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KRAKOW CITY BREAKS   >   POLAND 


The Polish city of Krakow is situated on the Vistula River in the south of the country.

Krakow is the former capital of Poland [in 1609] and is one of the most important cultural cities of Central Europe.

Krakow is the capital of the Voivodeship Lesser Poland (Małopolska).


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Hotels in Poland

  Hotels in Krakow
Districts in Krakow : Bronowice, Debniki, Grzegórzki, Kazimierz, Kleparz, Lagiewniki, Lobzów, Nowa Huta, Podgórze, Pradnik Czerwony, Stare Miasto, Stare Miasto - Old Town, Wawel, Wesola, Zwierzyniec.

  krakow30.com   -  
Krakow  Cheap Hotels, Hostels, Apartments and B&B's.

  Hotel Jan ***, Grodzka 11, 31-006 Cracow

  Old Town Apartments ***, Szczepanska St. 3, old centre, nr train station
Instead of expensive and cramped Krakow hotel rooms we offer spacious and fully equipped hotel apartments with their own facilities! All our Krakow hotel apartments are in most favourable locations, either right next to the Main Square or in the middle between the Old Town, the Wawel Castle - the royal residence and Kazimierz (the famous old Jewish area).

  Hotel FM Pod Kopcem ***, al. Waszyngtona, 30-204 Krakow
The hotel is situated on the Saint Bronislaw's Hill, at the bottom of the Tadeusz Kosciuszko Hillock, in monumental fortifications dated on the 19 th century. The hotel is surrounded by a natural park. There is magnificent view on the Cracow city. The journey from the hotel to the city center takes 5 minutes by car.
Garden, terrace, free parking, near highway / airport

  Ester ***, Szeroka 20, 31 053 Krakau [ city centre, museums, train station ]
Located on Szeroka Street in the heart of the Kazimierz quarter, ten minutes' walk away from Krakow's bustling Market Square, the hotel is set amidst a scenery that brings back the lost world of the Chassidim, the Tzaddikim and the rabbis, in a place where Polish and Jewish cultures still exist side by side away from the town's clamour.

 

Travel Agents / Tour Operators

  
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Travel Guide Krakow / Related books

Amazon.com - Travel Guides Poland 

  Dorling Kindersley   -    

  DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Cracow
...The guide will lead you straight to the best attractions this historic city has to offer. Packed with photographs, illustrations and detailed maps, discover Cracow district by district; from the cobbled streets of Grodzka to the tunnels, nooks and crannies of the Dragon's Lair. This guide provides all the insider tips every visitor needs from the city's best gothic landmarks to the best restaurants serving traditional Pierogi, with comprehensive listings of great hotels, resorts, restaurants and nightlife for all budgets. You'll find 3D cutaways and floorplans of all the must-see sites plus useful street maps to help you find your way around...
Paperback: 256 pages; Publisher: Dorling Kindersley (3 May 2010); ISBN-10: 1405352019.

  Krakow (Lonely Planet Encounter Guide)
Mara Vorhees (Author)
Paperback: 160 pages; Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications; 2nd edition edition (1 Jan 2010); ISBN-10: 1741048613

Transport / How do I travel to Krakow

  Krakow Balice   -   John Paul II International

 
Book cheap flights to Krakow at ebookers and benefit from discounted airfares. View their latest offers and book your flights, accommodation, car hire and insurance online

  Airline Tickets Krakow / Bargain Flights
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  Krakow / Cracow

  Kraków metropolitan area

  Botanical Garden Krakow
  Planty Park   -   the best-known park in Kraków
  Cloth Hall in Market Square
  Kazimierz quarter   -    setting for 'Schindler's List'
  St. Mary's Church
  Wawel Cathedral   -   on Wawel Hill

  Tatra Mountains

  Monastry Tyniec
  Auschwitz   -   City 50 kilometres (31 mi) west of Kraków
The nearby Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum is a memorial and museum is devoted to the memory of the murders in two concentration camps during World War II. The museum performs several tasks, among them research into the Holocaust. See Auschwitz.org.pl
  Czestochowa    -   City of Czestochowa
Czestochowa is known for the famous Pauline monastery of Jasna Góra, which is the home of the Black Madonna painting, a shrine to the Virgin Mary. Pilgrims from all over the world come to Częstochowa to see it.
  Jagiellonian University  
  Kazimierz  
  Las Wolski   -   Kloster Las Wolski
  Saltmine [  Wieliczka ]   -   UNESCO World Heritage Site
The mine is one of the oldest salt mines in the world. Mining salt at this place was first mentioned in 1044.
The Wieliczka salt mine reflects all the historic stages of development in mining techniques from the 13th to the 20th centuries, while the devices and tools preserved there document the old systems of working the deposits, drainage, lighting, and ventilation of the mine in a unique manner by world standards. See Kopalnia - Wieliczka Salt Mine and UNESCO.
  St Mary's Church [ Gotik ]
  Wieliczka   -   Located 17 km from Krakow
  Zakopane   -   http://www.zakopane.eu/
Zakopane, at the foot of Mount Giewont, has been one of the most popular Summer and Winter leisure resorts for many years.

History Krakow

  History of Crakow
Krakow was the Polish capital from 1038 to 1596 and the capital of Kraków Voivodeship from the 14th century to 1999.
Contens : Early history Crakow, Renaissance, After the partition of Poland, 20th century [ The Soviet offensive ], 21st century

  Grand Duchy of Cracow

Music, Culture & Entertainment

Crakow has some of the best museums in the country and several famous theaters.

  Culture of Krakow

  Wawel Castle National Art Collection
Located at Wawel, the former residence of three dynasties of Polish monarchs.

  Events in Crakow


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