Old Town, Wawel Castle and Salt Mine Tour in Krakow

9 hours (approximately)
Offered in: English and 1 more

We have planned a wonderful day for you with the best monuments in Krakow from the UNESCO World Heritage List in a way that will certainly not be boring but burdensome.
First, you will visit the most characteristic monuments of the Old Town of Krakow comfortably from the deck of an electric trolley, listening to professional audio commentary. Then, a local guide will take you to the Wawel Hill to show you the Royal Castle and the Cathedral in all its glory during a leisurely walk.
After a traditional Polish lunch (included in the price), you will travel by bus to Wieliczka, where you will walk along the underground corridors, you will admire the wonders carved in salt by nature itself and with human help.
One day - a thousand impressions, we guarantee!

What's Included

Lunch (2 course without drink)
Live guide (in museum)
Transport by golf cart (Old Town) with Audio guide
Entrance ticket to one permanent exhibition
Entrance ticket to the Wawel Cathedral
Entrance ticket to Salt Mine in Wieliczka
Transport Krakow-Wieliczka-Krakow
Hotel pick up/drop off

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

Go to Parking Kiss&Ride (2 Mikołaja Zyblikiewicza street) in front of the "Zabka" store, and look for electric car with excursions.city sign. Check-in at this location is 10 minutes prior to the booked tour start time.

End point

At the end of the tour, you will be dropped off the bus in the parking lot in the city center. We do not offer a drop off to the hotel

Itinerary

Duration: 9 hours (approximately)
  • Barbican, Museum of Krakow (Pass by)

    The pearl of Krakow’s fortifications, the Barbican is one of the most exquisite examples of medieval military architecture in Europe. Never captured during a siege, it passed into legend when its defenders repulsed the attacking enemy forces with – believe it or not –a single shot!

    Admission ticket free
  • Slowacki Theatre (Pass by)

    One of the most famous and most recognised Polish stages, it has operated continuously since 1893. The building of the Juliusz Słowacki Theatre is counted among the most precious examples of theatre architecture in Europe.

    Admission ticket free
  • St Mary's Basilica (Pass by)

    A history spanning over eight centuries, a high altar by Veit Stoss (Wit Stwosz), a bugle call, the star strewn murals by Jan Matejko covering the vaulting: all this in a single church! Moreover: in the very centre of Kraków!

    Admission ticket free
  • Krakow's Rynek Glowny Central Square (Pass by)

    This is the place of the most “mosts”: the most important public space in Kraków, the most expansive Market Square of medieval Europe, it gathers everything most characteristic of the city and has its most distinctive hallmarks, and last but not least: the most beautiful, the most important, the most charming, the most…

    Admission ticket free
  • Sukiennice (Cloth Hall) (Pass by)

    One of the symbols of city, a pearl of renaissance architecture, Krakow’s oldest “commercial centre”: Sukiennice or the Cloth Hall is one of the most important elements of the architectural heritage of Kraków.

    Admission ticket free
  • Museum of Krakow Town Hall Tower (Pass by)

    70 metres (230 ft), 110 stone steps, the executioner’s dungeons, and 700 years on the Main Market Square: this is the Town Hall Tower, the only remnant of the original seat of the city authorities.

    Admission ticket free
  • Muzeum Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego Collegium Maius (Pass by)

    Krakow is the oldest academic city in Poland and one of the oldest in Europe. Therefore, we are not surprised by the presence of ancient university buildings near the Main Square. Driving through the academic quarter, you will hear interesting facts about the life of former students in Krakow.

    Admission ticket free
  • 1
    Wawel Royal Castle

    The limestone hill rising above the Vistula River is the former center of power, the legendary (associated with the mythical founder of Krakow and his descendants) and historical: princely, episcopal and royal. Wawel is a complex of castle and sacred buildings - a symbol of the city, but most of all a museum presenting the most valuable monuments of Polish material culture.

    2 hours Admission ticket included
  • 2
    Wieliczka Salt Mine

    The depth of the mine is 340 metres, the total length of corridors and tunnels is over 245 kilometres. The tourist route is more than 3 km long and includes more than 20 halls, including the largest and unique St. Kinga's Church - the patroness of miners. The underground church is richly decorated with chandeliers, carvings and sculptures of saints carved out of salt. There is a special curative microclimate in the mine and at a depth of 135 m there is a sanatorium. The salt mine in Wieliczka is on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

    4 hours Admission ticket included

Additional info

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • During important religious, state or jubilee events admission to the cathedral, royal tombs, or the bell tower may be suspended. In such circumstance, the Organizer reserves the right to replace the entrance to the Cathedral with another one within the castle complex.
  • Note that part of the tour is walking (inside the museum) and operated by a live guide, rest of the tour includes an audio guide
  • Children/infant 0-3 years old using the free ticket must sit on an adult's lap while driving
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