Things to Do in Krakow
• Get fast-track entry into Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau with pre-booked tickets, saving valuable time.
• Traverse the haunting remnants of original barracks, gas chamber ruins, and stand before Auschwitz's iconic main gate, soaking in the weight of history.
• Opt for ticket options including last-minute English guided tours, and the flexibility to choose a guide in your preferred language.
• The infamous sign at the Auschwitz gate, ‘Arbeit Macht Frei’ (Work Sets You Free), was made by prisoners who subtly sabotaged it, inverting the 'B' as an act of defiance.
Welcome to the tour of the old town!
On this free tour you will discover the history and culture of Krakow. We will share with you the secrets and legends of this beautiful ancient city. Together we will know the most important and most beautiful places such as:
- the Basilica of Santa Maria
- the market square
- the municipal theater
- the barbican
- the medieval wall
- the Cloth Hall
- the Jagiellonian University
- and at the end the Wawel castle and... the Krakow dragon!
• Explore winding tunnels, vast chambers, salt-hewn chapels, crystal-clear underground lakes, and intricate carvings along the official tour route.
• Hear stories from your expert guide 135m underground, like how miners once held ballroom dances in the salt-carved chambers!
• Headsets ensure you catch every detail as you wander through this UNESCO-listed marvel.
• Customize your experience with a guided tour in the language of your choice, including convenient hotel transfers or pick-up from a designated meeting point.
Welcome to the heart of Krakow, where history, culture, and beauty intertwine. The Old Town that survived the Second World War pulsates with the ambiance of the days when it used to be the capital of Europe’s largest country. Join us for a tour of a city that hasn’t changed much since the Middle Ages to find out why it was included on the first-ever UNESCO Heritage List!
Explore the Royal Route:
As you follow the Royal Route, you'll pass by breathtaking landmarks, including the magnificent Wawel Castle, the awe-inspiring St. Mary's Basilica, and the bustling Main Market Square. Each site holds a piece of the city's story, and our expert guides will bring those stories to life, adding the precious context of the history and culture of Poland.
Cultural Hub:
Krakow's Old Town has long been a cultural hub, hosting artists, scholars, and leaders from across Europe. We will show you where to look to find traces of the city in its heyday in the 15th and 16th centuries, when Copernicus himself walked these streets.
A UNESCO World Heritage Gem:
The Old Town & the Wawel Castle are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and for a good reason. Its charming streets, stunning architecture, and rich history make it one of Europe's most well-preserved and cherished destinations.
A Unique Experience:
What makes our Old Town tour truly exceptional is the depth of insight you'll gain. We don't just show you the sights; we provide context, stories, and a genuine understanding of this extraordinary place.
On this 2h 30 minutes’ FREE Walkative! TOUR you will see:
- medieval city walls and the Barbican
- Main Market Square with the Cloth Hall
- St Mary’s church with its famous trumpeter
- Collegium Maius, the oldest building of the oldest university in central-eastern Europe
- Archbishop Palace and John Paul II “papal window”
- Wawel Hill with the Cathedral and Castle’s courtyard
- Wawel Dragon
- and much more…!
ℹ️ ⚠️ ATTENTION - booking rules
Please note that our free tours are designed for individual travelers and small private groups only. Hence, we do not accept parties of 8 or more people on regular free tours and guides have the right to deny participation to such groups. If you travel in a party of 8 or more please book a private tour in advance.
If you show up at the meeting point with the bigger group our guide will ask you for the payment (18 eur/person) before the tour or cancel your reservation on the spot. To confirm your reservation please arrive 10 minutes before starting. We can not guarantee participation when you will be late.
Please note that multiply bookings (under different names) for 7 people who belong to one group will still be treated as one organized group and the guide has the right to deny participation to such parties.
The tour operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately. If the tour takes place outside and the weather conditions may pose a threat to the life and/or health of the participants, the Guide has the right to shorten or end the tour.
This policy is implied in the best interest of our individual visitors.
Please respect our rules.
• This landmark was a former enamelware factory run by the German Oskar Schindler, who saved the lives of more than 1000+ Jews.
• It now has immersive exhibits on Krakow under Nazi occupation, including personal belongings and photographs of Jewish citizens and the Barbakan defense structure, a medieval remnant.
• Walk through rooms that inspired the movie “Schindler’s List,” gaining insight into the city’s Jewish community and wartime resilience.
• Upgrade for a guided tour to uncover personal stories, rare artifacts, and the impact of Schindler’s heroic actions during the Holocaust.
• Enhance your visit with a walking tour of the Jewish Ghetto, led by a live guide sharing firsthand accounts and hidden history.
• Alternatively, opt for a combo tour with the UNESCO-listed Wieliczka Salt Mine, complete with transport, headsets, and a professional guide.
Jews who in the Middle Ages were persecuted in Western Europe began to settle in Kazimierz, soon this city became a place of Jewish prosperity. It is here that synagogues can be found, picturesque streets in which the hustle and bustle of Jewish life prevailed before the holocaust of World War II.
See Poland's oldest synagogue, tour "Schindler's List" filming locations, learn who Ashkenazim and Sephardi are, meet some of the Polish Jews who went down in history.
This tour ends in the heart of the old Ghetto, in the Plaza de Los Heroes del ghetto a few meters from the Oscar Schindler Factory.
Join us for a 2:30 hour tour where we will discover the Jewish heritage in Krakow, learn about its traditions and iconic characters who created Jewish history in Poland.
• Enjoy prompt and comfortable round-trip AC transfers from Krakow, ensuring a seamless journey, and uncover intriguing details from your expert guide.
• Walk through Auschwitz I's brick barracks, Block 11's torture chambers, and Auschwitz II's concentration camp, each echoing grim tales from the past.
• Did you know? The Auschwitz I camp was originally constructed to hold Polish political prisoners. It was only later that it became a center for the extermination of the Jews.
Poland was once a home to one of the largest Jewish communities in the world and a center of this thriving civilization was Kraków. Its historical Jewish district is a jewel of Jewish art and architecture. A place where 7 ancient synagogues, that amazingly survived the destruction of World War II and the Holocaust, stand witness to the test of time.
During our tour we will discover the historical context of the local Jewish community, talk about the death and destruction of World War II but also witness the amazing Jewish culture’s revival in contemporary Kraków. Present-day Kazimierz, a historical Jewish district is also a cultural heart of the modern city of Kraków and home to a small but vibrant Jewish community. Join our tour and get ready for a deeply moving and fascinating history!
ℹ️ ⚠️ ATTENTION - booking rules
Please note that our free tours are designed for individual travelers and small private groups only. Hence, we do not accept parties of 8 or more people on regular free tours and guides have the right to deny participation to such groups. If you travel in a party of 8 or more please book a private tour in advance.
If you show up at the meeting point with the bigger group our guide will ask you for the payment (8 eur/person) before the tour or cancel your reservation on the spot. To confirm your reservation please arrive 10 minutes before starting. We can not guarantee participation when you will be late.
Please note that multiply bookings (under different names) for 7 people who belong to one group will still be treated as one organized group and the guide has the right to deny participation to such parties.
The tour operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately. If the tour takes place outside and the weather conditions may pose a threat to the life and/or health of the participants, the Guide has the right to shorten or end the tour.
This policy is implied in the best interest of our individual visitors.
Please respect our rules.
• Choose a guide in your preferred language (English, German, Polish, Spanish, French, or Italian) for a deeper understanding of the Holocaust, ensuring no context is lost in translation.
• Your guide provides insight into this complex figure, revealing his motivations, contradictions, and backstory, while leading you through a recreated Jewish ghetto, permanent exhibitions, and key film locations.
• Spend more time exploring and less time in lines with priority entry, and discover the stories behind each exhibit that you might miss on your own.
• Upgrade with a visit to the Podgórze Ghetto to witness the cramped and harsh living conditions endured by Jews under constant threat during WWII.
At first glance Kraków is charming and beautiful but there are things that lurk beneath the surface. Things that do not come out until it's dark. And so we will meet them when darkness covers the city streets. This will be time for us to tell the city's most sinister secrets and stories. You will learn about the most notorious ghosts, monsters and serial killers, you will get to know the life of a medieval executioner and the tools he used to extract confessions from villains. There will also be stories of forbidden love and terrible punishment. Join us to get to know the dark side of Kraków!
ℹ️ ⚠️ ATTENTION - booking rules
Please note that our free tours are designed for individual travelers and small private groups only. Hence, we do not accept parties of 8 or more people on regular free tours and guides have the right to deny participation to such groups. If you travel in a party of 8 or more please book a private tour in advance.
If you show up at the meeting point with the bigger group our guide will ask you for the payment (18 eur/person) before the tour or cancel your reservation on the spot. To confirm your reservation please arrive 10 minutes before starting. We can not guarantee participation when you will be late.
Please note that multiply bookings (under different names) for 7 people who belong to one group will still be treated as one organized group and the guide has the right to deny participation to such parties.
The tour operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately. If the tour takes place outside and the weather conditions may pose a threat to the life and/or health of the participants, the Guide has the right to shorten or end the tour.
This policy is implied in the best interest of our individual visitors.
Please respect our rules.
• Skip the ticket line and enjoy included transportation and entrance fees for a seamless trip from Krakow.
• Hear captivating tales of miners and Princess Kinga, whose lost ring was found in the salt, shared by expert guides in the Wieliczka Salt Mine.
• Admire salt-carved chapels, crystal-clear lakes, and ornate sculptures lit by chandeliers in vast, awe-inspiring underground halls.
• Choose options with hotel pickup and drop-off or a local guide in your preferred language for extra comfort and ease.
Are you ready to embark on a journey back in time to one of the most intriguing and little known periods of Krakow's history? Join us for our Communist Krakow tour that is taking place in the heart of Nowa Huta, a district designed and built as an ideal communist city and discover the fascinating story behind it!
Step into the Past:
Nowa Huta means the "New Steelworks." It was a remarkable experiment in urban planning and a symbol of Poland's post-World War II industrial growth. Built during the communist era, this district was envisioned as a model city that would reflect the principles of socialism (not to mention its huge role in Joseph Stalin’s propaganda and totalitarian dictatorship). The tour takes you through the story of Nowa Huta's creation, its significance during communism, and its transformation into a thriving neighborhood, which today, surprisingly, has so much to offer.
Unique Insights:
- Explore one of only two still existing ideal communist cities in the world! Get a chance to see the representative parts of Nowa Huta – monumental Central Square and the Avenue of Roses.
- Enter the ‘Ark of Lord’ - one of the most architecturally unique churches you will ever see, a symbol of spiritual resistance of Catholic workers against the communist party.
- Reveal the story of a heroic struggle of Polish workers, initiators of great strikes and protests that eventually started the fall of a Communist Block, and the beginnings of the biggest social movement of all times – Solidarity.
- Experience the everyday life of Nowa Huta, a district unspoiled by mass tourism, which is still under heavy influence of the Communism period and the nostalgia of its heroic past.
Unearth the Hidden History:
Our expert guides will lead you through the streets of Nowa Huta, showing you its unique architecture, monuments, and stories that still echo with the ideals and struggles of the past.
ℹ️ ⚠️ ATTENTION - booking rules
Please note that our free tours are designed for individual travelers and small private groups only. Hence, we do not accept parties of 8 or more people on regular free tours and guides have the right to deny participation to such groups. If you travel in a party of 8 or more please book a private tour in advance.
If you show up at the meeting point with the bigger group our guide will ask you for the payment (18 eur/person) before the tour or cancel your reservation on the spot. To confirm your reservation please arrive 10 minutes before starting. We can not guarantee participation when you will be late.
Please note that multiply bookings (under different names) for 7 people who belong to one group will still be treated as one organized group and the guide has the right to deny participation to such parties.
The tour operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately. If the tour takes place outside and the weather conditions may pose a threat to the life and/or health of the participants, the Guide has the right to shorten or end the tour.
This policy is implied in the best interest of our individual visitors.
Please respect our rules.
• Get priority entry to Schindler’s Factory, and listen to stories of Oskar Schindler’s legacy and the real events that inspired “Schindler’s List.”
• Walk through Podgórze’s historic streets and discover moving memorials like the 68 Empty Chairs in Heroes’ Square.
• Explore the pharmacy “Under the Eagle,” a key site for Krakow’s wartime Jewish community. Spot the still-standing part of a wall that survived destruction of WW2 damage.
• Your guide plays a key role in demonstrating the connection between Jewish life at the factory and the Ghetto, and how the community's personal and professional lives were at stake under Nazi occupation.
• To understand the full gamut of Jewish experience, upgrade for a walking tour of Kazimierz district, the 'rich' quarter of the Jews before they were displaced to the Ghetto under Nazi occupation.
Just 20 minutes from Krakow’s Old Town lies a quiet, often overlooked area where unimaginable cruelty once unfolded. This is the site of the former Nazi German concentration camp KL Plaszow — a place of forced labor, brutality, and death for thousands of Jews and Poles during WWII.
This 2-hour walking tour offers more than dates and facts. Through the voices of survivors — their memories, stories, and testimony - we bring you closer to life in the camp: daily struggles, small acts of resistance, and the terrifying presence of SS guards and commanders, including the infamous Amon Göth. You'll learn what prisoners remembered most — about hunger, fear, moments of hope, and the people who held power over life and death.
Though no original buildings remain, your guide will help you imagine the layout of the camp and understand its significance — not just as a historical site, but as a place of remembrance. When parts of its story were portrayed in Schindler’s List by Steven Spielberg, the full truth we will discover by visiting the real location, not just the movie plan.
