Where to stay in Poland?

Places to stay at every stop and at every budget, chosen for where they are. Sleeping in the right place each night means not spending the trip in transport. Change the budget or the trip length and the hotels follow.

6 nights · accommodation about €735

Kraków

Days 1-3 · 3 nights
Mid-rangeHotel Stary
🏛️Historic centre

Boutique hotel on Szczepańska, in the Old Town, 600 m from the town centre, one street from the Rynek. For sleeping in an old house, with the Cloth Hall two minutes away.

€120 a nightSee on Booking →
Mid-rangePURO Kraków Stare Miasto
🏛️Historic centre🚶Walk everywhere🚉Transport nearby

Design hotel on Ogrodowa, in Kleparz, 500 m from the town centre, near the station. For those arriving by train who want a contemporary address with the Old Town on foot.

€85 a nightSee on Booking →
Mid-range♥ Our favouriteHotel Unicus
🏛️Historic centre🌿Quiet🚶Walk everywhere

Boutique hotel on Świętego Marka, in the Old Town, 300 m from the town centre. For the Rynek, the Cloth Hall and the churches on foot, on a quiet street in the centre.

€90 a nightSee on Booking →
BudgetGreg & Tom Hostel
🏛️Historic centre🚶Walk everywhere🚉Transport nearby

Hostel on Floriańska, in the Old Town, 300 m from the town centre. For sleeping on the street that leads to the Rynek, with the trams and the station a few minutes' walk away.

€15 a nightSee on Booking →
BudgetLet's Rock Hostel
🏛️Historic centre🚶Walk everywhere

Hostel on Grodzka, in the Old Town, 800 m from the town centre, on the Royal Road towards Wawel. For the castle and the Rynek on foot, with Kazimierz a quarter of an hour away.

€18 a nightSee on Booking →
LuxuryHotel Copernicus
🏛️Historic centre

Hotel on Kanonicza, in the Old Town, 1.1 km from the town centre, at the foot of Wawel. For sleeping on the city's oldest street, with the castle a stone's throw away.

Kanonicza is the oldest street in Kraków; Copernicus is said to have lodged there, hence the name of the hotel, set in two medieval houses.

€280 a nightSee on Booking →
LuxuryHotel Saski Krakow, Curio Collection by Hilton
🏛️Historic centre

Hotel on Sławkowska, in the Old Town, 600 m from the town centre, between the Rynek and St Florian's Gate. For the comfort of a major chain in a historic address in the centre.

€160 a nightSee on Booking →
LuxuryHotel Bonerowski Palace
🏛️Historic centre

Grand hotel on Rynek Główny, in the Old Town, 500 m from the town centre. For sleeping right on the main square, with the Cloth Hall beneath the windows.

€180 a nightSee on Booking →
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Wieliczka Salt Mine

Day 4 · 1 night
Mid-rangeHotel Galicya

Hotel on Rzemieślnicza, in Podgórze, 10 km from the mine, in the south of Kraków. For being on the right side of town for Wieliczka, with Kazimierz across the river.

€75 a nightSee on Booking →
Mid-range♥ Our favouriteHotel Turówka

Hotel on Żeromskiego, in Wieliczka, 600 m from the mine. For sleeping next to the site and following on with the visit at a relaxed pace, with no round trip from Kraków.

€80 a nightSee on Booking →
BudgetHotel Kazimierz

Hotel on Miodowa, in the Kazimierz district of Kraków, 11 km from the mine. For doing Wieliczka as an outing from the Jewish quarter, with its bars and synagogues.

€55 a nightSee on Booking →
BudgetB&B Hotel Kraków Centrum

Budget hotel on Monte Cassino, in Dębniki, 11.5 km from the mine, on the south bank of the Vistula. For a simple, affordable base in Kraków, with Wieliczka by train or bus.

€50 a nightSee on Booking →
LuxuryGrand Sal Hotel
🛁Spa

Hotel with a salt spa in Wieliczka, for the salt mine stop. For extending the underground visit with a salt treatment, a few steps from the site, without returning to Kraków in the evening.

The hotel stands in the mine's grounds, next to the Daniłowicz Shaft through which visitors descend.

€130 a nightSee on Booking →
LuxuryHotel Rubinstein

Hotel on Szeroka, in the Kazimierz district of Kraków, 10.8 km from the mine. For sleeping on the square of synagogues, with Wieliczka as a half-day outing.

€140 a nightSee on Booking →
LuxuryVienna House by Wyndham Andel's Cracow
🏛️Historic centre🚶Walk everywhere🚉Transport nearby

Hotel on Pawia, next to Kraków's main station, 12 km from the mine. For catching the train to Wieliczka from the hotel's doorstep, with the Old Town on foot.

€130 a nightSee on Booking →
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Warsaw

Days 5-6 · 2 nights
Mid-rangeHotel Bristol
🏛️Historic centre🚶Walk everywhere

Art Nouveau hotel on Krakowskie Przedmieście, on the Royal Route, 1.4 km from the town centre. For sleeping opposite the Presidential Palace, with the Old Town ten minutes' walk away.

Opened in 1901, the Bristol had the pianist Paderewski as co-founder and came through the war without being razed.

€150 a nightSee on Booking →
Mid-rangePURO Warszawa Centrum
🏛️Historic centre🚉Transport nearby

Design hotel on Widok, in Centrum, 300 m from the town centre, near the Palace of Culture. For those who want a contemporary address between the central station and Nowy Świat.

€85 a nightSee on Booking →
Mid-range♥ Our favouritePolonia Palace Hotel
🏛️Historic centre🚶Walk everywhere🚉Transport nearby

Historic hotel on Aleje Jerozolimskie, opposite the Palace of Culture, 100 m from the town centre. The most central location in Warsaw, between the station, the metro and the Royal Route, all on foot.

Opened in 1913, it is one of the few buildings in the centre still standing after 1944; several embassies moved in after the war.

€90 a nightSee on Booking →
BudgetNew World St. Hostel
🏛️Historic centre🚶Walk everywhere

Hostel on Nowy Świat, in Śródmieście, 600 m from the town centre. For sleeping on the Royal Route, with the street's cafés and the Old Town twenty minutes' walk away.

€20 a nightSee on Booking →
BudgetIbis Warszawa Stare Miasto
🏛️Historic centre

Chain hotel on Muranowska, in Muranów, 2.9 km from the town centre, next to the rebuilt Old Town. For a simple, reliable address a stone's throw from the Market Square.

€55 a nightSee on Booking →
LuxuryRaffles Europejski
🏛️Historic centre

Historic Warsaw hotel, on the Royal Route, for the stop in the capital. For sleeping in the city's oldest grand hotel, with the Old Town and Łazienki Park within reach.

Opened in 1857, the Europejski is Warsaw's oldest hotel, reopened in 2018 after a complete restoration.

€300 a nightSee on Booking →
LuxuryHotel Warszawa
🏛️Historic centre🚶Walk everywhere

Hotel on Powstańców Warszawy Square, in Centrum, 700 m from the town centre. For sleeping in an iconic building in the centre, with the Royal Route and the Palace of Culture on foot.

The hotel occupies the former Prudential building, a 1934 skyscraper riddled with shells in 1944 that became a symbol of the reconstruction.

€200 a nightSee on Booking →
LuxuryNobu Hotel Warsaw
🏛️Historic centre🚶Walk everywhere🍽️Restaurant

Hotel on Wilcza, in Koszyki, 800 m from the town centre, in the restaurant district south of the centre. For a contemporary address near Hala Koszyki, with the Palace of Culture on foot.

€220 a nightSee on Booking →
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