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1. Main Market Square

Search for clothes and jewelry in a 700-year-old shopping center, tour ancient churches and climb to the top of a Gothic tower at Kraków’s Main Market Square. This 13th-century plaza is one of the largest medieval squares in Europe. It is surrounded by traditional Flemish houses and is home to some of the city's most important historical buildings.
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Main Market Square featuring outdoor art and street scenes

2. Wieliczka Salt Mine

Visit Wieliczka Salt Mine and stand beneath the glittering chandeliers in the Chapel of St. Kinga. You might imagine you are in one of Europe’s great cathedrals. The fact that you are underground and almost all the reliefs, statues and chandeliers are made from salt makes the spectacle even more impressive. Explore the saline labyrinth further to discover an underground lake, numerous carvings and a museum tracking the 700-year history of the mine.
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Wieliczka Salt Mine featuring heritage elements

3. Wawel Castle

Explore the former bedchambers and staterooms in Wawel Castle. See Flemish tapestries and paintings by Rubens. Head to the Treasury to view collections of armor and royal jewelry and explore the castle’s past in an exhibit dedicated to archaeological finds in and around the grounds. Visit a cave where legend says a dragon once lived or relax with a stroll around the Royal Garden.
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See the coronation sword of Polish kings, opulent royal apartments, Renaissance paintings and an underground cave system at Krakow’s biggest castle.

4. Oskar Schindler Factory

Oskar Schindler’s Factory is a moving museum in central Krakow that is dedicated to communicating the plight of Jewish families during the Holocaust. Listen to radio excerpts announcing Nazi propaganda and imagine how it must have felt to be one of the Jewish workers in Oskar Schindler’s Factory in wartime Krakow. Read extracts from letters and diaries. Photographs and reconstructed scenes of daily life help to paint a vivid picture of what life would have been like for many families in Poland.
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Oskar Schindler Factory which includes interior views and military items

5. ICE Krakow Congress Centre

ICE Kraków Congress Centre is a multipurpose complex for business, cultural and entertainment events. With 395,250 square feet (36,720 square meters) of space, the convention center can host a range of activities for large audience numbers. The name ICE is an acronym of International Conferences and Entertainment. Attend an event here and make use of state-of-the-art facilities set within a spectacular contemporary building.
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Krakow showing modern architecture

6. St. Mary's Basilica

St. Mary’s Basilica is known for its altarpiece depicting scenes from the life of the Virgin Mary. Let the trumpet that calls every hour from the top of St. Mary’s Basilica lure you across Krakow’s main market square to the doors of the basilica. Many legends surround this building. Study the intricately carved scenes on the wooden altarpiece before climbing the tower for one of the best views of the city.
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St. Mary\'s Basilica which includes a statue or sculpture, a square or plaza and street scenes

7. Cloth Hall

The Cloth Hall is one of the oldest shopping malls in the world and an architectural gem. Within its magnificent walls are stalls filled with souvenirs and trinkets, including folk costumes, jewelry and many other types of hand-crafted objects.
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Cloth Hall featuring markets as well as a large group of people

Popular places to visit

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Main Market Square

5/5(1,499 reviews)

Spend some time in a large medieval square that is filled with restaurants, cafés and magnificent buildings that are hundreds of years old.

Main Market Square
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Wieliczka Salt Mine

4.5/5(801 reviews)

Chapels carved entirely from salt, an underground lake and a museum make up this internationally protected World Heritage listed salt mine.

Wieliczka Salt Mine
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Royal Road

You can learn about the history of Kraków with a stop at Royal Road. Make time for the shops and local tours in this family-friendly area.

Royal Road
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Wawel Castle

4.5/5(1,056 reviews)

See the coronation sword of Polish kings, opulent royal apartments, Renaissance paintings and an underground cave system at Krakow’s biggest castle.

Wawel Castle
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Oskar Schindler Factory

4.5/5(594 reviews)

Gain an insight into what it was like to live in wartime Krakow in the factory made famous by the Hollywood movie Schindler’s List.

Oskar Schindler Factory
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ICE Krakow Congress Centre

4.5/5(51 reviews)

This futuristic structure with a gleaming glass front is the city’s foremost venue for business conferences, concerts, theater performances and trade fairs.

ICE Krakow Congress Centre
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St. Mary's Basilica

4.5/5(860 reviews)

Discover the many legends that surround this Gothic church and see the stunning 15th-century altarpiece in its colorful interior.

St. Mary's Basilica
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Cloth Hall

4.5/5(849 reviews)

The majestic centerpiece of Kraków's main square is a historic building with a busy market and an art gallery filled with Polish masterpieces.

Cloth Hall
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Kraków Barbican

4.5/5(609 reviews)

Take a tour of the structure that once ensured Krakow’s safety and is today the best-preserved barbican in Europe.

Kraków Barbican
Wawel Castle featuring a city, heritage architecture and château or palace

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