The '''Old City''' of '''Krakow''', referred to in Polish as ''Stare Miasto'', forms the historical kernel of this vibrant Polish city and is the first target for most travellers to the city, with regard to accommodation, eating out, entertainment, and attractions.

Understand

Orientation

The area of the Old City is bounded by the ring of lightly-forested parkland, known as the Planty, that used to mark the Old City walls and moat. The Wawel, the long-fortified hill at the southern end of the Old City, overlooks the River Vistula, and forms an integral part of this district. The centre of the Old City (and of Krakow itself) is the Rynek Glowny (the Main Marketplace) from which all the main streets radiate.

See

Major attractions

  • Wawel Castle". ttp://www.wawel.krakow.pl/emenu.htm. Wawel is the name of a lime hillock situated on the left bank of the Vistula at an altitude of 228 metres above sea level. This is a symbolic place of great significance for Polish people. The Royal Castle and the Cathedral are situated on the Hill. Polish Royalty and many distinguished Poles are interred in the Cathedral and royal coronations took place there. It's considered to be the most beautiful castle in Central Europe, besides the Hradcany in Prague.

  • Sukiennice. loth Hall. ynek G?owny 1-3. ttp://beta.muzeum.krakow.pl/About-the-museum.61.0.html?&L=1. Sukiennice was built in the early 14th century in the middle of the Main Market as a trading hall in Gothic style. It got its present Renaissance look in 1555. In the 19th century, it was turned into a museum. The first floor was used for great banquets. Nowadays, souvenir shops are there.

  • '''Town Hall Tower''' was once a part of the big 13th-Century Gothic-Renaissance Town Hall on the Main Marketplace. The town hall was destroyed by the Austrians in the 19th century after they took control of Krakow. Currently a museum is in the tower. You have a nice view of the city from upstairs.
  • Barbakan". Barbakan was built in the 15th century as the biggest European defense building of its kind. The Gothic Barbakan was meant to defend the Florian Gate from attacks of the Osman, which were thought to attack Central Europe after conquering Constantinople and the Balkans in the late Middle Age.

  • '''Florian Gate''' is the only part of the town where ancient walls have survived. It consists of four towers and the arsenal and gives you a good idea of what the five kilometers of walls around the Old City looked like in the Middle Ages.
  • Squares

  • Rynek G?owny. ain Marketplace. ttp://www.krakow-rynek.pl/v1/. A fine medieval square at the heart of the Old City, currently being repaved and beautified, festooned with churches, restaurants and bars. It is the biggest medieval marketplace worldwide with more than four hectares of area and twelve streets beginning here.

  • '''Maly Rynek''' (''Little Marketplace'') ? A fine, recently renovated medieval square east of the Main Marketplace.
  • '''Plac Mariacki''' (''Mary_Ls Square'') ? A fine medieval place east of the Main Marketplace, connecting it with the Little Marketplace. It was a cemetery in the Middle Ages, but is now a charming and quiet place with the Sculpture of a medieval Cracovian Student.
  • '''Plac Wszystkich Swietych''' (''All Saints_L Square'') ? The name refers to the Gothic All Saints' Church that stood there until the 19th century. Actress Helena Modrzejewska and writer Joseph Conrad lived in houses at this square. There are two beautiful Gothic churches, the St. Francis and the Dominicanus, at its west and east end.
  • '''Plac sw. Marii Magdaleny''' (''St. Mary Magdalene Square'') ? A fine square in the center of Okol, the oldest part of the Old Town just under the Wawel. The early baroque St. Peter and Paul Church and the Roman St. Andrew Church are there. In the middle stands the column of Piotr Skarga.
  • '''Plac Szczepanski''' (''Stefanus Square'') ? The name refers to the Gothic Stefanus Church that stood there until the 19th century. The secession Palace of Art and Old Theatre are there.
  • '''Plac sw. Ducha''' (''Square of the Holy Spirit'') ? The name refers to the Gothic Holy Spirit Church that is located on the square. Also the beautiful 19th century Slowacki Theatre is situated there.
  • Palaces

  • '''Palace Biskupow Krakowskich''', Franciszkanska Street 3. (''Palace of the Bishops of Krakow''). This is a Renaissance palace with a beautiful yard. It is world famous as the home of Pope John Paul II. He has lived there since 1963 as bishop/cardinal of Krakow. After he became pope, he always stayed at the Palac Biskupow Krakowskich while in Krakow. His small talks from the window with the Krakowians are very famous. Often one can find a candle in the window and many candles and flowers under it.
  • '''Palace Erazma Ciolka''' (''Palace of Erazm Ciolek'').
  • '''Palace Sztuki''' (''Palace of Art'').
  • '''Palace Wielkopolskich''' (''Palace of the Wielkopolski'').
  • '''Palace Zabarskich''' (''Palace of the Zabarski'').
  • '''Palace Pod Baranami''' (''Palace Under the Lambs'').
  • '''Palace Pod Krzysztofory''' (''Palace under the Krzysztofory'').
  • Churches

  • Wawel Cathedral. The Cathedral was built around 1,000 A.D. in preromanesque style and destroyed several times. It is now the third cathedral since 1322. For more than 1,000 years of its existence, the cathedral was surrounded by chapels, founded by members of the ruling dynasties, bishops, and some magnate families. In the 17th century, the cathedral was fenced in by a wall with three baroque gates. As a result, the original Gothic cathedral has been largely overshadowed. The facade is hidden behind two late Gothic burial chapels. The Sigismund Chapel is capped with a gold leaf dome designed in 1517 by Bartolomeo Berecci. The Vasa Chapel is a replica of the Wawel cathedral. The more modest chapels of the bishops Padniewski, Zadzik and Zaluski are the most famous. The interior of the cathedral was changed in the 17th century, when a series of triumphal arches was built along the main axis and the St. Stanislaus confession was built by Jan Trevano in 1620 in the crossing. It has a form of a dome based on four pillars spanning over an altar with a silver coffin of St. Stanislaus.

  • St. Mary's Church. The first St. Mary's Church was built in 1220. The facade consists of two unequal towers. The tune (hejnal) is played from this tower every hour and on Polish Radio at noon. Inside the church, the east wall is taken up by the altar of Veit Stoss (1477-89). It is the largest piece of medieval art of its kind. There is also an altar with a stone crucifix by Veit Stoss. The wall paintings are by Matejko, Wyspianski, and Mehoffer.

  • St. Albert's Church. One of the oldest churches in Central Europe. History of the first wooden church on this site dates from 10th century. It is said to have been built by a pagan cult. Holy Adalbert preached before his missionary expedition to Prussia in the late 10th century. It was rebuilt in the 11th century in Romanesque style and enlarged in the 17th century in baroque shape.

  • St. Peter and Paul Church. The oldest baroque building in Poland. It was built in 1597 by Jozef Britius for the Jesuit Order and completed by Jan Trevano. The stone facade is based on the Roman church Il Gesu.

  • St. Ann's Church. This church was built in the 14th century and rebuilt in 1407 in Gothic style. It served as the University Church. It was rebuilt in baroque style in 1689 by Tylman from Gameren modeled on S. Andrea della Valle in Rome. The corpus of the church was composed of a wide main nave with three pairs of side chapels. The holy professor of theology Jan Kanty is buried there. His baroque grave is one of the most beautiful in Central Europe.

  • St. Andrew Church. This is the best example of the Romanesque style in Poland. It was built in the 11th century by Sieciech, palatine of duke Wladyslaw Herman. The fortifying character of the church is visible and the church was the only place the Krakowians could flee successfully when the Tatars conquered Krakow in 1241. Two beautiful slim Romanesque towers are covered with baroque helmets and the interior is baroque, too.

  • St. Gile Church. This church was founded in the 11th century by Duke Wladyslaw Herman as a votive offering for the birth of their son. It was later rebuilt in the Gothic style at the end of the 13th century. The Holy Mass is offered in English on Sundays at 10:30AM.

  • St. Trinity Church. St. Trinity Church, a Dominican church, was built in 1222 in Romanesque style (the refectory still is). It was rebuilt as a three-aisled basilica in the second half of 14th century and the 15th century. It is filled with a countless number of tombs and the set of burial chapels of the 16th and 17th centuries was second only to the Wawel Cathedral necropolis. The great fire of 1850 destroyed much of the church. There is an amazing late 14th century stone portal richly ornamented with carved floral motifs located here.

  • St. Marc Church. This was founded in the second half of the 13th century by Duke Boleslaw Wstydliwy. On the wall of the apse stands the sculpted group Golgotha. Inside the church is a rococo pulpit with a worth seeing cross.

  • St. Thomas Church. Built in 1618, this church was constructed in early baroque style for the Carmelichans. Later, it was used by the nuns of the hospital of the Holy Ghost.

  • Holy Cross Church. It was constructed in 1186. The oldest part of the church is a stone presbytery, while a brick part of the construction dates from the 15th century. The interior is very beautifully decorated with wall paintings dating back to 1420, like 'The Agony in the Garden' in the chapel and a wonderful Gothic palm vault which is based on only one very high pillar.

  • '''St. Martin Church''' ? This church was raised in 1637 in Baroque style for the Discalced Carmelite nuns, but is now a protestant church. The Gothic crucifix above the altar is one of the oldest in Poland.
  • '''Pijary Church''' ? Built in 1718 by Kasper Bazanka, the late baroque shape of the facade was made by Franciszek Placidi in 1759. It was based on the Il Gesu church in Rome, but aiming to enhance the frontal effect the architect added a decorative top story and flattened the divisions of the elevation.
  • '''St. John's the Baptist and St. John's the Evangelist Church''' ? It was built by Piotr Wlast from Skrzynno in the 12th century in Romanique style. In the 17th century, the church was altered in Baroque style. The high altar contains a Renaissance painting called "The Mother of God redeeming the Slaves".
  • '''St. Francis Church''' (Franciscans) ? Founded in the first half of the 13th century in Romanique style. In the 15th century, the church received its final Gothic form. In 1850, the grand fire of Krakow destroyed much of the church. The reconstruction and redecoration took several dozen years. The present secession interior was made by Stanislaw Wyspianski. The most authentic part of the church is the northern elevation of the transept, surviving almost intact in its 13th century form. A place of special beauty are the Gothic cloisters surrounding the rectangular viridarium, dating mostly from the first half of the 15th century.
  • '''St. Barbara Church''' ? Founded in the 14th century by Mikolaj Wierzynek as a gothic grave chapel, it was remodeled in the early Baroque style in 1583. It housed a famous Jesuit college which competed with the Krakow Jagiellonian University. Next to the main entrance is the Gethsemane, a complex of stone sculptures by Veit Stoss.
  • '''Reformatory Church of St. Casimir''' ? Built in 1666, together with the monastery in baroque style. In the crypta are graves of the brothers with mummified bodies, due to the special microclimate.
  • '''St. Joseph Church''' ? This church was built in 1694 at the place of the T?czy?ski Palace in baroque style. It was damaged in the big fire of 1850 but the interior was saved.
  • '''Church Of Our Lady Of Snows''' ? Constructed in 1632 founded by Anna Lubomirska as a vote to commemorate the victorious battle in 1621 in Chocim against the Osmans. It was destroyed during the Swedish invasion in 1655 and rebuilt in 1671. The main altar has the painting of the "Our Lady Of Snows", the gift from the Pope Urban the VIII. Next to the church stands a cloister with some fragments of the defensive medieval architecture, like a brick tower from the 13th century.
  • Monasteries

  • '''Dominicans''' ? The Dominicans came in 1222 to Krakow. After the Tatars destroyed this monastery, they rebuilt it. Duke Leszek, the Black of Krakow, and Bishop Iwo Odrowaz were buried inside the church in the 13th century. Also the great Italian Humanist Fillipo Callimachus was buried there in the 15th century. His grave was made by Veit Stoss and Peter Vischer. There are 13 chapels inside the church, the Sobieski Chapel with graves of the family of king Jan III Sobieski, the golden Myszkowski Chapel full of pretty baroque and gold, the manierist Dominican Chapel by Santi Gucci are the most beautiful. The Renaissance cross ways are full of epitaphs and baroque paintings by Tomasz Dolabella. A beautiful Romanique Crypta is under the cross ways.
  • '''Franciscans''' ? The Franciscans came in 1237 to Krakow. Their first monastery was destroyed by the Tatars in 1241 and 1259. In 1269, the saint Salomea was buried inside the St. Francis Church. In 1462, 1655 and 1850 parts of the monastery burned. The inside is Gothic and secession. The famous window "Good Father the Creator" by Stanislaw Wyspianski is there. The cross ways are very worth seeing with their Gothic frescoes. It has been a basilica since 1920.
  • '''Klarysek''' is a small monastery near the Wawel.
  • '''Dominikanek''' is a small monastery east of the Little Market.
  • University Buildings

  • '''Collegium Maius''' ? This is the oldest of the university buildings, erected in 1364 as part of the University of Krakow. It was completed in 1400 and has preserved its Gothic scape. It has a beautiful court yard and chambers, of which the stuba communis is considered to be the most important. Niclaus Copernicus, Jan III Sobieski, and John Paul II studied here. Today, there is a university museum in the building with the instruments of Copernicus, the first globe with America, and many other medieval instruments. The first liquefaction of oxygen was there in the 19th century.
  • '''Collegium Novum''' ? One of Central Europe's most beautiful Neogothic buildings. It was built in the 19th century and has been the headquarters of the Jagiellonian University since then. The big neogothic stairways inside the building are worth seeing.
  • '''Collegium Juridicum''' ? This is a Gothic building in the oldest part of the Old City ("Okol"), opposite the Peter and Paul Church. It has a very nice Renaissance Yard with Arcades and Sculptors of Igor Mitoraj.
  • '''Collegium Medicum''' ? This is a Renaissance building in the academic part of the Old City opposite the St. Anna Church, which is the university church since 1409. It has a very nice Renaissance Yard with Arcades.
  • '''Pope John Paul II Akademia''' ? Big neogothic building under the Wawel Castle and Cathedrale at the beginning of the Planty Park.
  • Fine Bourgeois Houses

  • '''Kamienica Jana Dlugosza''' (''Jan Dlugosz House'').
  • '''Kamienica Hippolitow''' (''Hippolitow House'').
  • '''Kamienica Pralatow''' (''Pralatow House'').
  • '''Kamienica Bonerowska''' (''Boner House'').
  • '''Kamienica Czynciela''' (''Czynciel House'').
  • '''Kamienica Dziekanska''' (''Rektors House'').
  • '''Kamienica Hetmanska''' (''Hetman House'').
  • '''Kamienica Margrabska''' (''Dukes House'').
  • '''Kamienica Montelupich''' (''Montelupi House'').
  • '''Kamienica Pecherza''' (''Pecherz House'').
  • '''Kamienica Pod Jaszczurami''' (''House under the Lizards'').
  • '''Kamienica Szara''' (''Grey House'').
  • '''Kamienica Szolajskich''' (''Szolajski House'').
  • '''Kamienica Pod Jemiola''' (''House under the Mistletoe'').
  • Monuments

  • '''Mickiewicz Monument''', Main Marketplace. Honors the greatest Polish poet of the Romanticism, erected in the late 19th century.
  • '''Krakow Student Monument''', St. Mary_Ls Square. A small sculpture of the Veit Stos Altar, erected in the 20th century.
  • '''Copernicus Monument''', Planty Park. Honors the greatest Polish astronomer, erected in 1823.
  • '''Kosciuszko Monument''', On the Wawel. Honoring the Polish and American General Tadeusz Kosciuszko, erected in the early 20th century.
  • '''John Paul II Monument''', Bishops Palace. In honor of the Polish pope John Paul II, erected in the late 20th century.
  • '''Cardinal Sapieha Monument''', In front of the Bishops Palace. Honors the Krakow cardinal Sapieha, who served as cardinal during both World Wars. It was erected in the middle 20th century.
  • '''Dragon Monument''', in front of the Wawel. A sculpture of the legendary dragon beside the Dragon Cave, erected in the 20th century.
  • '''Skarga Monument''', St. Mary Magdalena's Square. Honors the Polish bishop and early baroque writer Piotr Skarga, erected in the early 20th century.
  • '''Dietl Monument''', All Saints Square. To honor the great Krakow Town Chief and Rector of the University Professor Dr. Jozef Dietl, erected in the 19th century.
  • '''Fredro Monument''', in front of the Slowacki Theatre. To honor the great Polish poet and play writer Aleksander Fredro, erected in the late 19th century.
  • '''Jagiello and Jadwiga Monument''', Planty Park. To honor the Polish king and queen Wladislaw Jagiello and Jadwiga, erected in the late 19th century.
  • '''Balucki Monument''', Planty Park. To honor the Polish poet Balucki, erected in the late 19th century.
  • '''Zaleski Monument''', Planty Park. To honor the Polish poet Zaleski, erected in the late 19th century.
  • '''Grottger Monument''', Planty Park. To honor the Polish painter Balucki, erected in the late 19th century.
  • '''Boy-Zielinski Monument''', Planty Park. To honor the Polish poet Boy-Zielinski, erected in the early 20th century.
  • '''Grazyna Monument''', Planty Park. To remember the fictive Grazyna from a play of Slowacki, erected in the late 19th century.
  • '''Weneda Monument''', Planty Park. To remember the fictive Grazyna from a play of Slowacki, erected in the late 19th century.
  • '''Grunwald Memorial''', in front of the Barbakan. Memorial to remember the battle of Grunwald 1410, erected in the late 19th century.
  • '''Katyn Memorial''', Planty Park. To remember the victims of Katyn 1941, erected in the 20th century.
  • '''Skrzynecki Monument''', on the Main Marketplace in front of the Celler under the lambs, to honor the Polish writer and cabaret-ist, erected in the late 20th century.
  • Parks

  • ''Planty''. The Planty is a park surrounding the old city. It was set up in the 19th century at the place where the old town walls used to be.
  • ''Wawel Gardens''.
  • ''Franciscus Gardens''.
  • Theatres

  • ''Teatr Slowackiego'' [http://www.slowacki.krakow.pl/] (Slowacki Theatre).
  • '' Stary Teatr'' [http://www.stary-teatr.krakow.pl/] (Old Theatre).
  • ''Teatr Kameralny''.
  • ''Scena pod Ratuszem'' (Scene under the Town Hall).
  • ''Cricot''.
  • Museums and Galleries

  • '''Museum of the Wawel Castle'''.
  • '''Museum of the Wawel Cathedrale''' ? The "Grave of King Kazimierz Jagiellonczyk" is located here.
  • '''Royal Graves in the Wawel Cathedrale'''.
  • '''Czartoryski Museum''' ? In here, you will find "Lady with an Ermine" (also known as the Polish Mona Lisa) by Leonardo da Vinci and "Sarmater" by Rembrandt van Rijn.
  • '''St. Mary's Church''' ? "St. Mary's Altar" by Veit Stoss can be found in this church.
  • '''Museum in the Cloth Hall'''.
  • '''University Museum'''.
  • '''Museum of the Town of Krakow'''.
  • '''Museum in the Town Hall'''.
  • '''Museum in mediviael art'''.
  • '''Museum of the Main Marketplace'''.
  • '''Jan Matejko Museum'''.
  • '''Stanislaw Wyspianski Museum'''.
  • '''Tadeusz Kantor Museum Cricot'''.
  • '''Pharmasie Museum'''.
  • '''Archeological Museum'''.
  • '''Bunkier Sztuki'''.
  • Buy

    The Rynek and the surrounding streets have fashionable clothing stores.

    There is a big mall near the main railway station. You can find stores like H&M in there.

    Eat

  • '''Wierzynek''', Main Marketplace 15, [http://www.wierzynek.com.pl/pr/intro_en.html]. Traditional Polish cuisine, according to the legends, the oldest restaurant in Poland. Mikolaj Wierzynek invited several kings and the German Emperor in 1364 to a feast there and gave them the golden dishes they ate from.
  • '''C.K. Dezerter''', ul. Bracka 6, tel 012-422 79 31, fax 012-422 42 51. It's a very warm and friendly place ? the posh side of rustic in atmosphere and decor. The food is a great blend of traditional Polish and mainly central European cuisine, large portions, and exceedingly good value. A good meal with a glass of wine should set you back about 50-60 z?otych.
  • '''Cechowa''', ul. Jagiellonska 11, [http://www.cechowa.pl/]. Traditional Polish cuisine, not expensive. A TAM exhibition in the pub in the celler.
  • '''Chimera''', ul. sw. Anny 3, [http://www.chimera.com.pl/htm/ang/glowna.htm]. Traditional Polish cuisine, not expensive. Beer garden and wine cellar. A big variety of salats. It's located in the yard of a Renaissance house and a fireplace.
  • ''' Cyrano de Bergerac''', ul. Slawkowska 26, [http://www.cyranodebergerac.pl/]. Very good wine and French cuisine. Expensive.
  • '' Da Pietro''', Main Marketplace 17, [http://www.dapietro.pl/]. Italian cuisine, very good pizzas.
  • ''' Paese''', ul. Poselska 24, [http://www.paese.com.pl/]. Cuisine from Corse, a lot of fish dishes.
  • ''' Poezja Smaku''', ul. Jagiellonska 5, [http://www.poezjasmaku.pl/]. Traditional Krakow cuisine.
  • ''' U Szkota''' [http://www.uszkota.pl/], (ul. Mikolajska 4), traditional Scottish cuisine, garcons with Scottish skirts.
  • '''Rooster, [http://www.rooster.pl/krakow/]''', ul. Szczepa?ska 4. The food servers are pretty Polish girls in shorts. The steak is great and the atmosphere too. Prices are moderate.
  • '''Babcia Malina''', ul. Szpitalna 38 ''and at the northern side of AGH (Cracow's University of Science and Technology) Main Building at Mickiewicza Avenue''. Very good and very cheap students restaurant with Polish cuisine. Self-service, but very nice interior. Big dishes for 2 Euro!!!! Not easy to find in a celler of the PAN. Ask students for Babcia Malinka. No alcohol, no smoking.
  • KoKo, Golebia 8. Traditional Polish dishes prepared by charming polish housekeepers, including handmade dumplings (6,50 PLN). See hilarious comic art on the walls.
  • Naber Cafe/Cafe Jacky i Monica, ul. Slawkowska. Delicious desserts, coffees, and ice cream.
  • '''Miod I Wino Restauracja Szlachecka''', [http://www.miodiwino.pl], ul. Slawkowska 32, 31-015 Krakow, tel. 012-422 74 95, e-mail: miodiwino@hawelka.pl . Very nice restaurant with amazing mediaeval times interiors. Food is very good (try the duck) and often served after a little chivalry show by young waiters. A lot of food for a good price (20 euros to get filled). Strongly advised.
  • Drink

    Bars & Clubs

  • '''Nowy Kuzyn''', Maly Rynek. Typical underground Polish bar with good darts machine and nice people.
  • '''Pauza''', Florianska 18/3, [http://www.pauza.pl]. A long-time trendy bar in the centre of Krakow, popular with students.
  • '''Jazz Club u Muniaka''', ul. Florianska 3. Good Polish jazz played by Trio Muniaka.
  • '''Pod Jaszczurami''', Main Marketplace 8. Legendary student club with live music.
  • '''Pod Jemiola''', ul. Florianska 20. Good music in an old monastery.
  • '''Climatic''', ul. Slawkowska 13/15. Dancing music.
  • '''Frantic''', ul. Szewska. House music.
  • '''Harris Piano Jazz Club''', Rynek G?owny, (''next to the police station''). Jazz and blues music.
  • Cafes

    The cafe tradition of Krakow reaches the Battle of Vienna in 1683, when the Polish husars returned with a lot of conquered Osman Coffee. Some of the most famous cafes are:

  • '''Camelot''', ul. sw. Tomasza 17. Naive art pictures and good ''szarlotka'' (apple cake). Klezmer music and cabaret Loch Camelot.
  • '''Cafe Larousse''', ul. sw. Tomasza 22. Very good coffee, with The Great French Encyclopedia on the walls.
  • '''Jama Michalika''', ul. Florianska 45. The most famous cafe in Krakow, with seccession interior. The legendary cabaret Zielony Balonik (Green Balloon) was there in the 19th century. Most Polish artists of Young Poland met here and left some pieces of art.
  • '''Maska''', ul. Jagiellonska 1 (''in the seccession Old Theatre''). Very extravagant drinks.
  • '''Mozaika''', ul. Golebia 5. Artistic interior.
  • '''U Literatow''', ul. Kanonicza 7. Very cultural cafe, meeting point of poets and writers.
  • Sleep

  • '''Tango House Bed & Breakfast''', Szpitalna 4, [http://www.tangohouse.pl] Media:http://www.youtube.com/v/xJsWz_gNXa4. Boutique style lodging right around from the Main Market Square. Tango House is a cozy bed and breakfast with a Tango theme, warm staff while offering modern rooms, stylish bathrooms, wireless internet, daily maid service, and satellite TV.
  • '''Hotel Pod Roza''', Florianska 14, [http://www.hotel.com.pl/podroz/english/xindex.htm]. The oldest, and one of the best hotels in Poland. It showcases a very good restaurant and wine cellar. Tsar Alexander I and Franz Liszt stayed there. A Renaissance building with a beautiful gate. Read the Latin writing above the entrance.
  • '''Hotel Grand''', Slawkowska 5/7, [http://www.grand.pl/]. Traditional luxury seccession palace belonging once to the Czartoryski Family, who founded the Czartoryski Museum in the 18th century not far away.
  • '''Hotel Copernicus''', Kanonicza 16, [http://www.hotel.com.pl/copernicus/]. Tucked away on one of Krakow's most beautiful streets, Kanonicza. If you're looking for an authentic European feel, while maintaining a five-star experience, this is the place. Expensive.
  • '''Hotel Wentzl''', Main Marketplace 19, [http://www.wentzl.pl/english/hotel/index.phtml?t=inhalt]. One of the best known high class hotels in Krakow and the only one located right on Rynek G?owny. Set in a 15th century house, John Wentzl opened the Wentzl restaurant in this building in 1792.
  • '''Hostel Rynek7''', Main Market Square 7, [http://www.hostelrynek7.pl]. Unique budget accommodation in Krakow_fs historic Old Town, situated exactly on the Main Market Square...? Only RYNEK 7
  • '''The Stranger Hostel''', [http://www.thestrangerhostel.com]. The only hostel with an entertainment and media den that's built a reputation as a social hub. The hostel offers broadband internet connections, Wi-Fi, fast computers, DVD movies, and X-Box games projected onto a 3-meter screen!
  • '''Old City Apartments''', Szczepanska 1, [http://oldcityapartments.eu]. The best located apartments in Krakow - on the corner of Main Market Square. Enjoy accommodation in historic places!
  • Travellers Inn Hostel. arego 24/2" phone="+48 12 4294723. nfo@travellersinn.pl" url="http://www.travellersinn.pl. rom 45PLN/night.
  • AAA Krakow Apartments. l napoleona cybulskiego 2. rom square follow Sw Anny then cross to Ul Studencka. At the bottom of Studencka turn left and you are there. . 48 (0) 12 426 5121. ttp://www.krakow-apartments.biz. 4.00. 1.00. rom 150 pln (approx 40 Euros) per night per apartment. Short term and business rental apartment agency with centrally located flats suitable for all visitors to Krakow

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