Poland itinerary, day by day

The royal capital until the court moved to Warsaw at the end of the sixteenth century, and largely spared by the war. The Main Square is one of the largest in medieval Europe, with Wawel castle above the Vistula.

• Old town and Wawel Castle, guided2h · from €18

  Two hours from the Main Square along the Royal Way to the hill where Polish kings were crowned and buried.

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• Wieliczka Salt MineHalf day · from €25

  Half a day out of Kraków, about fifteen kilometres away, with a guided descent into the chapels and chambers of the salt mine.

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Salt was mined here from the thirteenth century until 1996. The visitor route goes down to 135 metres, past chapels, lakes and statues cut from rock salt, and the mine has been UNESCO-listed since 1978.

• The salt mine Tourist Route (UNESCO)3h · from €25

  About three hours underground on the Tourist Route, which reaches 135 metres below the surface.

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• The Chapel of St KingaIncluded · from €9

  An underground church carved entirely from salt, chandeliers included, 101 metres down.

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The royal capital until the court moved to Warsaw at the end of the sixteenth century, and largely spared by the war. The Main Square is one of the largest in medieval Europe, with Wawel castle above the Vistula.

• Old town and Wawel Castle, guided2h · from €18

  Two hours from the Main Square along the Royal Way to the hill where Polish kings were crowned and buried.

  Book on GetYourGuide →
• Wieliczka Salt MineHalf day · from €25

  Half a day out of Kraków, about fifteen kilometres away, with a guided descent into the chapels and chambers of the salt mine.

  Book on GetYourGuide →

Salt was mined here from the thirteenth century until 1996. The visitor route goes down to 135 metres, past chapels, lakes and statues cut from rock salt, and the mine has been UNESCO-listed since 1978.

• The salt mine Tourist Route (UNESCO)3h · from €25

  About three hours underground on the Tourist Route, which reaches 135 metres below the surface.

  Book on GetYourGuide →
• The Chapel of St KingaIncluded · from €9

  An underground church carved entirely from salt, chandeliers included, 101 metres down.

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Capital since the end of the sixteenth century, and around 85% destroyed by 1945. The old town was rebuilt after the war from paintings and drawings, and is UNESCO-listed.

• The rebuilt old town, guided2h · from €15

  How a district flattened in 1944 was put back together after the war, down to the colours of the facades.

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• Warsaw Rising Museum2h · from €8

  The 63 days of the 1944 uprising against the German occupation, told through film, sound and a full-size replica of a Liberator bomber.

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A Hanseatic port on the Baltic, where the Solidarity movement was born in the shipyard in 1980. The Main Town was rebuilt facade by facade after the war.

• The Hanseatic old town, guided2h · from €15

  The merchant houses, the gates and the churches of the Main Town, and the trade that paid for them.

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• Museum of the Second World War2h · from €7

  Opened in 2017, not far from Westerplatte where the first shots of the war were fired, and one of the most complete museums on the subject in Europe.

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Capital since the end of the sixteenth century, and around 85% destroyed by 1945. The old town was rebuilt after the war from paintings and drawings, and is UNESCO-listed.

• The rebuilt old town, guided2h · from €15

  How a district flattened in 1944 was put back together after the war, down to the colours of the facades.

  Book on GetYourGuide →
• Warsaw Rising Museum2h · from €8

  The 63 days of the 1944 uprising against the German occupation, told through film, sound and a full-size replica of a Liberator bomber.

  Book on GetYourGuide →