Kraków Trip Overview
Many of Krakow’s most famous communist artefacts are alive and well. Hop in your Trabant with your guide and travel back in time as you cruise through the city in a car manufactured by the Eastern Bloc. Head to the Nowa Huta district, famously known as the city’s communist enclave. Learn the history behind the neighbourhood that was Stalin’s ‘gift’ to Krakow. Hop out to wander the labyrinth of tenements, designed to be a model communist city. Hear the stories of life behind the Iron Curtain as you explore the epicentre of Poland’s resistance movement. This revolution led to the eventual overthrow of the communist government.
The ‘Communism Tour’ was featured in BBC’s ‘Palin’s New Europe’ series and covered by many international TVs and newspapers.
To upgrade your tour, select the 4-hour Deluxe option. It includes a visit to the original Cold War bunker at the former Lenin Steelworks and a lunch in an old-school ‘Milk Bar’ canteen.
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Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Kraków, Poland
Trip Category: Tours & Sightseeing >> City Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Kraków, Małopolskie, Poland
Many of Krakow’s most famous communist artefacts are alive and well. Hop in your Trabant with your guide and travel back in time as you cruise through the city in a car manufactured by the Eastern Bloc. Head to the Nowa Huta district, famously known as the city’s communist enclave. Learn the history behind the neighbourhood that was Stalin’s ‘gift’ to Krakow. Hop out to wander the labyrinth of tenements, designed to be a model communist city. Hear the stories of life behind the Iron Curtain as you explore the epicentre of Poland’s resistance movement. This revolution led to the eventual overthrow of the communist government.
The ‘Communism Tour’ was featured in BBC’s ‘Palin’s New Europe’ series and covered by many international TVs and newspapers.
To upgrade your tour, select the 4-hour Deluxe option. It includes a visit to the original Cold War bunker at the former Lenin Steelworks and a lunch in an old-school ‘Milk Bar’ canteen.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Restauracja Stylowa, osiedle Centrum C 3, 31-929 Kraków, Poland
Refreshments in an old-fashioned restaurant. Our local, laid-back Crazy Guide will show you old pictures and explain the history of the Nowa Huta district.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Plac Centralny im. R.Reagana, Kraków, Poland
Sightseeing walk through Central Square. Houses built in the Renaissance style of the Soviets. This unique project was meant to be a model Communist city.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: F.H. “CEPELIX” S.C. Sklep z art. rękodzieła ludowego i artystycznego oraz pamiątkami, Osiedle Centrum B 1, 31-926 Kraków, Poland
A small exhibition of real-life Communist items in the local 1950s shop.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Policealna Szkoła Zawodowa Centrum Nauki Biznesu i Administracji w Krakowie, Klatka B, Ujastek 1/Budynek S, 31-752 Kraków, Poland
Stop at the entrance gate and famous administrative buildings of the former Lenin Steelworks.
A guided visit to the original Cold War ‘Head Command Post’ bunker (the crisis management shelter). (Deluxe option only)
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Museum of the Armed Act, osiedle Górali 23, 31-961 Kraków, Poland
Stop to take a picture in front of the Soviet IS-2 tank from WW2.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Bar Mleczny Centralny, osiedle Centrum C 1, 31-929 Kraków, Poland
Lunch in an old-school ‘Milk Bar’ canteen. (Deluxe option only)
Duration: 30 minutes
