We left visiting the castle until our last day and guess what; all the staterooms and apartments are closed on a Monday, good excuse to visit Krakow again!!!

One of the main sights of Krakow. You simply can't say you've seen the city until you have seen the castle. Opening hours may be weird (until 3pm Sunday), but one day a week is free so check carefully before coming.

I have visited this amazing castle over several visits- very interesting but huge. The view from the castle Is also stunning. Go and see some if it at least, if pushed for time. A must!

When we came to the castle at around 1 or 2 pm almost all tickets for the day were sold out unfortunately. obviously have some day limits - so we managed only to purchase ticket for the observation tower and could not get to the

Beautiful place on the banks of the Vistula. The children will especially love Smok the Wawel dragon.

The view from the Castle is very beautiful! There are different tours that you can take we took the Royal Chambers and it was very informative and worth the money. Do not forget to have a coffee there and enjoy the scenery which is something else, like taken from a fairy tale!

The castle is very impressive architecturally, particularly the courtyards within the castle walls, but the tours of the interior rooms were a disappointment. The different parts of the castle are all priced separately (why not have one ticket to see everything?), and your entrance to each part is timed, so you can't just go at your own pace. We bought... More

A very interesting day out. Don't be put off by the queues it is well worth the wait. Best to go early as you buy tickets for each area of the castle individually and some sell out by midday. When we visited it was raining so couldn't spend any time walking in the grounds but I would imagine on a... More

Very different feel than Prague, but equally impressive. Did the state room and royal tours - perhaps redundant, but enjoyed the explanations given by the mandatory guide on the royal rooms tour.