Guided Tour Kazimierz and Ghetto with Remuh Synagogue

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1
  Remuh Synagogue (Synagoga Remuh)

  The highlight is visiting the Remuh Synagogue, with your entry ticket included. While the adjoining cemetery is viewed only from the outside, your guide explains its traditions and carved symbols.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 2
  Dzielnica Zydowska

  Kazimierz Fromer Jewish district: You’ll then continue past the Isaac, Kupa, and Tempel synagogues. These historic houses of prayer showcase the diversity of Jewish practice, from traditional to reform. The walk also includes Nowy Square with its bustling cafés and food stalls, and Spielberg Passage, recognizable from Schindler’s List. Finally, you’ll reach the Gothic Corpus Christi Basilica and the Vistula riverbank. Guided throughout, this route reveals heritage, community, and faith, making Kazimierz’s Jewish history come alive.

  1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 3
  Plac Bohaterow Getta

  Discover Kraków’s former ghetto in Podgórze on a guided walk with an expert local guide, beginning on the Vistula river bank—the line that once separated pre-war Kazimierz from the wartime ghetto. Your first stop is Józefińska 14, the former seat of the Judenrat (Jewish Council). Continue to Ghetto Heroes Square, the administrative and emotional center of the ghetto, now marked by the evocative Chair Memorial.

  15 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 4
  Eagle Pharmacy - Museum of Krakow

  Across the square stands the Under the Eagle Pharmacy, where Tadeusz Pankiewicz and his team supported residents with medicine and quiet acts of courage. A short walk leads to Józefińska 41, a building that housed the Jewish orphanage, welfare office, and ghetto hospital.

  15 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 5
  Fragment Of Ghetto Wall

  Next, pause at the remains of the Ghetto Walls, a stark reminder of the tight enclosure that once separated residents from the rest of the city.

  15 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 6
  Fabryka Emalia Oskara Schindlera

  The route concludes at Oskar Schindler’s Enamel Factory (no entry) on Lipowa Street—today a museum dedicated to Kraków’s wartime history and the fate of its Jewish community.

  15 minutes • Admission ticket not included

Additional info

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Please dress respectfully for the synagogue and cemetery (shoulders covered; men’s head covering provided on site.
• The Remuh Synagogue is active religious sites. During services, religious holidays, maintenance, or unforeseen circumstances, access may be restricted or closed without notice. If this occurs, your tour includes entry to the Old Synagogue museum instead (route unchanged).

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