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  • Steve G
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    Thoroughly enjoyed our food and beverage tour with Magda. Magda was very knowledgeable of the history of this local Krakow area. The samples of Polish food and beer from a few of the local eateries were delicious. I also enjoyed a taste of a few Polish vodkas. Our personalized tour was a highlight of my first trip to Krakow!
    Written May 13, 2023
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  • Dr. Allan
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    This is what I will post when they send me the link: I attended a private cooking class with Iza a local resident. She spoke perfect English, was a wonderful hostess and her home was clean and neat. She taught me how to prepare Poland’s signature pierogi dumplings from her family recipe. She also taught me about Polish customs, Polish food, Polish heritage, and the history of Pierogi. She also took me to the local farmers market where we picked out the fresh ingredients we needed for the Pierogi. If you are ever visiting Krakow I highly recommend this tour.
    Written April 22, 2023
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  • Alex
    Leeds, UK2 contributions
    When I booked this with my friends we were hoping for something a little bit different, and this delivered!

    Karina was lovely, and we enjoyed hearing her stories about Poland over tea. It was really exciting to get such a personal perspective on Polish history told with such good charm and humour.

    Cooking the Pierogi itself was also a great time. I'm not sure if we were exactly natural pierogi chefs, but with Karina's expert guidance the result was undeniably delicious.

    She also gave us some great reccomendations for local food, drink and activities.

    I would would reccomend Karina's class to anyone with a day to spend in Krakow looking for a totally unique (and delicious) experience.
    Written December 28, 2022
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  • JanMBaltimore
    Baltimore29 contributions
    We had a fantastic walking tour of Polish food in Krakow. Our guide, Tomasz Syguła, was very knowledgeable and entertaining and made the tour fun. We sampled street food (zapiekanka-a baguette pizza), 2 soups (beet borscht and mushroom), several types of pierogis (savory and sweet), dumplings, cheese, salads, compote, and cream cake The tour was very casual and weather was warm so we could eat outside. Highly recommend their tour!
    Written July 3, 2023
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  • Rachel M
    Washington DC, DC19 contributions
    This was a highlight of our trip! Olga is very welcoming - it felt like we were visiting with friends. Pierogi making was fun and instructive, and the best part was enjoying our hard work and feasting at the end. Highly recommend!
    Written November 19, 2022
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  • Ania
    Krakow, Poland8 contributions
    Highly recommend - as a local who doesn't really cook much of the Polish food, it's great option to show friends from abroad some really tasty options our cuisine can offer :)
    Written December 15, 2022
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  • lukk_krk
    1 contribution
    Gosia helped us with organization of bachelor party. It was great experience, and unforgettable evening. Event was really good organized, Gosia thought of everything from beginning to the end. There was shooting event, cruise on the Vistula river and of course clubbing. Transport was included so we can focus on enjoying our time together. There were some attractions I can't tell you about, but you definitely should try yourselves :)
    Written August 13, 2019
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  • Gosia P
    2 contributions
    I spent a couple of hours with Polish Your Cooking team as a part of a bachelorette party for my friend, and it was a truely great experience for all of us. There was time for everything: cooking, talking, eating, wine tasting. We also got to know some interesting things about the cuisine we chose. I highly recommend Polish Your Cooking, as it is not just a cooking class, but simply amazing time that can be spent with your family of friends!
    Written December 12, 2017
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  • Savanah B
    6 contributions
    Highly, highly, HIGHLY recommend! This was such a fun experience to have with friends. Marta is so nice and sweet and we thoroughly enjoyed learning how to make pierogis with her. She offered beer and liquor while we cooked and even treated us to her homemade cheesecake, which was to DIE for. If you are in Krakow, this is a must!!
    Written July 14, 2023
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  • Jayne S
    2 contributions
    I just came back from my vacation and I need to write how wonderful everything was!!! My tour included the Polish Pottery Festival in Boleslawiec as well as a cooking class, wine tasting and tour, and tours of several castles in the . Sarno Rose chose the best of everything including accommodations!! The small group, 16 people, was perfect and as a solo traveler, I never felt alone unless I wanted to be. I would highly recommend Polish Culinary Vacations and will be looking forward to future vacations with them!!
    Written September 9, 2022
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  • Ed W
    2 contributions
    Hands on pierogi making with expert instruction! We spent about 3 hours making 4 types of pierogi, meat, mushroom, potato/cheese & spinach. Marta led us through the process from making the dough (both dairy and non dairy) to rolling, cutting, filling and sealing the pierogi. We feel like experts on making the 3 shapes of pierogi. Additionally, Zybrowka was provided along the way. We made more than we could eat and left very satisfied with the experience and the delicious lunch that we had made. Marta also provided delicious home made cheesecake for dessert!
    Written November 5, 2022
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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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