Do you like romantic escapes? (Krakow)

Member Name: Zraciok

Product:	Krakow
Date:	05/02/04 (99 review reads)
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Advantages: romantic

Disadvantages: language

Krakow is surely one of the best cities in Europe, if you like monuments.

It can be very cold in the middle of winter, going to minus 15, and it can be solid packed in summer with tourists. Still, it is a great destination, and you should hurry there before prices go up.

You like visiting churches? Then you are in for a treat. Even if you are not a churches buff, starting from the main square of Warsaw, you have St Mary's church. There are 2 towers, and you will see they are asimettric. Legend has it that 2 brothers were commissioned to build them, one got jeaulous of the other and at night he was damaging his brother's work (the one which is less straight). However, one night he was hit by remorse, and the day after he decided to throw himself from the tower he had already finished. There are regular guided tours of the church.

You can book organized tours of the city form one of the companies in the old center. Price change, they used to be much cheaper until a couple of years ago. Still, you can book a half day walked tour of the old city and the Castle for 5 euros. Additional tours of the castle are available, read below.

Wavel is probably the big attraction in Krakow. You may skip churches, but you should pay a visit to it. It is a huge complex. There are different sections and you will be asked to purchase a ticket for each of them, which is not a bad idea, since it allows you to skip some parts of it. Entry tickets are quite cheap, most of them for less than one pound

Many Jewish people lived in Krakow before WWII. A visit to the Jewish ghetto will allow you to see the remains of the wall which separated them from the rest of the city. You can also visit the synagogue, when I did it last time, there was an old rabbi, and the whole place, it was winter, was a bit chilling.

To cheer you up, the old center has many venues where you can enter for free or for little money. Some of the most famous names
have more English speaking amongst their guests than the average pub in London!

Finally, for accommodation, please refer to my previous review on Poland.

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