Tours of the City
Cracow’s Old Town is compact and easy to wander around but a guided walking tour will enrich the experience. Guide Cracow (tel: (012) 422 2851; website: www.guide-cracow.pl) offer a wide selection of tours on foot, tailored to suit a variety of interests, from architecture to literature and famous people. Seasonal tours are also available. Wedrowiec (tel: (012) 292 72 75; website: www.wedrowiec.krakow.pl) and Jan-Pol, Westerplatte 15 (tel: (012) 411 9964; website: www.janpol.com) also offers guided tours of the old town.
Cracow Tours (website: www.crakowtours.pl) organise various bus trips to the most popular sites within and near Krakow, including daily city tours, Jewish Krakow, Wieliczka Salt Mine, Auschwitz, and even a day trip to Zakopane. Stay Poland (tel: 022 829 4072; website: www.staypoland.com) offers 12 thematic tours of the city, including royal Krakow, legendary Krakow (recommended for families) and papal Krakow.
Boat tours on the Vistula River offer great views of Wawel Castle; and the caf on the boat is a delightful place to relax. Departures are from south of Wawel (near the Most Grunwaldzki) from May to September.
In season, Rynek Glowny is overrun with horse-drawn carts (dorozkis), brought in to please the tourist masses. Trotting across the cobbles, though, is something of an essential experience for first-time visitors. A relatively new sight on Cracow’s streets are the glorified golf carts that now ferry visitors around the Old Town, Wavel Castle, Kazimierz and Skalka Monastery. More information from Jordan Information Centre (tel: (012) 421 2125).
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Tours of the City