The two Wawel tickets nobody books
One is the cheapest ticket on the hill and buys the best view in Kraków. The other is often already included in…
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Guides to the city and its greatest sights — what to see, when to go, and how long you really need.
Guides to the city and its greatest sights: what to see first, how long each place really takes, when the crowds thin out, and how to get from one to the next.
Wawel in winter: what’s open and what isn’t
Three of Wawel's seven routes close between November and April. Here is what still opens, and why the quiet season suits the…
Read guideWawel Cathedral is not included in your castle ticket
Two organisations share Wawel hill, and nothing you buy from one is valid with the other. What the cathedral ticket covers, what…
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Inside the Wieliczka Salt Mine: the Chapel of St. Kinga
People come to the Wieliczka Salt Mine expecting tunnels and old machinery. What surprises them is the art. For seven centuries miners…
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The Wawel Dragon: Kraków’s legend by the river
Every city has a symbol. Kraków’s is a dragon — the Smok Wawelski, the Wawel Dragon — and unlike most legends, this…
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The best time to visit Wawel and how to skip the queue
Wawel is Poland’s most-visited museum, and on a summer afternoon it feels like it. A little planning turns a queue-and-crowds visit into…
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Wawel and Wieliczka in one day: a realistic plan
Wawel Royal Castle and the Wieliczka Salt Mine are the two things almost every visitor to Kraków wants to see, and the…
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Wieliczka Salt Mine: the Tourist Route or the Miners’ Route?
Almost everyone who visits the Wieliczka Salt Mine walks the Tourist Route — and for a first visit, that is the right…
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Wawel Royal Castle: which ticket is actually worth it?
There is no such thing as a Wawel ticket. That is the first thing to understand about the hill, and almost everyone…
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