Kraków's Old Town

Kraków's Old Town (Stare Miasto) is amongst the most impressive medieval locations in Europe and was an obvious choice for UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Packed with beautiful buildings and history, it also have many fantastic restaurants and bars. These are the highlights you won’t want to miss.

• Kraków's Market Square (Rynek Główny)
  Rynek Główny is 40,000 sq ft of cafés, museums, landmarks, and hotels is punctuated with some of the most magnificent architecture the city has to offer. 

• St. Mary's Basilica
  Keeping watch over Europe’s second largest market square for the last seven centuries, the imposing Gothic spires of St. Mary’s Basilica have become a veritable symbol of Kraków itself and a focal point in the stories that make up the city’s mythic and historical past. 

St. Mary's Basilica - outside view

St. Mary's Basilica - internal view

• Rynek Underground
  One of Kraków’s newest museums and certainly one of its most essential, Rynek Underground sits directly beneath the main square. Based around recently excavated foundations, dating back to the city’s beginnings, this is an imaginative and engaging way to discover Kraków’s history. 

• Cloth Hall 
  Often claimed to be the world’s oldest shopping mall, the Cloth Hall (or Sukiennice) is a great place to stroll through and pick up souvenirs. The building dominates the main square and has also contains a museum of 19th-century Polish art.

• Town Hall Tower
  This gothic tower is all that remains of the 15th-century town hall. The 70m climb offers a view over the Old Town.