Krakow Food Tour by Foot: Polish Tastings in Old Town & Kazimierz
Description
Taste typical traditional Polish cuisine and specialties. Visit specially chosen, local food venues in Krakow. Learn about Krakow’s history, unique culture, and tradition with your private guide. Have fun and enjoy Krakow’s social life! And make sure you come hungry!
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Itinerary
Your evening starts in Mały Rynek (Small Market Square), where you’ll meet your guide and kick off with your first taste and a local beer while chatting about Polish gastronomy and what makes Kraków such a great food city.
From there, you’ll stroll through the Old Town’s lively streets and step into a hidden local favourite for a bowl of soup that Kraków locals take seriously—so seriously, there’s even an annual festival dedicated to it.
Next, you’ll follow the Royal Route, with a classic Kraków view toward Wawel Hill, before sitting down for one of Poland’s most famous comfort foods: pierogi. You’ll taste the real deal and hear why this humble dish is basically a national treasure.
With your appetite properly warmed up, you’ll head into Kazimierz, Kraków’s former Jewish Quarter—now one of the city’s most atmospheric neighbourhoods for bars, food, and evening energy. Here you’ll try Jewish-influenced flavours, enjoy a shot of bison grass vodka, and soak up the buzz (often with live music nearby).
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- How you will help the local community by joining this tour: - We visit only locally-owned bars, restaurants, and food vendors that are off the main tourist trail, ensuring that they benefit from tourism in their cities. - Any leftover food not consumed on the tour is donated to the charity organization to be redistributed to the homeless. - We use only local transport (tram) or our feet so our carbon footprint is practically zero!
- Please wear comfortable shoes for walking.
- Food Allergies: Unless you suffer from multiple, combined food allergies, or unless you are a vegan, we will figure it out. Vegetarians are welcome on all tours.
- Tips: If you are happy with the services provided by your local guides a tip - though not compulsory - is appropriate. While it may not be customary to you, it is of great significance to the people who will take care of you during your travels, inspires excellent service, and is an entrenched feature of the tourism industry. Please consider this when budgeting for your extra expenses on this tour.
- For private tour option we offer central Krakow hotels pick up. Please call or email us.
Reviews(214)
We chose this tour as we wanted to combine the old town and Jewish quarter. We felt it covered both really well and introduced us to lots of local food in places we wouldn’t have found on our own. Our guide, Alicja, was so enthusiastic and also flexible for example swapping out local beer for flavoured beer. She told us lots about what we were eating, Krakow and the local traditions. We were very lucky that it was only us 3 and very fearful that the tour wasn’t cancelled as a result.
This was a wonderful way to sample and array of Polish culinary and alcoholic delights while avoiding the tourist traps. Food and drink were ample and quite tasty. It felt like I was eating at my grandmother's table - and that's a true compliment. Paula was also a fantastic guide! She was very knowledgeable and friendly. Highly recommend this tour!
Dominica was the best, very knowledgeable, very friendly, loved her!
Dominika was wonderful. Very knowledgeable and fun. It was a great time, food was very good and more than enough.
A really great experience! Paula, our guide, had us speaking Polish in the market and taught us how to make pierogi in her home! She was an excellent host and didn't seem to mind answering all of our questions. A truly unique way to learn about Krakow, make a new friend and taste some great Polish food. I highly recommend Paula!.
We had a great time. Mateusz “Matthew” Tomaszczyk is a very friendly and knowledgeable guide, relaxed, friendly, and his English is very good. We did a tasting of Polish foods and we visited 4 different restaurants. It was delightful and I'd highly recommend it.
This was a wonderful way to sample an array of Polish culinary and alcoholic delights while avoiding the tourist traps. Food and drink were ample and quite tasty. It felt like I was eating at my grandmother's table - and that's a true compliment. Paula was also a fantastic guide! She was very knowledgeable and friendly. Highly recommend this tour!
Paula was wonderful. She made us feel so comfortable going to the market and asking for pierogi ingredients in Polish. We (6 of us from the same family) visited her condo and it was a fantastic experience making pierogis with her. She is a lot of fun, speaks perfect English, and a fabulous hostess. I cannot recommend her enough. 5 stars!!!!!!
Had an excellent food tour with Paula. She was very easy to talk with and spoke excellent English. We went to places I would not have discovered on my own and experienced a good range of Pilish cuisine. Would recommend 100%
Paula was an excellent tour guide. We will use her again if ever in town. She was knowledgeable and pleasant. It was a great tour!
