GET TO KNOW KRAKOW
Krakow at a glance
Before you decide on what to do in Krakow, get started with an introduction to the city. Probably the most Polish city in the country, Krakow in all i...
1FEATUREDKrakow's public transport system
Krakow is a compact city, with all the main sights easily accessible on foot, but should you need to take public transport its bus and tram network is...
2FEATUREDKrakow-Balice Airport
John Paul II International Airport (Krakow-Balice), around seven miles west of the city, has been in a continual state of modernisation since Poland j...
3FEATUREDStare Miasto
With its narrow winding streets, stunning gothic townhouses and innumerable little churches, Krakow's Stare Miasto is the exemplary European Old Town.
4FEATUREDNowa Huta
The eastern suburb of Nowa Huta ("new steelworks"), with its monumental socialist realist architecture, could hardly be more different to the ancient ...
6FEATUREDKazimierz
The area of Kazimierz, to the south of the Old Town, was something of a neglected slum until a few years ago when the students, artists and intellectu...
7FEATUREDPodgórze
A ghetto for Polish Jews during World War II, Podgórze is currently experiencing a small revival, leading some to dub its pretty central square and ex...
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