Krakow Hidden Gem Attractions

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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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  • Steve G
    2 contributions
    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
    2 contributions
    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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  • ABQJane
    Budapest, Hungary159 contributions
    Gabrysia, our guide, has such passion for the art that she really made the tour outstanding! She explained the process and different techniques used to achieve the final results. It was very interesting to see a relatively small workshop turning out such incredible projects! The pieces in the museum section were beautiful and amazing examples of pieces from 100 years ago.
    Written August 11, 2023
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  • Kristina M
    2 contributions
    Everything was fantastic. Pleasant experience. Very friendly staff. I even got a souvenir. Totally worth it.
    Written August 6, 2023
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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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  • Jacqueline J
    6 contributions
    Booked this on advice of our cab driver. We were picked up in a Trabant with Katolina (sorry didn’t ask spelling) anyway it was such a great experience her knowledge was incredible and the cafe and Milk bar we were taken to were excellent. Proper realist tour not churned out by a bored guide. Highly recommended if you want something a little different.
    Written February 16, 2023
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  • Eva
    Rosmalen, The Netherlands1 contribution
    Looking to get a massage on our citytrip, we came allong this beautiful place. Here we had the best massage ever!
    They were so skilled and we had a great time. When we visit Krakua again we will surely be back!
    Thank you Ivanna and Martyna 🥰
    Written February 4, 2023
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  • Fredrik Siverts... B
    1 contribution
    Very good shots. Great people, great location. 10/10 would recomend to everyone. One of the best places in krakow.
    Written November 20, 2021
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  • Rodina H
    1 contribution
    Perfect fun for whole family.
    Super athmosfere of my young age which you can share with your children.
    Very nice service staff.
    Written August 11, 2023
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  • FinaGuza
    Istria, Croatia37 contributions
    I was never on this kind of attractions but it was really cool. Iti is really interesting, and one of the best attractions in Krakow
    Written August 8, 2023
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  • Lloyd C
    Poole, UK3 contributions
    Me and my wife did the Pirate Ship as a duo and we had such a good time, it was very impressive! The staff were also SO lovely. When we come back we’ll definitely be doing one of the other rooms they have there. Throughly enjoyed ourselves :)
    Written June 30, 2023
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  • Maciej Ł
    4 contributions
    A must see when you are in town. Great service, you will definitely feel cared for. What struck me was how easy was it to engage in conversations, even with the speakers above my head. I do not know if the lighting was set up with a specific intent too, but it separates the space giving you your own space. But we are here for drinks, and they are really good, with seasonal menu. If you need some customs, worry not, you will have the occasion at the bar, the selection is really wide and the staff constantly experiments with stuff.

    And of course the classic bar enterance ;) Reserving in advance recommended.
    Written July 21, 2023
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  • Maciej M
    3 contributions
    We are visiting GoJump Sikorki park regularly with my son. He has started Flipping classes which I totally recommend! This also a great place for adults - you can practice your acrobatic skills, play basketball or football, or simply jump on trampolines :) You can also try GoAir or Little Ninja areas which are also fun :)
    Written October 16, 2021
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  • susangHK2015
    Hong Kong, China39 contributions
    This is a fabulous museum. It's a timed entry, and then you can go through at your own pace. It's not huge, but it's fascinating. Don't miss the tiny globe from 1510 with the first representation of the Americas. The actual globe is in the Copernicus room, in the glass cabinet, and there is also a model that is much bigger and easier to see.
    Written July 3, 2023
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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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