What You Will Do
Visit the most important places of the Kazimierz District in a short time, using comfortable and ecological electric vehicles, regardless of the weather and your physical condition.
Kazimierz - the oldest district of Krakow, once a separate city, located behind the no longer existing branch of the Vistula River. A place of coexistence and interpenetration of two cultures - Christian and Jewish.
See over 20 monuments, visit the beautiful, picturesque streets of Kazimierz and learn about the history of its inhabitants. It is one of the most important attractions of the city, it is here that the cultural life of modern residents and tourists takes place.
The streets of the former Jewish ghetto, which existed in the Podgórze district during the war, still contain traces of those terrible events. See a fragment of the undamaged wall around the ghetto, houses where thousands of displaced Jews lived, the historic pharmacy "Pod Orłem" and a monument with many chairs at the Ghetto Heroes Square
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Itinerary
Meeting Point
Meeting point: ul. Mikołaja Kopernika 3 (bus stop at the hotel Wyspiański)
Look for a golf cart labeled "excursions.city"
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Kazmierz The Former Jewish District
Once independent, the city situated south of Wawel was the hub of Jewish life in Kraków for centuries, and today it is one of the greatest tourist attractions of the city
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Szeroka Street
Szeroka Street is the heart of Jewish Kazimierz. Let a testimony to its significance be the fact that four synagogues used to stand on the street, which was unheard of anywhere else in Europe.
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Muzeum Krakowa - Stara Synagoga
Standing on Szeroka Street Street, known not only as the stage of the final concert of the Jewish Culture Festival but also as the centuries-old centre of Jewish life in Kazimierz, is one of the oldest synagogues in Poland preserved in such a good condition
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Church of St. Joseph
The parish church of St Joseph is a distinctive, widely recognisable sites of devotion.It dominates over the surface of the Podgórze Market Square, a central point of the town which only in the 20th century was incorporated to Cracow.
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Ghetto Wall Fragment
See a small fragment of the original wall around the former ghetto, preserved to our times, with a plaque commemorating the fate of the inhabitants
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The Ghetto Heroes Square
Situated in the Podgórze district, which in 1941 was turned into the Krakow Ghetto, the former Plac Zgody [Concord Square] was designated 'Umschlagplatz' under the Nazi occupation, the place where the Jews had to congregate to be deported.
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Eagle Pharmacy - Museum of Krakow
This symbolic place is one small bright spot on the map of the tragic place which was the Jewish ghetto. The then Polish pharmacy acted as an asylum or embassy, providing shelter during deportation, delivering messages or packages inside and outside the ghetto.
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Muzeum Krakowa, oddzial Fabryka Emalia Oskara Schindlera
Where the tumultuous history of a world war meets everyday life, and private lives – a tragedy that affected the whole world.
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