Optional Tours

Cracow City Tours is a young, energetic tour company from Kraków. Especially for you at the first day of conference we will be there to present you our offer and you will be able to book the tours. Our aim is to make your stay in Kraków as satisfactory as possible by providing easy to book and low budget yet comprehensive tours to following sites:

Jewish Quarter Walk

Visit the best preserved Jewish district in Europe. Named Kazimierz after King Casimir the Great who founded it for his beloved Esther, it used to be a separate town. Now it is a hip, artistic neighbourhood of Kraków with lots of bars and cafeterias, but also a district of an impressive historical value. Visit the synagogues, the unique 16th century cemetery and the sites from Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List. Then walk along the narrow streets and feel the atmosphere of this one and only town within a town.

  

English tour: daily at 10:00
Price: 60 PLN/person
Duration: 2.5 hours

Old Town Walk + "Lady with an Ermine"

Discover Cracow from the inside and learn about the most important places with our licenced, English speaking tour guide. It follows the Royal Route which goes along the most beautiful streets in Cracow, the Słowacki Theatre, one of the oldest universities in Europe – the Jagiellonian University, the spectacular Main Market Square compared in size only to Piazza San Marco in Venice. You will see also the Leonardo da Vinci painting - "Lady with an Ermine" at the Wawel hill.

  

English tour: daily on request
Price: 6for group up to 10 people - 50 PLN/person. About bigger group please contact Cracow City Tours.
Duration: around 3-4 hours

Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial

Auschwitz-Birkenau is the best known place of genocide in the world. Started as a concentration camp, it became the centre of extermination for 1.5 million people: Jews, Poles, Gypsies and many others.
The tour starts with a 50-minute documentary movie about the liberation of the Camp. Our guide will introduce You to the historical and political background of creating the camp in Auschwitz. Then the tour proceeds to the museum founded in the remaining prison blocks, the gas chamber and the crematorium. After a short break, the trip continues to Birkenau which is the biggest Nazi concentration camp. Auschwitz-Birkenau is included on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.

  

English tour: daily at 8:00 and 13:15
Special discount for conference participants: 80 PLN/person (regular price: 100 PLN/person)
Duration: 6.5 hours

Zakopane and the Tatra Mountains

Experience the culture and fresh air of Polish highlands. From the vigorous city centre to medieval churches and majestic mountain views.
After you get to Zakopane, you can enjoy a cable car ride up the Gubałówka Mountain and then a walk along its rib to Butorowy Wierch Mountain. Next you will go down a chairlift to take a walk around the Old Town of Zakopane and visit an ancient cemetery, The Tatra Museum, Atma Villa, Papal Sanctuary at Krzeptówki and the Jaszczurówka Chapel. After a lunch break, you will visit Krupówki which is the main, commercial street in Zakopane. On your way back to Kraków, you will pay a visit to Chochołów, where you can admire the unique 19th century wooden houses.

  

English tour: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday at 8:30
Special discount for conference participants: 220 PLN/person (regular price: 240 PLN/person)
Duration: 8.5 hours

Ojców National Park

Have you ever seen the marvelous Renaissance castle situated on white limestone rocks? Just 16 kilometers away from Kraków, in a small valley of Prądnik and Saspówka rivers, you will take part in a great trip to The Pieskowa Skała Castle, The Chapel of St. Joseph the craftsmen called also The Chapel on the Water, the ruins of the gothic castle in Ojców and discover the wonders of nature such as The Club of Hercules in Ojcowski National Park.

  

English tour: Wednesday, Friday, Sunday at 9:30
Special discount for conference participants: 110 PLN/person (regular price: 130 PLN/person)
Duration: 5 hours

John Paul II Route

A sentimental journey along the Pope's trail will take you across southern Poland and reveal the story of his life. The tour provides thorough information on the circumstances that led to the second-longest pontificate in modern times. It also introduces the visitors to the great personality of this philosopher and defender of traditional Catholic values. Visit John Paul II's birthplace in Wadowice, Kalwaria Zebrzydowska - the Europe's largest Calvary sanctuary, and the Sanctuary of Divine Mercy in Łagiewniki with the relics of the first saint of the Third Millennium, St. Faustyna Kowalska, canonised by John Paul II.

  

English tour: Tuesday, Friday, Sunday at 9:30
Special discount for conference participants: 110 PLN/person (regular price: 130 PLN/person)
Duration: 5 hours

…and many more! Meet us at the first day of conference and ask for more details.