Specialty Shops in Stare Miasto

Top 10 Gift & Specialty Shops in Stare Miasto (Krakow)

Gift & Specialty Shops in Stare Miasto

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  • Graham R
    Manchester, NH4 contributions
    I recently visited Select CityWalk Mall and had a fantastic time exploring all it had to offer. The mall boasts a vibrant atmosphere and a wide range of stores and eateries. One of my favourite spots was Pizzahut, where I indulged in a delicious cup..
    Written June 11, 2023
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  • Georgina S
    4 contributions
    This is a great shop. The owner is so friendly and helpful and there is a great vibe in the store. There's even a little room to smoke in if you wish! The hemp is of course not as strong as the proper stuff because it isn't legal but these are really nice relaxing products with nice flavours.
    Written July 12, 2023
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  • szymonix
    Krakow, Poland2 contributions
    One of a kind place in Krakow, great atmosphere, books, goods and miscellaneous run by passionate owners. Always happy to visit!
    Written July 18, 2023
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  • GoÅ›ka E
    Krakow, Poland18 contributions
    Ideal place to buy suveniers and presents. Jewellery from Polish designers, Polish crystal and designer ceramics are theirs specialty. Good prices, great selection of stuff.
    Written June 15, 2022
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  • sassanka
    Bratislava, Slovakia9 contributions
    the market was big, a huge selection of vegetables and fruits, bakeries, butchers, a large selection of cheeses. There is also a large selection of clothes, honey products, candles... we found everything we needed.
    Written December 29, 2022
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  • Sita
    6 contributions
    A lovely store, like an art gallery, full of the most atmospheric and interesting art - - as postcards and stickers but also as posters. Beautiful vintage and black and white photographs, as well as the charming and witty graphics of Ryszard Kaja. A great place for tasteful souvenirs.
    Written August 27, 2021
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  • Lukas Böhm
    3 contributions
    Nice person who works in the shop. Helped me alot with finding a perfect plate mug combination. I would recommend the shop. Is maybe a bit hard to find but still in the shop there is a nice calmy atmosphere
    Written March 14, 2020
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  • Maureen W
    Ithaca, NY30 contributions
    I’m so excited to get all of the ceramic we ordered! I love Pottery and I was seeking out a shop that could provide some unique pieces. I found it at Mila’s! I can’t say enough about the love we felt when we went into the shop. No pressure but loads of help! And we weren’t even in our hotel when I received the email that let us know that UPS had already received our shipment!!
    Written July 18, 2023
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  • JamieYashmine
    Krakow, Poland4 contributions
    We went in here by accident and didnt regret it! Fun demonstration of candy-making and they speak english. Our kid(2 yo ) got some sweet gifts from the lady at the register. Great prices and awsome taste. Loved it.
    Written March 4, 2019
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  • Helén S
    10 contributions
    I visited this store in April 2023 for the first time. I bought a chocolate liqueur (very good) and elderberry vodka (not tested yet). I thought it was a lot of fun to try a few different flavors and then get a little bottle with me. Back home in Sweden again, I looked for the store's website and got to read what much more they had to offer. Will definitely go back to this shop next time I'm in Krakow to buy some fun drink gifts.
    Written June 2, 2023
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  • OriginalTaz
    Ann Arbor, MI220 contributions
    Many diverse art products in this two story gallery. The owner was wonderful to speak with and clearly they value customer service. They do ship also. Stop in and see if you can find a gem
    Written September 9, 2019
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  • laurent p
    6 contributions
    Very nice shop , there's a lot of nice stamps , books , documents and more at affordable price , and the owner is very nice ! I Will definitely come back .

    Written April 28, 2023
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  • Nuriza B
    1 contribution
    An excellent find, for those who are in Warsaw for the first time, the staff is very polite, I advise everyone to visit this store, buy a bunch of cool crazy things.
    Written August 31, 2020
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  • Martyna W
    1 contribution
    Absolute gem of a shop and my favourite place to go for gifts (for others and myself!) in Kraków. Super chic and independently owned shop. Great quality and reasonably priced. When you buy from Unikke you know that the item of jewellery was hand made with most care locally here in Poland. i love UNIKKE .
    Written July 15, 2022
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  • anetaptak
    Düsseldorf, Germany21 contributions
    I came across Koza Dereza at the Krakow Christmas Market. Their doorstop penguins drew my attention! But I ended up buying a lovely cat-shaped Xmas tree ornament for my neighbour who is our cat-sitter :) "Why do I need this?", was my question and I WAS thinking out loud when turning th various trinkets in my hand. The girl sho was selling the ornaments replied "Becuase it brings pleasure!" How could I not buy this! The ornament I bought was painted with coffee and cinnamon and scented with vanilla!!!
    Written February 10, 2020
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Has anyone done both tours before?
Do you think the former is worth doing?

I have done the tour with a guide - so i guess techncially i have gone on the "General tour 3.5h" or something similar, but i am only at Auschwitz 1 for 1.5h, and then we rushed to Auschwitz 2-Birkenau for 1h. i recently went on a organized tour from Krakow bc i couldnt secure guided tour ticket at the last minute from the website. but i think my guide may a person in training (?) cos he was guiding us with an Auschwitz educator standing beside him all the time. I still couldnt figure out whether he is a new guide in training within Auschwitz, or he needs to be chaperoned bc he is a guide hired from the 'outside' (ie not someone hired by the Aushcwitz site). I am inclined to believe it is the latter, but not sure, so would appreciate anyone with better insights. So this means there could be 2 diff guides - one is a tour agency guide from the outside, and another is a Auschwitz educator guide?
Answer: for future readers - I did the 6 hour tour and it is a better pace,smaller group and you visit a few more places in the camps. Our guide was very good. Worthwhile if you have more than a passing interest in the history. We were at Auschwitz for 3 hours and birkenau for 2.25 hours. Crowds were smaller that day so we didn’t have to stop to wait for other groups. I then returned to Auschwitz around 4pm to walk through on my own and to visit some of the country specific exhibits - Hungary’s exhibit is especially good. In order to return to camp 1, I purchased free tickets ahead of time since you have to renter the queue.

Tour vs self guided - 100% go on a tour. The guides paint a more complete picture than you will get from a guidebook. You can arrive early if you want to see birkenau before it gets crowded and walk on your own. No ticket is required to visit birkenau.

Auschwitz vs birkenau - you want to see both. Auschwitz is more intact and has almost all of the exhibits. The exhibits of luggage,eyeglasses, shoes, and human hair is overwhelming. Birkenau is 25x the size of Auschwitz camp 1. Many buildings were destroyed but you can get a better feel for the scale of the genocide. Even with most buildings destroyed you get a chill realizing how people were sorted and put to death. Many times within hours of arrival.

Krakow ghetto - to round out your experience walk through the ghetto and Jewish quarter. Visit the synagogues. Realize the size of the Jewish community that thrived in this area and then 90% of them were killed.

Last - learn about the history that led up to the holocaust. Hitler did not rise up in a vacuum. There were 20 years of anti-semitism that occurred before the death camps. The nazis were very good at isolating Jews, cutting them off from day to day community and business involvement and then eventually shipped them off to forced labor and death. Awareness of that history will help prevent this from ever happening again.
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