View from Wawel Hill over the Vistula and the banks of Kraków

Poland

Kraków: the complete guide

Poland's former royal capital, Kraków draws visitors with its UNESCO-listed old town and Wawel Castle. Kraków is also the starting point for the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial, a place of remembrance we cover on a page of its own. Browse the sections of the guide below, drawn from our own stay in July 2026.