Kraków Trip Overview
Get to the most important places of Krakow’s Old Town and Jewish Kazimierz in a comfortable and eco-friendly electric vehicle, regardless of the weather and physical condition.
See the top destinations of Krakow, most of which are on the UNESCO world list. The view of the bustling Main Market Square with the Cloth Hall and St. Mary’s Church, Wawel Castle, narrow medieval streets with city gates or the atmospheric corners of the Jewish district with synagogues will be remembered for a long time.
Leave the golf cart at the Schindler’s Museum and visit it with a professional guide! Although it is associated with the name of a German entrepreneur who saved many Jews thanks to his employment in his factory, the main topic of visiting the museum is the fate of Krakow and its inhabitants during the Nazi occupation.
See this amazing interactive exhibition that really leaves no one indifferent.
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Duration: 4 hours
Starts: Kraków, Poland
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Kraków, Małopolskie, Poland
Get to the most important places of Krakow’s Old Town and Jewish Kazimierz in a comfortable and eco-friendly electric vehicle, regardless of the weather and physical condition.
See the top destinations of Krakow, most of which are on the UNESCO world list. The view of the bustling Main Market Square with the Cloth Hall and St. Mary’s Church, Wawel Castle, narrow medieval streets with city gates or the atmospheric corners of the Jewish district with synagogues will be remembered for a long time.
Leave the golf cart at the Schindler’s Museum and visit it with a professional guide! Although it is associated with the name of a German entrepreneur who saved many Jews thanks to his employment in his factory, the main topic of visiting the museum is the fate of Krakow and its inhabitants during the Nazi occupation.
See this amazing interactive exhibition that really leaves no one indifferent.
Pass By: Muzeum Krakowa – Barbakan, ul. Basztowa, Krakow 30-547 Poland
See the oldest representative streets of Krakow leading from the city walls and medieval gates to the market square and the royal castle. Keep your eyes on the remains of the city walls and towers, with the most famous and recognizable Barbican
Pass By: Krakow’s Rynek Glowny Central Square, Rynek Glowny, Krakow Poland
The main square of the city is a treasure trove of history. Each tenement house here deserves attention as an architectural gem and a silent witness to the events from years ago. The most visited monuments are the Cloth Hall, St. Mary’s Church, Town Hall, St. Wojciech. The largest place in Europe at any time of the day is bursting with life, which sometimes freezes only for a moment to listen to the sound of a trumpet playing the city signal – hejnal
Pass By: Jagiellonian University Museum Collegium Maius, ul. Jagiellonska 15, Krakow 31-010 Poland
Krakow is the oldest academic city in Poland and one of the oldest in Europe. Therefore, we are not surprised by the presence of ancient university buildings near the Main Square. Driving through the academic quarter, you will hear interesting facts about the life of former students in Krakow.
Pass By: Wawel Royal Castle, Wawel 5, Krakow 31-001 Poland
The limestone hill rising above the Vistula River is the former center of power, the legendary (associated with the mythical founder of Krakow and his descendants) and historical: princely, episcopal and royal. Wawel is a complex of castle and sacred buildings – a symbol of the city, but most of all a museum presenting the most valuable monuments of Polish material culture.
Stop At: Kazmierz The Former Jewish District, Szeroka 24, Krakow 31-053 Poland
Once independent, the city situated south of Wawel was the hub of Jewish life in Kraków for centuries, and today it is one of the greatest tourist attractions of the city
Stop At: Szeroka Street, ul. Szeroka, Krakow Poland
Szeroka Street is the heart of Jewish Kazimierz. Let a testimony to its significance be the fact that four synagogues used to stand on the street, which was unheard of anywhere else in Europe
Stop At: Muzeum Krakowa – Stara Synagoga, ul. Szeroka 24, Krakow 31-053 Poland
Standing on Szeroka Street Street, known not only as the stage of the final concert of the Jewish Culture Festival but also as the centuries-old centre of Jewish life in Kazimierz, is one of the oldest synagogues in Poland preserved in such a good condition
Stop At: The New Square, Plac Nowy, Krakow Poland
Plac Nowy, today a popular meeting place and festival venue, was once known as Plac Żydowski (Jewish Squre). In 1900, a circular pavilion was erected in the middle of the square, with small grocery and butcher shops, and a fast-food bar with delicious casseroles, famous today in Krakow. On weekdays, the square is filled with stalls selling vegetables and antiques. On Sunday mornings it turns into a busy clothing market. The whole square is surrounded by cafés and pubs popular in the city, which on warm summer nights spill over the square and form one giant beer garden.
Stop At: Church of St. Joseph, ul. Jana Zamoyskiego 2 Podgorze, Krakow 30-523 Poland
The parish church of St Joseph is a distinctive, widely recognisable sites of devotion.It dominates over the surface of the Podgórze Market Square, a central point of the town which only in the 20th century was incorporated to Cracow.
Stop At: Ghetto Wall Fragment, Limanowskiego 62 In the Schools Playground, Krakow Poland
A small fragment of the original wall around the former ghetto, preserved to our times, with a plaque commemorating the fate of the inhabitants
Stop At: The Ghetto Heroes Square, Plac Bohaterow Getta, Krakow Poland
Situated in the Podgórze district, which in 1941 was turned into the Krakow Ghetto, the former Plac Zgody [Concord Square] was designated ‘Umschlagplatz’ under the Nazi occupation, the place where the Jews had to congregate to be deported.
Stop At: Muzeum Krakowa, oddzial Fabryka Emalia Oskara Schindlera, ul. Lipowa 4, Krakow 30-702 Poland
During the tour and thanks to it:
– You will learn facts from the history of World War II through their impact on the everyday life of ordinary people in multicultural Krakow.
– You will see the real headquarters of Deutsche Emailwarenfabrik and hear about its owner, Oskar Schindler – an entrepreneur, known from the Oscar-winning Spielberg film, who saved many of his employees from inevitable death.
– The heroic deed of Oskar Schindler resembles his office, happily preserved in the factory administration building, which houses a symbolic “ark of survivors” made of thousands of pots, like those made by his employees during the war.
– Thanks to the modern multimedia installation, you will walk along the cobbled streets of the city, enter the photographer’s atelier, look at the hairdresser, get on the tram, as well as see a typical apartment in the Jewish ghetto, and then find yourself with its inhabitants in the Płaszów camp…
and more
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
