Visit Kraków

A wonderful city. There is a lot to see, especially a lot of space for walks. There is everything, starting with nature, i.e. parks, river, castles, ending with the old town, its architecture and various pubs. Here you can find nature and peace or a lot of movement and noise. It depends on what you choose.

Vitalijus G Lithuania

One of our favourite cities. Beautiful architecture, friendly people and delicious restaurants. Lots to do as a family with three teenagers. Can be as budget friendly as you want it to be. Easy and economical to reach from the airport via the bolt or Uber App. Plenty of organised trips to Auschwitz-Birkenau/ zakopane and locally to the Jewish quarter via electric buggy. We travelled on one for 10 people which was idea for about £20 each. We did a bakery lesson at a local bakery for the national Bread snack which worked out about £8 which was really good fun. A trip to the wax museum is a must. The charm is how bad it is! The admission price reflects the quality of the wax works.

Julie United Kingdom

make sure if you cross the "bridge of locks" DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT walk on the side with the locks, as it is the cycle lane. we never even noticed the cycle sign, and got fined by the police for our mistake. 50 zlotys each, there were 3 of us, not a very nice welcome to first time visitors to the country. Having your passports taken while they check you out through Interpol and then made to watch other "locals" walk the same path, only to go about their merry way, was not good. "we don't have time to make people stand in line while we finish with the previous offenders" was the answer the cop gave me when I pointed out the other people crossing. You would think it was one rule for locals and another for gullible tourists. When we had finished our tour of the Oskar Schindler museum we went back and crossed the bridge again, this time on the pedestrian side, no cops about this time and quite a few people walking on the other side, looking at the locks and taking photos, just as we had done. It left a sour taste and made me consider whether I would ever return to the country again. at nearly 60 years old I have travelled extensively around the world, both when I was in the merchant navy and since, but this is the first time I have ever had to deal with this kind of red tape. You would think they could at least have had the decency to point out our error and said not to do it again. They were quite abrupt especially when they told me that if I had caused an accident to a cyclist I would be responsible for all their costs etc. It certainly spoiled what otherwise was a nice trip. Auschwitz tour is a not to be missed experience and the salt mine tour was very impressive, generally the people are very friendly, costs were reasonable, plenty to see if you are into wandering about, but beware of over zealous cops, this was a better money earner than speed cameras are at home!!

gary United Kingdom

Karaoke is a small city and it’s easy to get around. You can walk from the castle to the central main square in around 10 minutes. You also have the tram, taxi service etc to help get further afield such as the Jewish quarter and ghetto. Beautiful city filled with churches and historic buildings. Warm climate from the spring through summer and lots to see. Main sights include Wawel Castle, Old Town Square, Jewish quarter & ghetto. We also arranged day trips to Auschwitz and the Salt mines.

Andrew United Kingdom

The city is beautiful and very interesting to visit. Sometimes we had difficulty finding places to eat as the main square restaurants were quite expensive. We also found that at the majority of food places it was not possible to remove certain items of food from a dish. Travelling with 2 children this was abit problematic. There are trams for public transport which run very frequently but you have to be quick on and off. Use Apple Maps to find your way with the trams. You get the hang of it quite quickly. We booked the auschwitz tour through get your guide which was great as we had transfers included (1.5 hours from krakow to auschwitz). It did get moved from 10am until 12:30pm due to over booking on the tour. But it is very sad but so interesting and educational. Plus we got to pay our respects which was why we originally wanted to go. Most people did speak very good English and we had minimal communication issues. The main downside for me is that my disabled mother who uses a wheelchair, did struggle. Most shops have 2 or 3 steps into them, they do not run flush with the floor. Drop Kirbs still have a considerable lip to get the wheels down. Tram tracks in the road were also difficult to get over at times with a wheelchair.

Adele United Kingdom

Our first time in Krakow and I must say it was a wonderful city, the people were really friendly and all we encountered spoke good english or at least had an understanding, beautiful architecture, great night life, fabulous restaurants and the best bit was being so cheap and inexpensive to eat and drink, I was slightly concerned with getting around using busses and trams because the signage is quite difficult to understand, but a friend advised me to use the Bolt app for taxis which proved to be a god send

Derek