The best free tours in Krakow for free They are undoubtedly one of the most valued activities currently by travelers arriving in the city, seeking to know their most important places.
These excursions, which are characterized by not having a fixed price, are made by a guide in Spanish, who at the end of the tour, receives a tip from the traveler, according to their final assessment of the free tour in Krakow.
After our trip to the city, of which we wrote several time-optimized guides, in addition to the travel guide to Krakow in 5 days, we leave you those that are for us, the best free tours in Krakow in Spanish for free.
Free tour in Krakow in Spanish
East free tour in Krakow will take you to know, in the hands of a guide in Spanish, some of the places to visit in Krakow essential, in addition to its impressive old town, declared a World Heritage Site.
The tour, about 2: 30h, begins in Stare Miasto or Old City, in the Market Square, where you can see the Basilica of Santa Maria and the Cloth Hall, two of the most recommended visits to do in Krakow.
After a brief introduction by the guide, you will continue the walk through the Tower of the Old Town Hall and the Church of San Pedro and San Pablo, while you know the history and legends of one of the most charming cities in the world.
The next stop will be the Barbican, crossing the San Florian Gate, where some of the most recommended tours and excursions in Krakow, such as the visit to Auschwitz or the Salt Mines, begin.
The tour, considered one of the best free tours in Krakow, ends in the surroundings of Wawel Castle, another of the essentials of the city, which you can take advantage of to visit.
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Market Square, the meeting point of the Free tour of Krakow Free!
Free tour of the Jewish district of Krakow in Spanish
East free tour of Krakow It will take you into Polish Jewish culture, touring some of the most symbolic places in the city, along with a guide in Spanish.
The tour begins in the Market Square, downtown, where after an introduction to the free tour of Krakow On the part of the guide, you will approach the area of Kazimierz, where you can get to know first hand the Jewish culture and the atrocities that were committed here during one of the blackest times that the city and the world had to live.
The route will take you through history through the seven synagogues of the Kazimierz district and the old Jewish cemetery to then cross the Bridge of Love to reach Podgorze, an old Jewish ghetto where the Ghetto Heroes Square is located, in honor to the victims of the Holocaust.
At this point the tour ends, considered another of the best free tours in Krakow, which we recommend to complement with the previous one, to get you a complete idea of the city.
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Streets of the Jewish Quarter in Krakow
Free tour in Krakow through the ghetto and the Podgórze neighborhood in Spanish
East free tour in Krakow It will take you to the historic district of Podgórze and the old Krakow ghetto while you learn the story from a guide in Spanish.
The route starts at Maly Rynek Square, where you will take the tram (not included) to the Podgórze neighborhood, where a Jewish ghetto was located during World War II. The first of the stops you will make in the neighborhood, after an introduction by the guide in Spanish, will be in the area of the Fort of St. Benedict, one of the most significant places in this area of Krakow in addition to being the place in the one that some of the movie scenes were shot Schindler's list.
The free tour in Krakow continues to approach the Church of St. Joseph, considered one of the most beautiful temples in Poland, from where you will make your way to the Ghetto Heroes Square, where you can see a sculpture formed by several chairs, with a enormous significance for the victims of what happened there and with the hope that it will never happen again.
The free tour in Krakow ends by returning by tram to Maly Rynek Square, where we recommend you check the post on tips for traveling to Krakow and look for a restaurant where you can taste the fantastic Polish cuisine.
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Monument to the chairs on the Free Tour in Krakow through the ghetto and the Podgórze neighborhood in Spanish
Free tour of Krakow of mysteries and legends in Spanish
Considered as another of the best free tours in Krakow, this tour will take you to know some of the most interesting places in the city, related to some of the most amazing mysteries and legends.
The route begins with the sunset at the monument of Adam Mickiewicz, where you will begin to know at the hands of the guide in Spanish some of the most enigmatic legends that surround the Polish city. You will also know, while walking through the Market Square and the Basilica of Santa Maria, stories about the ghosts that they say, are still around when night falls through the streets of the old city, waiting to be seen.
The free tour in Krakow continues on Wawel Hill where this tour ends, which we are sure will not leave you indifferent.
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Market Square on the Krakow Free tour of mysteries and legends in Spanish
What tip to leave on free tours in Krakow?
The first thing you should keep in mind is that free tours in Krakow They have the characteristic of not having an established price, something that makes travelers not sure about the appropriate amount that they should leave to the guide as a tip.
As we said at the beginning of the post, the price must be set by the traveler, according to their final evaluation of the tour. And although this is a personal reference and depends on many factors, we believe that the minimum amount that should be given to the guide as a tip for any of the free tours in Krakow, would be 10 euros per person, as long as your evaluation of the free tour is positive.
In case of traveling with children, they usually do not pay, although you can always increase the amount you give per adult to compensate.
That said, we would like you to understand that although the tour includes the word free in all its variants, this should not motivate you to to abuse of it. If together we do not collaborate so that free tours in Krakow keep performing, they will end up disappearing.
You can prepare your routes in Krakow with these personalized guides according to the days you have:
- Krakow in two days
- Krakow in 3 days
