Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #7 in Krakow, Poland

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Number of sights 30 sights
Distance 10.2 km
Ascend 139 m
Descend 140 m

Experience Krakow in Poland in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in KrakowIndividual Sights in Krakow

Sight 1: Muzeum Ogrodu Botanicznego UJ

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The Museum of the Botanical Garden is a museum located in the Botanical Garden of the Jagiellonian University in the Śniadecki Collegium. It has the oldest botanical collection of a museum character in Poland.

Wikipedia: Muzeum Ogrodu Botanicznego (PL), Website

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Sight 2: Botanic Garden Museum

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Collegium Śniadeckiego – a building of the Jagiellonian University located in Krakow at 27 Kopernika Street, in Wesoła Street.

Wikipedia: Collegium Śniadeckiego Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego (PL)

334 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: Kościół pw. Świętej Teresy od Jezusa i Świętego Jana od Krzyża

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The Church of St. Theresa of Jesus and St. John of the Cross is a Roman Catholic parish church and conventual church of the Discalced Carmelites located in Kraków in district II at 44 Kopernika Street, in Wesoła Street.

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Teresy od Jezusa i św. Jana od Krzyża w Krakowie (PL)

229 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Kościół pw. Niepokalanego Poczęcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny

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Kościół pw. Niepokalanego Poczęcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny Zygmunt Put Zetpe0202 / CC BY-SA 4.0

The Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary – a historic Roman Catholic hospital church, located in Krakow at 19 Kopernika Street, in Wesoła Street.

Wikipedia: Kościół Niepokalanego Poczęcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Krakowie (ul. Kopernika) (PL)

244 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: Kościół pw. Najświętszego Serca Pana Jezusa

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Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a Roman Catholic church of the Jesuits in Kraków.

Wikipedia: Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Kraków (EN)

256 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Kościół pw. Świętego Mikołaja

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St. Nicholas Church – a historic, Roman Catholic parish church located in Krakow, at 9 Kopernika Street, in Wesoła Street.

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Mikołaja w Krakowie (PL), Website

343 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 7: Kościół pw. Matki Boskiej Śnieżnej

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Kościół pw. Matki Boskiej Śnieżnej Pawel Swiegoda (Paberu) / CC BY 3.0

The Church of Our Lady of the Snows is a Roman Catholic parish church and conventual church of the Dominican nuns, located in the Old Town of Kraków at 21 Mikołajska Street. It is also called in Gródek.

Wikipedia: Kościół Matki Boskiej Śnieżnej w Krakowie (PL)

264 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: Kościół pw. Świętego Tomasza Apostoła

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Kościół pw. Świętego Tomasza Apostoła Zygmunt Put Zetpe0202 / CC BY-SA 4.0

Church of St. Thomas the Apostle – a Roman Catholic conventual church of the Sisters of the Holy Spirit, located in Krakow at 14 Szpitalna Street, at the corner of 23 St. Thomas Street, in the Old Town.

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Tomasza Apostoła w Krakowie (PL)

176 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Saint Barbara's Church

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St. Barbara's Church is a Gothic Roman Catholic church between St. Mary's Square and the Small Market Square in the Old Town of Kraków.

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Barbary w Krakowie (PL), Website

29 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 10: St. Mary's Basilica

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Saint Mary's Basilica is a Brick Gothic church adjacent to the Main Market Square in Kraków, Poland. Built in the 14th century, its foundations date back to the early 13th century and serve as one of the best examples of Polish Gothic architecture. Standing 80 m (262 ft) tall, it is particularly famous for its wooden altarpiece carved by Veit Stoss (Wit Stwosz). Some of its monumental polychrome murals were designed by Poland's leading history painter, Jan Matejko (1838–1893). In 1978 it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site alongside the Historic Centre of Kraków.

Wikipedia: St. Mary's Basilica, Kraków (EN), Website

161 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: National Museum The Nineteenth Century Polish Art Gallery at the Sukiennice

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National Museum The Nineteenth Century Polish Art Gallery at the Sukiennice

The Gallery of 19th-Century Polish Art at Sukiennice, is a division of the National Museum, Kraków, Poland. The gallery is housed on the upper floor of the Renaissance Sukiennice Cloth Hall in the center of the Main Market Square in Old Town Kraków.

Wikipedia: Sukiennice Museum (EN), Website

129 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: St. Adalbert's church

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The Church of St. Adalbert or the Church of St. Wojciech, located on the intersection of the Main Market Square and Grodzka Street in Old Town, Kraków, is one of the oldest stone churches in Poland. Its almost 1000-year-old history goes back to the beginning of the Polish Romanesque architecture of the early Middle Ages. Throughout the early history of Kraków the Church of St. Wojciech was a place of worship first visited by merchants travelling from across Europe. It was a place where citizens and nobility would meet.

Wikipedia: Church of St. Adalbert, Kraków (EN)

323 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 13: Kościół pw. Świętej Trójcy

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Kościół pw. Świętej TrójcyLestat (Jan Mehlich) / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Basilica of Holy Trinity in Kraków, Poland, is a Catholic basilica. Built in a gothic style, it also houses a monastery of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans). Its history dates from the year 1223.

Wikipedia: Basilica of Holy Trinity, Kraków (EN)

192 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 14: Kościół pw. Świętego Józefa

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St. Joseph's Church – a Roman Catholic conventual church of the Bernardine Sisters, located in Krakow at 21 Poselska Street in the Old Town.

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Józefa w Krakowie (ul. Poselska) (PL)

478 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 15: Kościół pw. Świętego Idziego

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Church of St. Giles in Kraków is a Roman Catholic church of the Dominican Order located on Grodzka Street in Kraków. Its history dates to 11th century; it has been rebuilt many times since.

Wikipedia: Church of St. Giles, Kraków (EN)

177 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 16: Kościół Świętego Marcina

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St. Marcin - a historic Evangelical Church in Krakow at ul. Grodzka 56.

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Marcina w Krakowie (PL)

151 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 17: Church of Saint Andrew

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The Church of St. Andrew in the Old Town district of Kraków, Poland located at Grodzka Street, is a historical Romanesque church built between 1079 and 1098 by a medieval Polish statesman Palatine Sieciech. It is a rare surviving example of the European fortress church used for defensive purposes.

Wikipedia: St. Andrew's Church, Kraków (EN)

125 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 18: Church of Saints Peter and Paul

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The Church of Saints Peter and Paul is a Roman Catholic Polish Baroque church located at 54 Grodzka Street in the Old Town district of Kraków, Poland. It was built between 1597–1619 by Giovanni Maria Bernardoni who perfected the original design of Józef Britius. It is the biggest of the historic Churches of Kraków in terms of seating capacity. Since 1842 it serves the Catholic All Saints parish.

Wikipedia: Saints Peter and Paul Church, Kraków (EN)

222 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 19: Geological Museum

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Muzeum Geologiczne Instytutu Nauk Geologicznych PAN w Krakowie is a museum in Kraków, Poland. The collection dates back to 1865.

Wikipedia: Geological museum, Kraków (EN)

403 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 20: Kraków Philharmonic

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Kraków Philharmonic Zygmunt Put Zetpe0202 / CC BY-SA 4.0

The Kraków Philharmonic is the primary concert hall in Kraków, Poland. It is one of the largest auditoriums in the city. It consists of the main hall for orchestral performances with 693 seats, and two smaller venues, the Golden Hall and the Blue Hall, for chamber music concerts.

Wikipedia: Kraków Philharmonic (EN), Website

239 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 21: Kościół pw. Niepokalanego Serca Najświętszej Marii Panny

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The Church of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Roman Catholic parish church and conventual church of the Felician Sisters located in Kraków, in District I at 6 Smoleńsk Street, in Nowy Świat.

Wikipedia: Kościół Niepokalanego Serca Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Krakowie (ul. Smoleńsk) (PL)

88 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 22: Kościół pw. Bożego Miłosierdzia

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Kościół pw. Bożego Miłosierdzia Zygmunt Put Zetpe0202 / CC BY-SA 4.0

The Church of Divine Mercy – a historic, Roman Catholic filial church of the Wawel Cathedral Chapter. It is located in Krakow at 1 Boże Miłosierdzia Street, at the corner with 2 Felicjanek Street and Smoleńsk Street. Three masses in the Latin rite are celebrated there every Sunday, and also twice a month in the Armenian rite.

Wikipedia: Kościół Bożego Miłosierdzia w Krakowie (Nowy Świat) (PL)

565 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 23: Dawny Hotel Cracovia

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Hotel Orbis "Cracovia" – a hotel in Krakow, in district VII at al. Marsz. Ferdynanda Focha 1, in Półwieś Zwierzynieckie.

Wikipedia: Hotel „Cracovia” (PL)

472 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 24: Teatr Scena STU

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Theater Scena STU is located at 16 Krasinskiego Street in Kraków, Poland. Established in 1966 by Krzysztof Jasiński, it started as a member of a group of nonprofessional student theaters. It is considered to be one of the city's most important cultural institutions. The current artistic director is Krzysztof Jasiński.

Wikipedia: Theater Scena STU (EN), Website

564 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 25: Kaplica pw. Świętego Piotra i Świętego Pawła

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The Chapel of Saints Peter and Paul the Apostles is a historic chapel located in Kraków, in district VIII at 13 Madalińskiego Street, in Dębniki.

Wikipedia: Kaplica św. Piotra i św. Pawła w Krakowie (PL)

1371 meters / 16 minutes

Sight 26: Kościół pw. Świętego Augustyna i Świętego Jana Chrzciciela w Krakowie

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Kościół pw. Świętego Augustyna i Świętego Jana Chrzciciela w Krakowie Zygmunt Put / CC BY-SA 4.0

Church of St. Augustine and St. John the Baptist – a Roman Catholic parish church and monastery of the Norbertine nuns located in Krakow at 88 Kościuszki Street, in Zwierzyniec. Together with the adjacent Norbertine monastery, it forms the largest historic complex of the city after Wawel.

Wikipedia: Kościół św. Augustyna i św. Jana Chrzciciela w Krakowie (PL)

574 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 27: Zwierzyniec House

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Zwierzyniec House Pawel Swiegoda (Paberu) / CC BY-SA 2.5

Zwierzyniecki House is a branch of the Museum of Krakow located at 41 Queen Hedwig Street in Zwierzyńec, Krakow, at the foot of The Mountain of St. Bronisławy, near the monastery of Ss. Norbertanek, the Church of the Holy Salwator and the Kosciuszko mound. Zwierzyniecki House focuses on local microhistory, researching and documenting the changes that have taken place in the former suburbs of Krakow since their integration into the city. It also organizes short exhibitions devoted to the history of Krakow's suburbs, Krakow customs and outstanding representatives of the local community. A regular resident and caretaker of the Zwierzyniecki House is a black cat Włodek.

Wikipedia: Zwierzyniecki Salon Artystyczny (EN)

648 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 28: Kościół pw. Najświętszego Salwatora

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Church of the Most Holy Salvator – a historic church located in Krakow's Zwierzyniec at St. Bronisława Street, on a small hill constituting the eastern end of the massif of St. Bronisława Mountain.

Wikipedia: Kościół Najświętszego Salwatora w Krakowie (PL), Website

105 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 29: Kaplica Świętej Małgorzaty

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The Chapel of St. Margaret and St. Judith – a Baroque, wooden chapel located in Krakow in Salwator, at 8 St. Bronisława Street. It is located on the route of the Małopolska Wooden Architecture Route.

Wikipedia: Kaplica św. Małgorzaty i św. Judyty (PL)

1372 meters / 16 minutes

Sight 30: Kościół pw. Matki Bożej Wspomożenia Wiernych

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Kościół pw. Matki Bożej Wspomożenia Wiernych Zygmunt Put Zetpe0202 / CC BY-SA 4.0

The Church of Our Lady Help of Christians is a Roman Catholic rector church of the Salesians, located in Kraków, in District VIII, Dębniki at 39 Tyniecka Street.

Wikipedia: Kościół Matki Bożej Wspomożenia Wiernych w Krakowie (PL)

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