Krakow Poland
Poland

34 Cruises availables At departure or passage at this port

Emerald Waterways (20 Cruises)

Scenic Cruises (14 Cruises)


Frequently Asked Questions

Along the Vistula boulevards, at the foot of Wawel Hill, where a bronze dragon breathes fire. This is a river cruise call, not a sea port.
Entirely. The royal castle and cathedral are a few minutes up the ramp, the Rynek Główny about 15 minutes' walk, and Kazimierz a similar distance.
Wawel, then the Royal Way to the Rynek Główny and St Mary's Basilica. If time remains, Kazimierz, the old Jewish quarter. All three fit, but without lingering.
The limestone hill above a bend in the Vistula where Polish kings were crowned for more than five centuries. An arcaded Renaissance courtyard, the cathedral, royal tombs and the gold-domed Sigismund Chapel.
A trumpet call played every hour from the top of St Mary's Basilica, breaking off abruptly. It recalls the watchman said to have been struck by a Tatar arrow mid-alarm in the 13th century.
The largest medieval square in Europe: a 200-metre quadrangle lined with palaces and merchant houses. At its centre the Cloth Hall has held market stalls since the Middle Ages.
The old Jewish quarter, where seven synagogues survive, including the Old Synagogue, now a museum. The community that made Kraków a great centre of European Jewish culture was destroyed in the Holocaust; the district is now undergoing a creative revival.
Because it escaped the destruction of the Second World War, unlike Warsaw or Gdańsk. Its medieval and Renaissance fabric is intact, and the old town has been on the World Heritage list since 1978.
An obwarzanek, the braided bread ring sold from blue carts, for a quick stop. Or pierogi in a milk-bar restaurant, the local staple.
No, and it is worth saying plainly: Kraków cannot be told in a day, only glimpsed. That is exactly what makes people come back.