We are looking forward to our Rick Steves 10-day tour of Poland beginning September 13. We are arriving in Gdansk a day early, and since we don't meet the group until evening, we have almost the entire day to ourselves in Gdansk. Does anyone, especially those who have done the Rick Steves tour, have suggestions about how to spend the day in Gdansk before meeting the tour? We don't want to repeat what the Rick Steves tour will do, which includes a half day in the old town. We are not really interested in museums, but we do like biking. Has anyone done biking in or around Gdansk? Thank you!
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Hello, just looking at the itinerary on the RS website, it looks like the tour omits some interesting sites in Gdansk, like the Museum of the Second World War (widely considered as the best) and Westerplatte Battlefield (where WWII started).
However if a leisurely time maybe with a bike ride is what you are after may I suggest checking out the Baltic coastline. Just north of the city you have beach resort towns like Sopot and large ones like Gdynia.
Gdynia has a wonderful beach side esplanade that goes for a few km following the coastline, very popular with locals.
Sopot is closer at only 45 min from Gdansk center via local commuter train. Sopot is a charming turn-of-the century seaside resort town, a favourite of the German Kaiser Wilhelm II.