard, once a site of work for approximately 18,000 employees and closed…

Location
Yard.Cafe
Dokowa
Our marina is located on the Imperial Dock (former shipyard area), look around for the red containers with the Yard Cafe sign. There are maps and stumbling blocks with directions on the Dock. The entrance to the pier is by the Yard Cafe, a parking fee of PLN 4 per hour or PLN 18 for 24 hours.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Jacob_m
Aug 26, 2025
Loved it - I set this up as a surprise for my girlfriend who absolutely loved it. It's not a very long tour but it shows you some of the best views of the city. The guides were very knowledgeable and provided a lot of history on the trip
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Hilarymm3052tp
Aug 21, 2025
Great experience! - This was informative and fun. Our guide was competent and made the tour interesting. We would highly recommend this as an unforgettable experience to enrich your appreciation for Gdansk.
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Maddin73
Aug 19, 2025
Great, interesting and entertaining tour - Great tour of Gdansk with lots of interesting info, the tour guide was very nice and told a lot about the history and development of the city.
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Jenny
Aug 19, 2025
Delightful cruise with surprises. - This was a lovely cruise from near the shipyards and onto the city centre, then around the canals. It was fascinating. We would never have known about the canals if not for this trip. The guide was fabulous, we loved her stories and sense of irony/ humour. It's a very pleasant way to see the buildings up close. Plenty of time for photos. We did take a taxi from our hotel to the start point, there is a simple but adequate cafe and toilets( not that clean but it is a dockyard) there. When the cruise was nearing completion,they allowed us to get off closer to the old town which was so convenient as we then wanted to walk to St Brigid's church and it wasn't that far away. We found a gorgeous cafe on the waterfront there and ate delicious food. The cruise worked out at around $35 Aus dollars each which was perfect. It was over an hour. Great skipper, great guide!
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Donmp778ey
Aug 18, 2025
wow just do it - i don't think many other guided boat tours will show you as much, and we were able to exit the tour near the city center rather than go back to the launch point, that really worked out, great ride also, felt safe the whole tour..
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Natalie_e
Aug 17, 2025
Relaxing and Enjoyable - 10 times more fun than I expected it to be. I don’t remember our guide’s name, but he was English speaking and so entertaining and funny. The cruise was enjoyable and relaxing and entertaining though, I’m not sure how much was factual. Wish I would’ve done this activity earlier on my trip and would highly recommend this to anyone staying in Gdansk!
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Chrillekrull
Aug 16, 2025
Professional and fun - Professional, fun guide with lots of info, safe to ride with. Cozy to see Gdansk from the canal. Got good info about the city and why some things look like they do and are located where it is.
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Annepaudiemorrissey
Aug 12, 2025
Enjoyable boat trip - We both really enjoyed this boat trip. The only negative was some rude people behind us talking out loud when we were trying to hear our guide… thank goodness they finally quieted!😅 We recommend this boat trip👍
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Travel17813
Aug 12, 2025
Scenic Sightseeing Tour of Old Town Gdansk - The large tour group was separated out into 5 smaller boats with about 10-12 passengers with our own skipper and tour guide…an excellent & incredibly scenic way to get to explore old town Gdansk and its history.
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Nicolasp1763
Aug 26, 2025
Interesting but too much money talk - Our boat trip offered a truly liquid perspective of Gdańsk’s magnificent skyline, a view my teenager and I genuinely appreciated. It was a priceless experience, or so we thought until the captain’s narration began. We were hoping for tales of amber-clad merchants, stoic shipbuilders, or perhaps a ghost or two from the Hanseatic League. Instead, we received a masterclass in aquatic real estate. The charming canal-side crane wasn’t a historic relic but a "prime example of waterfront loft potential." The beautiful, old granaries were not storehouses of history but "a golden opportunity for high-yield investor conversion." It was a fascinating, if slightly surreal, tour where the rich history of Gdańsk was measured purely in square meters and rental income. We disembarked feeling slightly more educated on the property market, and with the distinct impression that the city’s most celebrated current isn’t the Motława, but cash flow. A unique, if not exactly romantic, voyage into the heart of modern maritime ambition
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From $22
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).