What To Do In Krakow | 4 day itinerary

10 places in this vlog

In the order they appear. Tap a time to play it here, or ↗ to open YouTube at that second.

1. 1:25

   Wieliczka Salt Mine

   🚆 Day trip · Wieliczka

   Expect about 380 steps down and around 18°C underground, so dress lighter than the weather outside suggests.

2. 2:53

   Chapel of St. Kinga

   ⛩️ Temple · Wieliczka

3. 3:44

   Wawel Royal Castle

   🏰 Palace · Wawel

   The castle balcony looks out over Straszewskiego Street, where Oskar Schindler lived.

4. 4:48

   Oskar Schindler's Apartment (Straszewskiego 7)

   🏛️ Historic site · Stare Miasto

   This is the doorway Liam Neeson walks out of in Schindler's List.

5. 5:17

   Kazimierz

   🏘️ Neighborhood · Kazimierz

   Pierogi are the food to try here.

6. 5:30

   Kraków Ghetto Wall

   🏛️ Historic site · Podgórze

   In 1941 about 15,000 Jews were crammed into an area previously home to around 3,000 people.

7. 7:43

   Zakopane

   🚆 Day trip · Zakopane

   Ski season usually runs from around Christmas to the end of March, and a 692 m toboggan run lasts just over 5 minutes.

8. 9:05

   Auschwitz-Birkenau

   🚆 Day trip · Oświęcim

   Birkenau is about 3 km from Auschwitz I, and the destroyed crematoria 2 and 3 remain as ruins.

9. 13:50

   St. Mary's Basilica

   ⛩️ Temple · Stare Miasto

10. 14:33

    Plac Nowy

    🍜 Street food · Kazimierz

    The area comes alive around 1 pm; the chicken, spinach, mushroom and cheese zapiekanka beats pizza.