Private Krakow City Tour, Old Town and Jewish District Tour
Description
Private walking tour of Krakow Old Town and Jewish Quarter. There are two parts of this tour, first part is Krakow Old Town. You will explore the oldest part of the city with the Main Square, and St. Mary's Basilica. You will visit Wawel Hill with Royal Castle and Cathedral Church, old churches and beautiful old architecture of Krakow. The second part of this tour is Kazimierz, Old Krakow Jewish district and Jewish Ghetto Site from World War II times. During this tour you will get to know about the history and heritage of Jews in Krakow and Poland throughout the centuries from medieval times, through World War II, until the present days. You will find out about Jews in Poland, their religion, culture and traditions and see Krakow Synagogues. Option 1 Shorter option includes Krakow Old Town and Krakow Jewish District. Duration: 4 hours Option 2 Longer option includes Krakow Old Town, Krakow Jewish District and Jewish Ghetto Site. Duration: 5 hours
Tour Options
Itinerary
Plac Matejki
Grunwald Battle Memorial
Barbican
Florian's Gate and medieval city walls
Florianska street
Main Market Square
St. Mary's Church from outside 15 minutes explanation
Cloth Hall
Town Hall Tower from outside 10 minutes explanation
Old University Quarter
University Headquarter
Franciscan Church
Grodzka Street-part of Royal Route
Jesuits' Church
The Oldest Church in Krakow
Kanonicza Street
Courtyard of the Castle 15 minutes explanation
Cathedral Church from outside 15 minutes explanation
Dragon Statue
Old Jewish District
Center for Trade
Site from Schindlers List Movie
17th century synagogue
Reformed Tempel Synagogue from outside 10 minutes explanation
Jewish Community Center
17th century synagogue from outside
The oldest part of Krakow Jewish Quarter
Synagogue from outside 15 minutes explanation
17th century synagogue
Helen Rubinstein Family House
15th century synagogue from outside 10 minutes explanation
High Synagogue Krakow
Heroes of The Ghetto Square with Memorial
fragments of Ghetto Walls
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Our tour guide will meet you in your hotel or apartment in Krakow.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Tour price includes service of a private licensed english speaking tour guide
- Additional costs are optional entrance tickets
- This tour is a walking tour
Reviews(45)
True professional. Knew his history. Well explained all the places visited. He told us stories relating to the place. Answered all our questions. Very friendly, well spoken. Also recommended other places to visit, shops and restaurants . Chris took his time no rush. I would 100% recommended chris.
This was an excellent and comprehensive tour of the main square, old town and the jewish district. Our guide, Christoph, was friendly and full of knowledge. The tour was well paced with time for pictures and questions. We often do private tours and the quality of the tour guides can range from bad to excellent. Chris was excellent and even modified the end of our tour to accommodate the start time of an afternoon tour. I would highly recommend this tour!
Very good tour. It was long but it just meant that we got to hear more interesting history about the city. Our guide, Kristofer (wrong spelling but can't spell in Polish), was very nice and extremely knowledgeable about the city's as well as Jewish history. He welcomed questions and even asked about us during the walkway to the next destination. He was also very docile and could change the planning if there was any part we wanted to be on longer and know more about. Highly recommend.
Patient knowledgeable guide who answered lots of questions. I think if I were to go again that I would ask for more time in the Jewish quarter and take my guide out yo lunch so we could try some Jewish cuisine!
We had a guided city tour for two with Christoph. He took a lot of time and we were able to learn many details, as well as a good overview of the beautiful city, the old part and the Jewish quarter. The four hours were not too long! We were there at the end of November, it was very cold but we took a little break to drink tea and warm up. Christoph is a very good leader with an enormous knowledge. We would recommend this to anyone who goes to Krakow.
Chris was the perfect guide to introduce us to Krakow. He kept an engaging conversation going the entirety of the 5 hour tour, and knew detailed backgrounds for every stop we made through the city. It was obvious Chris prides himself on knowing more than just the basic highlights you can get on any tour, and this pays off in a tour that provides more information than I could have possibly hoped for. We were on a weeklong tour of multiple cities in Europe, and this is the one tour we took which really stuck out as being of exceptional quality. Would recommend this tour to anyone visiting Krakow.
Andrew is a great guide for Krakow. He is very knowledgeable about the city, polite and has a good sense of humor. If you are looking for a Krakow Old Town and Jewish Quarter tour, you cannot go wrong with Andrew!
My wife and I are big fans of walking tours so we have taken/done many. Mostly good, very rarely bad, rarely exceptional. Which leads me to our tour with Christopher. In a word, exceptional. Christoph is engaging, fun, and encyclopedic in his knowledge of Poland and Krakow. It’s the nuances and smaller details that so often enrich an experience, and that was true for us on our 5 hour tour with Christoph. More importantly, he is flexible. While he had not originally planned for us to visit a temple and cemetery in the Jewish area, we expressed interest in doing so. It was easily a 30 minute digression from what he had planned, but he was able to adjust. This turned out to be one of our favorite parts of the tour, and we were amazed at not only his knowledge of Jewish history but also his knowledge of this temple and cemetery. And for us who are not Jewish, we learned so much in so short a time. And that sums up the whole experience. We chose Christoph based on prior reviews we read. He was as great as advertised. And when we parted, we both felt we had made a new friend.
Our guide, Christopher, was outstanding. His English was very good and his walking pace was very easy to follow. His knowledge of the city and the history of the places we passed was amazing. The money for the 5 hour tour was well worth it. He picked us up promptly in front of our AIRBNB.
Christopher was an excellent guide! He took his time explaining the history and current events of Poland, while showing us all around the old city and Jewish quarter. The tour was 5 hours, plus a nice break at a lovely cafe/bookstore. Highly recommend this tour; we had a great time!
