Krakow Jewish Quarter and Ghetto Free Tour

4.90

Excellent(1401)

Kraków

Duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes

Languages: English and Spanish

Guru: Krakow Explorers

PRO

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Registered on 18 September 2018

We, the Krakow Explorers team, challenge you to join our tailor made tours for people who want to experience high quality excursions. Our team consists of licensed guides, professional historians and archaeologists who know all the crooks of the former Polish capital. Our goal is to make every person who sets foot in Krakow fall in love with this city.

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Free reservation and cancellation

Pay-what-you-want tour, no set price, reservation and cancellation are free

Tour description

Jews who in the Middle Ages were persecuted in Western Europe began to settle in Kazimierz, soon this city became a place of Jewish prosperity. It is here that synagogues can be found, picturesque streets in which the hustle and bustle of Jewish life prevailed before the holocaust of World War II.
See Poland's oldest synagogue, tour "Schindler's List" filming locations, learn who Ashkenazim and Sephardi are, meet some of the Polish Jews who went down in history.
This tour ends in the heart of the old Ghetto, in the Plaza de Los Heroes del ghetto a few meters from the Oscar Schindler Factory.
Join us for a 2:30 hour tour where we will discover the Jewish heritage in Krakow, learn about its traditions and iconic characters who created Jewish history in Poland.

Highlights

What will we see on this tour?

Meeting point:

Szeroka 24, 31-053 Kraków, Poland

The meeting place is in front of the Old Synagogue (Szeroka 24, 31-053 Kraków, Poland). Your guide will wait for you with the ORANGE umbrella and the sign FREE TOUR. See you there!

Outside visit

Synagoga Stara w Krakowie

Outside visit

plac Nowy

Outside visit

Schindler's List Passage

How much does this tour cost?

Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end the amount they consider appropriate (amounts usually range from €15 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).