Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #8 in Krakow, Poland

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Number of sights 19 sights
Distance 10.3 km
Ascend 210 m
Descend 129 m

Explore Krakow in Poland with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in KrakowIndividual Sights in Krakow

Sight 1: Kościół pw. Niepokalanego Poczęcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny

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Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Roman Catholic conventual church of barefoot Carmelites, located in Krakow at ul. Rakowicka 18.

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

557 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 2: Celestat

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Celestat – a place of training for members of the Cracow Fowler Brotherhood. Originally, Celestat was located in the vicinity of the Mikołajska Gate, later at the palace in Łobzów. The activity of the Fowler Brotherhood was suspended from 1794 to the 30s of the nineteenth century, when a manor house with a garden, now the Strzelecki Park, was purchased at Lubicz Street. A palace was erected in this area, which today is called Celasto. It is a branch of the Historical Museum of the City of Krakow and houses the permanent exhibition From the history of the Krakow Fowler Brotherhood.

Wikipedia: Celestat (PL), Website

1198 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 3: Kościół pw. Najświętszego Serca Pana Jezusa

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The Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a Roman Catholic church of the Sisters of Charity located in Krakow, Poland, in the first district at 8 Warszawska Street, in the Kleparz district.

Wikipedia: Kościół Najświętszego Serca Pana Jezusa w Krakowie (ul. Warszawska) (PL)

595 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 4: Grób Nieznanego Żołnierza

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The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a cenotaph commemorating the unknown Polish soldiers who died on the battlefields, located in Krakow on Matejko Square in front of the Grunwald Monument. On the marble pedestal there is a bronze candle, lit during the ceremony.

Wikipedia: Grób Nieznanego Żołnierza w Krakowie (PL)

203 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Kaplica Czartoryskich

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The Chapel of the Passion of Christ, also known as the Czartoryski Chapel, originally the chapter house – a Roman Catholic church of historic character, belonging to the archcathedral parish of St. Stanislaus BM and St. Wenceslaus in Krakow. It is one of the public chapels of the Archcathedral Basilica of St. Stanislaus BM and St. Wenceslaus in Krakow at Wawel Castle. It is located on the ground floor of the Clock Tower, at the northern aisle of the cathedral, west of the vestibule leading to the chapter house.

Wikipedia: Kaplica Czartoryskich na Wawelu (PL)

116 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Kościół pw. Przemienienia Pańskiego

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The Church of the Transfiguration – a historic sacral complex, a Roman Catholic conventual Piarist church and an adjacent monastery, located in Krakow, in the Old Town at 2 Pijarska Street.

Wikipedia: Kościół Przemienienia Pańskiego w Krakowie (ul. Pijarska) (PL)

645 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 7: Bunkier Sztuki

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The Gallery of Contemporary Art "Bunkier Sztuki" is an art gallery in Krakow, Poland, located at 3a Szczepański Square, in the Old Town near the Planty Park.

Wikipedia: Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej „Bunkier Sztuki” (PL), Website

498 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 8: The Józef Mehoffer House

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The Józef Mehoffer House Autor nie został podany w rozpoznawalny automatycznie sposób. Założono, że to Cancre (w oparciu o szablon praw autorskich). / CC BY-SA 2.5

The Józef Mehoffer House is a branch of the National Museum in Krakow dedicated to the artist Józef Mehoffer, located in Krakow at 26 Krupnicza Street.

Wikipedia: Dom Józefa Mehoffera w Krakowie (PL), Website

304 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 9: Domek loretański w Krakowie

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The Loreran House is a building located in Cracow on the north side of the Capuchin Church at 11 Loretańska Street, on the Sand Island.

Wikipedia: Domek loretański w Krakowie (PL)

399 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 10: Cerkiew Podwyższenia Krzyża Świętego

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The Orthodox Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross is a historic Greek Catholic church located in Krakow, Poland, at 11 Wiślna Street, in the Old Town.

Wikipedia: Cerkiew Podwyższenia Krzyża Świętego w Krakowie (PL)

228 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 11: 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 12: 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 and conventual church of the Felician Sisters located in Krakow, in District I, at 6 Smoleńsk Street, in Nowy Świat.

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

1451 meters / 17 minutes

Sight 13: Błonia

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Błonia Park is a vast meadow with an area of 48 hectares directly adjacent to the historic centre of the city of Kraków, Poland.

Wikipedia: Błonia (EN)

1146 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 14: 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 15: Kościół pw. Najświętszego Salwatora

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The Church of the Holy Salvator – a historic church located in the Zwierzyniec district of Krakow at 5 St. Bronisławy Street, on a small hill constituting the eastern end of the St. Bronisława Mountain massif.

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

916 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 16: Diabelski Most

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Diabelski Most Zygmunt Put Zetpe0202 / CC BY-SA 4.0

The Devil's Bridge is a historic building, one of the buildings of the Austrian Fortress of Kraków. It is located in the western part of Krakow, in District VII, at the intersection of Malczewskiego Street and Washington Avenue in Zwierzyniec.

Wikipedia: Diabelski Most w Krakowie (PL)

888 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 17: Góra św. Bronisławy

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St. Bronisława's Hill is the eastern peak of a two-peaked hill in the eastern part of the Sowiniec Range in Kraków. The western peak is Sikornik (296 m) separated by a shallow switch. St. Bronisława's Hill is longer than Sikornik. Geographically, both hills belong to the Cracow Bridge within the macroregion of the Cracow Gate.

Wikipedia: Góra św. Bronisławy (PL)

2 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 18: Kaplica pw. Błogosławionej Bronisławy

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Chapel of Blessed Bronisława is a neo-Gothic Roman Catholic chapel in Kraków, Poland, erected in 1856–61 within the walls of a military citadel constructed during the Austrian Partition of Poland by the Habsburg monarchy. The chapel was meant as a replacement for the Polish 18th-century church demolished by the Austrians in 1854 during the construction of the stronghold in the Zwierzyniec district.

Wikipedia: Blessed Bronisława Chapel (EN)

279 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 19: Kościuszko Mound

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Kościuszko Mound

Kościuszko Mound is an artificial mound in Kraków, Poland. It was erected by Cracovians in commemoration of the Polish national leader Tadeusz Kościuszko, and modelled after Kraków's prehistoric mounds of Krak and Wanda. A serpentine path leads to the top, approximately 326 metres (1,070 ft) above sea level, with a panoramic view of the Vistula River and the city.

Wikipedia: Kościuszko Mound (EN), Website

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