Gdansk’s role in world history includes the island where WWII began, the shipyard where the Cold War erupted, and Solidarity Square and the heart of the working person’s fight for freedom. The Old Town was nearly destroyed during the war; but its bright-colored houses and mansions of Polish merchants and nobility have been recreated. Your private tour visits the magnificent 12th-century Oliwa Cathedral and its famed organ with 5,100 pipes. Conclude your visit in the form Town Prison, now the Amber Museum.