Full day tour from Warsaw to Krakow

Being from Warsaw in the third generation I did not forget about the most beautiful polish city – Krakow.

I invite you for a walking & driving tour around the Krakow Old Town and former Jewish district in Krakow – Kazimierz. During one day you may visit two monumental complexes entered into the first World Heritage List by UNESCO. I would meet you at the hotel in Warsaw we will catch a train or we may drive to Krakow by my car – see the itinerary below.

As we arrive at Cracow 4-hour walking tour around Krakow begins. During this Cracow guided tour I would show you the whole beauty and magic of the former capital of Poland.

Itinerary:

Royal Route in Cracow

Our tour starts in front of the main gate – St Florian’s Gate which leads us to the center of the city. The medieval defensive walls – Barbican are well preserved and they have remained up till now in their original form. Via Floriańska Street – a part of the Royal Route – we get to the Main Market Square which is the heart of the city. It used to be a commercial, administrative and religious center of Krakow, so that is why today we could admire the most important buildings – the Renaissance Cloth Hall, the medieval Tower of the Town Hall and the Gothic church of Saint Virgin Mary – the famous for the biggest medieval wooden altar sculptured by Wit Stwosz between 1477- 1489. On the way to Wawel Hill we will pass through the University District which is one of the oldest universities in Europe founded in 1364 by king Casimir the Great . At last but not least, we reach Wawel Hill, one of the most important places in Krakow, where You will admire Wawel Castle and the Cathedral-both were built at the very beginning of the existence of the Polish state – in the 10th century. Krakow’s Cathedral used to be a coronation and burial site for Polish kings from the 14th to 18th centuries and a national pantheon.

The Wawel Royal Castle, rebuilt by Italian artists Niccolo Castiglione and Mateo the Italian in the 16th century, holds a unique collection of 16th-century Flemish tapestries.

Jewish prewar district- Kazimierz and Podgórze District Tour

The Jewish population had played an important role in the Kraków regional economy since the end of the 13th century, granted the freedom of worship, trade and travel by Boleslaw Pious the duke of Greater Poland issued already in 1264. Kazimierz, as the town founded by king Casimirus the Great in the 14th century, was originally a Christian city. By the end of the fifteenth century, Jews had been expelled. Before the Second World War Cracow was an influential center for 69,000 Polish Jews. The Krakow Ghetto was formally established on 3 March 1941 in the Podgórze district, not in the Jewish district of Kazimierz.

During that driving & walking tour You will have a chance to see all seven of Kazimierz’s Synagogues, one of them active and connected with a Jewish Cemetery. Then the route will lead us to Podgórze District, the location surrounded by buildings that witnessed the Holocaust. You will explore the Schindler’s Factory and the remnants of the Ghetto’s wall from the World War II period.

Itinerary:

Remuh Synagogue with the old Jewish cemetery
Wolnica Square (old meat market)
Progressive Synagogue (Tempel)
New Square with former Ritual Slaughterhouse for poultry
Sites from the Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List
The building that used to be a Ritual Bath
Former main ghetto square
Remnants of the ghetto wall
New Jewish Cemetery on Miodowa Street
Schindler’s factory – „Emalia” (optionally)

Duration 1,5 – 2 hours

Summary:

Option 1 – By train: Duration: 9-10 hours. Price for the tour is 300 Euro excluding entrance fees

Train ticket 62 PLN per person- app. 16 Euro per person one way

THE GUESTS WILL COVER ALSO MY TRAIN TICKETS!!! TICKETS NEED TO BE BOOKED 30 DAYS BEFORE DEPARTURE

OTHERWISE, THE PRICE WILL BE APP. 160 PLN PER PERSON ONE WAY!!!

ENTRANCE FEES:

Mariacki Church 15 PLN app. 4 Euro
entrance to one of the Synagogues 10 PLN app -2,5 Euro
Schindler’s Factory „EMALIA” in Krakow – REGULAR 32 PLN app. – 7 Euro – Concessionary 24 PLN – APP. 6 Euro

Option 2 –By car: Price 500 Euro per tour.

Duration 12 hours –price including the return to Warsaw by car.

Other entrance fees:

Mariacki Church 15 PLN app – 4 Euro
Wawel Royal Castle – (THAT’S AN OPTION- IF YOU NEED GUIDED TOUR YOU NEED TO PAY ALSO FOR INTERNAL GUIDE SERVICES – PRICE DEPENDS ON THE ROUTE INSIDE THE CASTLE MORE INFO HERE – https://wawel.krakow.pl/en/hours-tickets-reservations-luggage )
entrance to one of the synagogues 10 PLN app. -2,5 Euro
Schindler’s Factory „EMALIA” in Krakow 32 PLN app. – 7 Euro plus 170 PLN for guiding service led by an internal guide