Budget-Friendly Things to Do in Krakow

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  • AttitudeAdjuster
    Gillingham, UK955 contributions
    A beautiful centre-piece to Krakow Old Town. Lovely just to wander around and on a fine day with the horse-drawn carriages clip-clopping by it's gorgeous.
    Written August 13, 2023
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  • Mark Adams
    Edinburgh, UK12 contributions
    I spent a couple of hours, on a Sunday afternoon, at the Oskar Schindler factory. I booked my ticket beforehand, from the get your guide app. I collected my ticket from the guide at the arranged time, which meant not having to queue (heavy rain, no shelter if you don't pre-book). I would also advise you get the audio guide.
    The tour itself covers both the German and Soviet occupation, as well as covering Schindler's time. It was very informative, with interactive displays, etc.
    Written August 8, 2023
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  • Dino
    8 contributions
    Great fun. The local Irek was really helpful. We had never thrown an ax but still had a great time.
    Written August 14, 2023
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  • Isabel C
    Braganca, Portugal8 contributions
    The tour was very comprehensive and insightful. Javier is very devoted to his job and he is very well informed about several historical aspects of the city.
    He also establishes a relation with people in the tour, which is very good. Highly professional tour.
    Written April 25, 2022
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  • Chris F
    1 contribution
    Booked with these for their Polish Vodka Experience, we had a great time.

    Very relaxed, good fun and very informative! They were very passionate about their vodkas, the history and rightfully so.

    Went above and beyond in providing us with extra places to visit during our stay also, thanks for a great time.
    Written June 19, 2023
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  • Beni C
    1 contribution
    Highly recommend, we had a great night out!

    My friends and I booked the tour spontaneous. We had an amazing night and lots of fun. Special thanks to the best tour guide Chris who made this night awesome for us!
    Written August 8, 2023
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  • Edlira Martiri
    Tirana, Albania1 contribution
    If you're seeking knowledge and excitement, don't miss Womai! We followed TripAdvisor’s reviews to visit this advanced museum in Cracow. It offers an interactive concept where you can explore the science behind light, senses, and sounds firsthand. Our children loved it, and we too :). Staff was very friendly and helping, they had a guide for English language too, who described, let us do tasks, and enjoy free time for us to explore ourselves. We will come again for more interesting tours.
    Written August 10, 2023
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  • Lewis W
    Portsmouth, UK3 contributions
    Arrived 30 minutes early to the centre as instructed and was told that a mistake had been made on their end and our booking was accidentally made for 4pm instead of 2pm. Staff were very apologetic about this and managed to get us in for 2.30pm and bumped us up 2 shooting packages for the mistake. Very thoughtful of them.

    Actual shooting was great. Staff were professional and it was clear that safety was paramount throughout. Even got some photos for free holding the weapons at the end!

    10/10 would recommend anyone travelling to Krakow to experience this.
    Written August 11, 2023
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  • Max e
    49 contributions
    Great tour, Bartholomew was very witty, knowledgable and kept the entire Jewish Quarter Tour entertaining. Lasts around 2 & 1/2 hours. Well worth doing.
    Written July 19, 2023
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  • Leah I
    1 contribution
    The pub crawl was really fun! I really enjoyed my time thanks to the pub crawl crew.
    Definitely recommend!
    Written August 9, 2023
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  • Andrea Flag
    Amsterdam, The Netherlands11 contributions
    I joined two Pub Crawls, the "normal" and the "alternate". I think both are just great!
    In the first one you can party with loud music, meet people from all over the world and get the most out of Krakow nightlife scene.
    A special shootout to Anna, the tour guide from Ukraine and also to Matt from Belgium, who both made my nights great.
    They helped customer socialising with everyone and get them entertained.
    Written August 1, 2023
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  • Francesca L
    12 contributions
    We did a tour around the old town together with RUDOLF, a brilliant polish guy ... very prepared and funny too :) I recommend you him if you want to feel part of Krakow history.
    Written August 11, 2023
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  • ilias
    2 contributions
    Lucy was a great guide, very expressive and she also gave us some insight in modern Poland, which was very interesting.
    Written August 11, 2023
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  • Stefan P
    1 contribution
    Excellent, trustworthy company.
    We used Krakow Connect for our airport transfers and also booked through them for tours of Auschwitz and the Wieliczka salt mine.
    They handled everything including booking tickets and organising guides which made the whole process very easy.
    Communication is excellent and quick, using WhatsApp and then email confirmation when required.
    The cars/minibuses were all good quality and clean and tidy.
    The drivers were very polite and helpful, always on time and sent messages beforehand with info on where they were parked etc.
    I would definitely use this company again and have no hesitation in recommending them to others.
    Written July 28, 2023
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  • Afroditi K
    Thessaloniki, Greece1 contribution
    Great service, made our visit to Auschwitz very comfortable as we were picked up from our hotel and the driver was really helpful providing information during the trip. I would totally recommend it!
    Written May 29, 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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