Everyone should visit Krakow at least once in their lifetime. Nothing can prepare you for the unique barrage of sights and sounds of Krakow.
Hackney carriages, majestic castle, breathtaking river ... few cities in the world can project such strong and romantic images you can enjoy with your second half,your friends or by yourself.
The Royal Castle on Wawel Hill
A few hundred metres from the Market Square stands the Royal Castle on Wawel Hill. The Wawel cathedral has witnessed royal coronations and funerals. Every visitor to Krakow should see the cathedral, the Renaissance cloisters of the castle and the beautiful royal chambers,decorated with
tapestries manufactured by Flemish masters.
The Main Square and Cloth Hall
Krakow's Rynek Glowny is one of the largest Medieval squares in Europe. It is dominated by the Sukiennice, the arcaded Renaissance cloth hall that stands in the centre, crowned by an elaborate attic construction. The lower part of the building still serves as a market, selling traditional Polish crafts,
and the upper floor is devoted to an exhibition of 19th-century Polish painting. On the southern side is the copper-domed Kosciol sw Wojchiecha (St Adalberts Church), Krakows first church. The Ratusz tower, with its Baroque spire, is all that remains of the 14th-century town hall after it was demolished in 1820.
St. Mary's Church
This landmark church can be found in the north eastern corner of the Main Market Square. After the Tartar invasions of the 13th century left the original church occupying this site in a heap of ruins, construction began on St. Mary's using the existing foundations. The most famous of all the monuments
here, and understandably so, is Veit Stoss's extraordinary altar-piece.There is a live bugle call every hour to honour the legend of the bugler shot in the throat with an arrow during a Tatar invasion.
Kazimierz
The Kazimierz quarter was the centre of Jewish religion, culture and learning and the home of the city's large Jewish population before the war. Badly damaged during the Nazi occupation, today it has been. Its renewed interest was brought about by Spielberg's film Schindler's List that was set in
Kazimierz, and the Jewish culture of the area is being livened up by art galleries, kosher restaurants and specific cultural events. The Jewish area of Kazimierz is the site of a handful of synagogues and other important monuments, such as the cemetery.
Golf Car Sightseeing Tour
Visit the most essential spots of Krakow with an audio guide.
From£20 (VAT included) per person depending on the number of participants
Bike City Tour
Cycling is an enjoyable way to get around and an excellent way to get fit and stay healthy. Why not to combine sightseeing with relaxation?
£20(VAT included) per person including equipment
Nowa Huta
Nowa Huta occupies a unique place in the glum roll-call of communism. Just 10 miles from the centre of charmingly medieval Krakow, it is the only example in Eastern Europe of a town built from scratch by Stalinist central planners. Nowa Huta, which at its peak housed 200,000 people, was designed
around a mammoth steel works, now known as Huta Sendzimira. Its arrow-straight boulevards fan out uniformly from a central square, in what its designers explicitly planned as a socialist realisation of the ideals of renaissance architecture. East German Trabant will take you to the places in Nowa Huta which will stick in your mind for a long time.
