Kraków, PolandKraków, Poland

Kraków Guide - City Map - Top Attractions - Accommodation

Kraków is a city alive with character and soul.

For centuries Kraków was the capital of Poland, the seat of kings, drawing great scholars and artists from the whole world. No longer the seat of government, Kraków nevertheless represents all things Polish, connecting tradition with modernity. In the special atmosphere of the beautiful and mysterious streets of the Old Town and Kazimierz you will find everything you need to allow you to escape from everyday life.

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Grand Square
Kraków's central square, the largest of medieval European cities, is arguably one of the world's most beautiful plazas. It boasts a plethora of landmarks and myriad restaurants, clubs, and cafes.

Wawel Royal Castle
Home to three dynasties of Poland's monarchs, its stately halls and exquisite chambers are filled with priceless art, fine period furniture and rare ancient objects.

Wawel Cathedral
Poland's impressive national shrine shelters plenty of superb church art. Among its 18 chapels are true architectural masterpieces. Most Polish kings and their family members are buried here, together with the greatest national heroes, poets, saints and bishops.

Cloth Hall
The world's oldest shopping mall has been in business for 700 years.

Basilica of the Virgin Mary
The immense Gothic church, Kraków's principal temple since the 13th century, shelters the world's greatest Gothic sculpture among its many excellent works of art.

Kanonicza Street
Kanonicza Street used to constitute the last and most glorious part of the Royal Road, leading from the main city gate to the central square to the Royal Castle. Lined with stately, mostly Renaissance houses, it is arguably one of Europe's finest streets.

Day Trips from Kraków

Auschwitz-Birkenau
Take a tour out to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, the site where so many Nazi atrocities took place.

The Wieliczka Salt Mine
A subterranean world of labyrinthine passages, giant caverns, underground lakes and chapels with sculptures in the crystalline salt and rich ornamentation carved in the salt rock. For 900 years the mine has been worked, producing 200 kilometers of passages as well as 2,040 caverns of varied size.

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Sky Hostel
Dunajewskiego 6
Kraków 31-133
Poland

A popular destination for backpackers, Sky Hostel is located across the street from the Old Town, just 2 minutes walk from the Main Square. The hostel offers a wide range of rooms, breakfast included and they can organise local tours to Auschwitz, Birkenau and Salt Mine in Wieliczka.

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Prices: Dorm Rooms from 8.00 Euros; Private Rooms from 9.50 Euros.

Directions: From airport take bus no. 192 and get off on PLAC INWALIDÓW STOP than walk up Karmelicka street and turn right in Dunajewskiego St. We are no. 6. From the Main Square go down Szewska Street, walk for about two minutes and turn right to Dunajewskiego street. You will see big YAMAHA sign from the distance. The entrance to the building is signed with our logo.