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Full of historical places, monuments, universities, cultural activities and entertainments
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Cold weather.....!
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A great city....worthy of the WORLD HERITAGE LIST
362 Reviews Most likely the best know feature of Wawel Castle is its fire breathing dragon which sits below the castle walls along the edge of the Visla River and in front of its dragon CAVE. If you want to know more about this Polish legend - http://culture.polishsite.us/articles/art292fr.htm Another...
117 Reviews If you are well aware of what happened under the Nazi regime in the countries invaded by Germany you might opt for an individual visit. Just buy a small booklet with the maps of the blocks-barracks to visit in Auschwitz I and in Birkenau. The summary description of this 24 pages guide is sufficient...
78 Reviews "The salt was worth more than silver" Legend says that when the Hungarian Princess Kinga (Kunegunda in Hungarian ) went to marry with the ruler of Krakow, she wanted to give the Poles something unknown, so she threw her ring into a salt well , and when she came to Wieliczka , she ordered to make a...
The Market Square (Rynek Glowny)
176 Reviews Adam Mickiewicz is generally regarded as the greatest Polish Romantic poet. There are statues and monuments to honour him all over Poland as well as over the Slavic and Baltic states. Even streets are named after him. He was born near Nowogrodek in nowadays Belarus, on December 24, 1798, and died in...
205 Reviews It was the first church built in the district of Kazimierz on the fourteenth century that later during the siege by the Swedes in Krakow it was used as the headquarters of King Gustav. The building is of brick, very austere and calls your attention when you enter the wealth that has its baroque...
2 Reviews and 356 Opinions I had an excellent stay at Cracowdays in September 2011. I got an email from them less than an hour...
38 Reviews As soon as I entered Ariel, I was charmed by the atmosphere. A small gift shop at the front of the restaurant offers a nice assortment of gifts, soulvenirs and post cards. The food and service were excellent. The art work exhibited on the walls here is quite good. They encourage you to come in...
15 Reviews Don't recall if we had read about the Bar Mleczny here in Krakow or if one of the VTers from the meet pointed it out, but along with Chiara and Alex we decided to try it out. We found this one in the old city center of Krakow. Bar Mleczny I was told means "milk bar", now we did not see any milk, but...
In Kazimierz - around Plac Nowy
21 Reviews There seemed to be plenty of locals and it seemed like every 3rd person was on a laptop! Mixture of geeks, students and tourists taping away on their keyboards. Seemed like this place was an 'any time' of day place and pretty laid back. French and Brazilian music make the place even more...
9 Reviews This place is just off Starowislna, at it's junction with Sienna. There are several sections within this club, each playing different kinds of music, so there will always be something playing for everyone! The decor is very funky, with a lot of space to sit down, as this place is very big from...
62 Reviews While in Poland we travelled between Warsaw and Krakow by train. Before traveling, I searched the Polish Rail website for info about timetable and prices. There are several trains a day between Warsaw and Krakow, the journey takes about 3h (no stopping train). However, I noticed there were...
42 Reviews Wieliczka Salt Mine, few kilometers outside Krakow are visited by millions of visitors every year! If you are in the city, the cheaper and easy way to get them is to take the n. 304 bus from from Dworzec Glowny Zachod. There's an easy bus stop close to Bagatela Teatr on Juliana Dunajewskiego...
73 Reviews The Cloth Hall (Sukiennice) is siad to have been the first shopping mall in the world. Nowadays it functions as a kind of market for tourists. All kinds of Polish crafts and souvenirs are available here. The original Cloth Hall was built in the 14th century, but destroyed by fire in the 16th...
16 Reviews Galeria Krakowska situated alongside the Railway station has everything to offer with upmarket shops, eateries, WC,s and a Carrefore store. Don't leave krakow without trying one of the unbelievable yummy ice cream dishes available at the 4D ice cream eatery - very reasonably priced. Amber jewellery...
4 Reviews You will notice people walking around eating a long sandwich covered with pasta sauce and cheese. In actuality, it is a baguette, split in half. cooked in the over until the cheese is melted. Here it's called ZAPIEKANKA, you can get it from any street vendor. you can get it in all different...
7 Reviews Wieliczka caters to about 1 000 000 tourists a year (thats a VERY large amount) - during the summer months they average about 6000 tourists a day... by my rough calculations that equates to about 75-100 people per tour. Way too many for my liking! Go in Winter - we were there in January, and our...
10 Reviews You can`t buy tickets to football matches or even enter the Cracovia football stadium without identification cards. These cards are free. You can get the identification cards at Cracovia headquarters. For identification card you need also a photo. The headquarters are open from Monday to Friday...
3 Reviews We are really lucky here in Krakow that the closest ski slopes are only 40 minutes driving from the city. They also have lights and are open till 10 pm or even longer if there are at least 5 skiers on the slope. One of the places that are not too far from Krakow is Spytkowice. It's on the way to...
41 Reviews The originally Gothic WAWEL CASTLE or ZAMEK WAWELSKI, was built by Casimir II the Great and consisted of a number of structures situated around the central courtyard. The Gothic structures were severely damaged in a fire in 1499. It was rebuilt in the 15th century in a Renaissance style as it is...
The Market Square (Rynek Glowny)
38 Reviews If you read about the Market Square in the web sites I have added here you will undestand why this is the premier meeting point for locals and visitors alike. You have some wonderful vendors stalls over the weekend that sell all sorts of local products, from candy to honey or even carvings. There is...
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Q: Is the stadium open for visits in May? If not - is the stadium store open for visits in May? Is there a bus that gets there?...

A: Hy. I found something in the Polish website version. You can reach the stadium by Tram: Lines 15 or 18 to the “Reymana” stop on al. 3 Maja near the entrance to sectors...
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