Auschwitz-Birkenau Tours
Guided visits to the Auschwitz I and Birkenau memorial sites with transport from Krakow, some adding the Wieliczka Salt Mine. Oświęcim is about 70 km west, 1.5 hours by road.
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Most day trips from Krakow go to Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Wieliczka Salt Mine or Zakopane in the Tatra Mountains. Wieliczka is 15 km away; Auschwitz, about 70 km west.
Guided visits to the Auschwitz I and Birkenau memorial sites with transport from Krakow, some adding the Wieliczka Salt Mine. Oświęcim is about 70 km west, 1.5 hours by road.
Trips to the town at the foot of the Tatras: the Gubałówka funicular, Krupówki Street and smoked oscypek cheese, some with a thermal bath. Zakopane is about 2 hours south of Krakow.
Chochołowskie Termy has more than 30 indoor and outdoor pools facing the Tatra peaks. Trips from Krakow bundle return transport with the entry ticket; the drive takes about 2 hours.
Guided routes 135 metres underground past chambers and chapels carved in salt, including St. Kinga's Chapel, often paired with Wawel or Auschwitz. The mine is 15 km from Krakow.
Entry to the Energylandia theme park in Zator with return transport from Krakow, so there is no train or bus change on the way. The park is about an hour's drive west of the city.
Pilgrimage trips to Jasna Góra Monastery and its Black Madonna icon, Poland's main Marian shrine; one tour adds Wadowice. Częstochowa is about 2 hours northwest of Krakow.
Visits to the Family Home of John Paul II, the museum in the flat where Karol Wojtyła was born, and the basilica beside it. The town is about 50 km southwest of Krakow.
Rafting on traditional wooden rafts through the Pieniny gorge that marks the Polish-Slovak border, ending in the spa town of Szczawnica. The river trip takes 2 to 3 hours.
Walks and bike rides among limestone cliffs, caves and the Hercules' Club rock in Poland's smallest national park, some with Pieskowa Skała Castle. It lies about 25 km north of Krakow.
