Sightseeing tours

Krakow offers a lot of in terms of cultural attractions and its surroundings are also worth exploring. We provide transfers for all sorts of sightseeing tours as well as assistance of licensed guides (Polish, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Russian- speaking). We tailor our sightseeing program to your needs and requirements.

- KRAKOW EXPERIENCE: Old Town & Former Jewish District   

Duration: 3-4 hours
Included: English speaking guide, entrance fee to St Mary Church, Old Synagogue Museum, private return transfer from Old Town to Kazimierz

This tour gives the best opportunity to get to know the rich history of Krakow and its’ most interesting monuments. Following the Royal Route we will start our visit by the Barbican and St. Florian’s gate which were a part of the defense system of medieval Krakow and today are the only preserved remains of imposing city walls. A walk up Floriańska street will lead us to the very busy heart of Krakow, Main Market Square, dominated by the Cloth Hall and St. Mary’s basilica, world famous for the masterpiece of gothic sculpture, the main altar made by Wit Stoss in XV century. After visiting the church we will proceed to the university district where we will admire the courtyard of the oldest part of the Jagiellonian University, the Collegium Maius. From here we will proceed to the Wawel Hill where from Krakow’s castle complex overlooks the city. Drive to Kazimierz, former Jewish District takes app. 5-10 minutes and there we continue the visit of Krakow. Kazimierz was the historical center of Krakow’s Jewish religious and social life. Our tour of Kazimierz takes you to the most important places in this area. You will see the places that Steven Spielberg used for his Schinder’s List; it documented their annihilation by the Nazis. You will visit the monuments: the renaissance style Old Synagogue built in the XVc, was the oldest existing synagogue in Europe, the original Remuh Synagogue and Temple synagogues still exist as well as the old Jewish cemetery…

- JEWISH CULTURE VESTIGE   

Duration: 4 hours
Included: English speaking guide, entrance fee to Old Synagogue Museum and Remuh Synagogue, entrance fees to the museum, private return transfer

The tour through Krakow’s former Jewish District and other places connected to Jewish culture, tradition and religion in Krakow. Our tour of Kazimierz that is a historical district of Cracow, best known for being home to a Jewish community from until the Second World War, takes you to the most important places with the renaissance style Old Synagogue, one of the oldest existing synagogue in Europe and the original Remuh Synagogue and Temple synagogues still exist as well as the old Jewish cemetery. You will see the places that Steven Spielberg used for his Schinder’s List. We will continue our tour to Podgórze that is the site which the Nazis chose to be the Jewish ghetto during the II World War and to Płaszów that is the location of the Nazis labour camp. We will finish our tour in the museum located located in the post-industrial Zabłocie district of Kraków, at the administrative building of the former factory of enamelled vessels known as Oskar Schindler’s Deutsche Emailwarenfabrik, with the exhibition that is a story about Kraków and its inhabitants, both Polish and Jewish, during World War Two and also a story about Nazi Germans – the occupiers who brutally disrupted Kraków’s centuries-long history of Polish-Jewish relations.

- WIELICZKA SALT MINE   

Duration: 4,5 hours
Tour includes: private return transfer with English speaking driver, entrance ticket to the Salt mine for group tour with mine’s English speaking guide
Private tour includes: private return transfer with English speaking driver, entrance ticket to the Salt mine for private visit of the salt mine with mine’s English speaking guide

Wieliczka Salt Mine – place, where nature together with a human being created extraordinary attraction in a world’s scale. Magic of underground, saline tunnels and chapels, charming underground lakes, crystal clear fresh air – it has to be seen, felt, lived… Underground escapade changes into a trip to past – we see preserved traces of miners work, we can feel thrill of excitement imagining their struggle with elements, their passions, beliefs… In 1978 the mine was included in the First World List of Cultural and Natural Heritage by UNESCO and in 1994 by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Poland; it was recognized as a Monument of History of the Polish Nation.

- AUSCHWITZ   

Duration: 6 hours
Tour includes: private return transfer with English speaking driver, entrance ticket to the museum for group tour with local English speaking guide
Private tour includes: Return transfer with English speaking driver, private visit of the museum with local English speaking guide

After the World War II Auschwitz has become a symbol of genocide and of the Holocaust. The camp was established by the Nazis 1940, in the suburbs of the city of Oświęcim occupied by the Germans. The name of the city of Oswiecim was changed to Auschwitz, which became the name of the camp as well. At the beginning camp was set up in 1940 for prisoners from Poland but soon the Nazis started to imprison here people from all countries occupied by the Third Reich, to finally become one of the biggest extermination camps for the European Jews, the site of the greatest mass murder in the history of humanity. In 1979 the site of the former concentration camp in Auschwitz was inscribed on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list.

- JOHN PAUL II TRAILS   

Duration: 6 hours
Tour includes: private return transfer with English speaking driver, English speaking guide, entrance ticket to the museum in Wadowice

In the morning we leave the city on board coach to get to Kalwaria Zebrzydowska. Kalwaria came into existence in the beginning of the 17th century. The founder of the town was Mikołaj Zebrzydowski, the Governor of Cracow, who decided to build the Christ Crucifixion Chapel, similar to the church in Jerusalem, in 1601. He invited to Kalwaria the Franciscan fathers and brothers – in Polish called the Bernardines, who had also cared for the holy places in Jerusalem for over 300 years, to look after the holy complex. Following step was the construction of the church and monastery, as well as other chapels and shrines resembling those existing in Jerusalem. Almost as soon as the construction of the church and monastery ended and places for the individual stations of the Cross were nominated, the pilgrims started to flock and take part in the New “Jerusalem” service of the Passion of our Lord according to the ritual laid down by the resident monks. Next proceed to Wadowice, the birthplace of Karol Wojtyła, present Pope John Paul II. Here we will visit the museum located in the house where John Paul II lived. On the back way we will stop in Lagiewniki for visit into the Sanctuary of Got Misericordia, sacred by Pope John Paul II in 2002. The Sanctuary in Łagiewniki is a world centr of that cult. John Paul II was dead in the eve of the Misericordia Holyday.

- CZESTOCHOWA: BLACK MADONNA SHRINE   

Duration: 6-7 hours
Tour includes: private return transfer with English speaking driver, English speaking guide, entrance ticket to the museum and treasury in Czestochowa

Visit the Black Madonna shrine known all around the world for the picture of Our Lady of Częstochowa – the icon of Black Madonna, kept in the Pauline monastery of Jasna Góra. Every year the shrine is visited by 4 – 5 million pilgrims from 80 countries around the world coming here with thanks, pleas, and prayers in difficult and delighted moments. A peculiar religious and social phenomenon on a worldwide scale is foot pilgrimages. From June till the end of September over 200,000 pilgrims come here on foot. The longest pilgrimage routes running across Poland are over 600 km long and it takes pilgrims up to 20 days to cover this distance. We will visit the Basilica, the chapel of the Black Madonna housing the famous icon of Black Madonna and also the Treasury.

- DUNAJEC RIVER RAFTING   

Duration: 8 hours
Tour includes: Return transfer with English speaking driver, English speaking guide, ticket for rafting, entrance fee to Niedzica Castle and church.

For the discerning people the Pieniny Mountains are synonymous with beauty, unspoiled scenery and repose. It is an ideal destination for anglers and kayakers alike, and a paradise for cyclists. This tour is a unique in Europe: we will go for a sailing trip down a mountain river on wooden boats, through the breathtaking Dunajec River Gorge in the Pieniny Mountains. The raft trip down the Dunajec river through the Pieniny Gorge and along the Polish-Slovak border is one of the greatest attractions. Rafting in special wooden boats is an extraordinary experience. These traditional boats are led by experienced raftmen called „flisacy” that guarantee to deliver their cargo safely. The towering cliffs and the limestone rock formations of the gorge itself plus the picturesque mountain scenery, the surrounding national forest and the colorful river guides make for a wonderful day in a pristine and wild environment. After rafting we continues our trip to Niedzica Castle built in XIV century as strategic strongholds high on the cliffs on either side. Niedzica Castle, in a delightful counterpoint, is in perfect condition. On the end we stop in the fascinating, old wooden Gothic church in Dębno Podhalanskie, built in the XV century, it’s claimed to be the oldest surviving wooden church in Europe. The interior is richly decorated by local artists of the period. The church is entered on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List.

- ZAKOPANE   

Duration: 8-10 hours
Tour includes: Return transfer with English speaking driver, English speaking guide, return tickets for funicular

Polish winter capital Zakopane is one of the best known tourist spots in Poland. The town is situated in southern Poland about 100 km from Cracow, near border with the Republic of Slovakia, in the largest mountainous valley at the feet of the Tatras, the highest mountains in Poland (Rysy 2499 m.). The symbol of Zakopane is Giewont with its cross erected over 100 years ago. In winter there are good skiing conditions for beginners and advanced skiers alike. In summer there are challenging hiking routes in the Tatra Moutains as well as walking ones suitable for anyone wishing to take a stroll in one of many picturesque valleys or along the ridges surrounding the town. Upon our arrival we start by a sightseeing tour of Zakopane including a visit to Chocholow – an old mountaineer village, where you will visit a gallery and a woodcarver will show you how to make sculptures in wood. A funicular drive to the Gubałówka hill from where we can admire beautiful views of mountains. Afterwards we will take you to famous Krupowki Street, where you’re bound to come across stands, tables or baskets displaying various – sized brownish forms of what looks like pieces of stained wood that is smoked cheese called oscypek and a visit to Zakopane isn’t complete until you try it.