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Historic Zone Free Tour: the old town and the Jewish quarter

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Duration: 3 hours and 15 minutes
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Registered on 12 November 2019
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We are Cracow Free Tours guides, we love our city and would like you to fall in love with Krakow as well. Among our guides there are professional licensed guides, historians and museum workers who love to introduce Krakow to the visitors. As we are all locals, we can also give you many interesting tips on how to spend the best of your time here. You can ask any question and we will do our best to answer it! Our tours are specially designed to present the history, monuments, folklore, legends and anecdotes of Krakow, which was the former capital of Poland, so it has a great significance to the Polish nation. Join our tours and discover the city with us!
Free reservation and cancellation
Pay-what-you-want tour, no set price, reservation and cancellation are free

Tour description

Join our free tour of the historic center of Krakow: the old town and the Jewish quarter. During a single tour you can visit all the important places and monuments of the beautiful city of Krakow! Without Krakow, there would be no Poland. This is where the beating heart of the Polish nation is still located. History and time have been merciful to the architecture of Krakow, so you will walk for centuries enjoying the true pearls on the monuments. The historic center has not been rebuilt since medieval times and this is a UNESCO site. Krakow is one of the most charming places in the world and we will try it during our tour. Would you like to see the dragon? Why do we have so many pigeons? Why does a madman touch the four windows every hour? Whose head is in the square? What is a papal window? These questions and many others will be answered by our authorized guides with many smiles. The Jewish quarter is also an exceptional place, as it is the only neighborhood of this type that survived the Nazi occupation in Poland. Why? And what are the theories of historians about it? We will bring it to light during our tour that includes the most important synagogues of the Kazimierz district, and the places where famous Jews lived peacefully alongside the Christian community for centuries. We will talk about the Holocaust, Oscar Schindler, Spielberg's "Schindler List", and many other important topics. On the way back we will walk through the same streets where Schindler's List was filmed. This tour includes: -Church of Santa Maria (Mariacki) -Medicines of the medieval city and the barbican -The main market square -Collegio Maius -The window of John Paul II -Wawel Cathedral -Wawel Castle -Remuh Synagogue -The monument to the victims of the Holocaust -Szeroka Street -Helena Rubinstein's house -Old Synagogue-Isaac Synagogue -The Nowy Square, the heart of the nightlife district of Kazimierz -The filming sites of Schindler's list -Tempel Synagogue


Highlights

What will we see on this tour?

Meeting point:
Rynek Gwny 45 31042 Krakw Poland
Our guides always wear a RED UMBRELLA WITH THE DRAGON. Find us in front of the church of St. Mary in the Main Square of Krakow.
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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).


Who is this tour for?

Accessibility
Not suitable for people with reduced mobility.
Groups
Does not accept large group bookings.
Pets
Not suitable for bringing pets.

What should I know?

Minimum attendees
Does not require a minimum number of people to conduct the tour.
Additional costs
The tour does not require payment for entries or additional expenses.
Free cancellation
If you cannot attend the tour, please cancel the reservation, otherwise the guide will be waiting for you.
Payment methods
Cash payment only.
Historic Zone Free Tour: the old town and the Jewish quarter
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