The town's fall in year 1237th At that time, on the banks of the river Elbląg fortified castle founded by the Teutonic Knights. Around the castle built commercial settlement. In 1246 years, it received city rights Lübeck. In Elblag was the seat of the national champions of the Teutonic Order.  

In the fourteenth century city was an important port, belonged to the Hanseatic League. The wealth of the former Elbląg evidenced by the results of the excavations carried out in the Old Town. Archaeologists bring out thousands of amber, ceramics, glass, metals, etc. An important date in the history of the city was his accession in 1440 years to the Prussian Union. After the Battle of Grunwald in 1410, The citizens of Elblag was paid tribute Polish king Wladyslaw Jagiello giving him captured's castle. However, it was the room Torun Elblag in 1466 became part of the Polish state. After the partition of Polish Elblag in 1772 he was drafted into the Prussian state. In 1945, the city returned to Polish. As a result of the war Elblag was destroyed in about 65 per cent. Particularly affected the Old Town. Old houses lay in ruins. Other, damaged, demolished. Most previous Elbląg left the city. After the war the city was rebuilt, in the Elblag is a lot of interesting places that are worth seeing, the most important of them is the min.

Restored old town with historic urban layout, bailey, the monastery and hospital, with characteristic path Ecclesiastical Elblag, with a team of reconstructed houses, this is the place that every tourist should visit.

Sigismund Augustus boulevards on the river Elbląg - a place where we should be sure to finish off, here actually begins Old Town.

Cathedral Church. St. Nicholas is one of the oldest sacred buildings in Elblag. The raw, Gothic interior of the church can experience the breath of the past.

Market Gate in Elblag is one of the most distinctive and recognizable landmarks Elblag. Fourteenth-century building was in the past no longer exist fragment miasta.Została defensive walls built in the fourteenth century, as part of the city fortification system.

In the Elblag is a commercial port, marinas, so we can sail the river Elbląg in the Vistula Lagoon, then further to Kalingrad. Through the Jagiellonian Canal will affect the Nogat or we can sail on lakes Drużno, then further along the Elblag Canal in the direction of Ostróda and Iława. Those who have more time can take a trip by hydrofoil to Kalingradu.