Cracow Sightseeing
Sightseeing Overview
Away from the main square, busy Grodzka leads towards Wzgorze Wawelskie (Wawel Hill), from where Cracow's castle overlooks the city. It was here that the Polish kings ruled from the 14th to the late-16th centuries and there is enough to occupy you for at least a full day, including the Castle itself, the Royal Chambers (or State Rooms), Crown Treasury and Armoury and Wawel Cathedral with its Royal Tombs in the crypt.
A 10-minute walk south from Wawel is the district of Kazimierz, where the city's sizeable Jewish population prospered before the Nazis arrived. There is little of sightseeing merit on the right bank of the sleepy Wisla River (Vistula River) farther south, apart from what's left of the old wartime Jewish ghetto of Podgorze, an area that has received an ever-growing number of visitors following the release of the film Schindler's List in 1993.
Tourist Information
ulica Szpitalna 25 (kiosk on Planty)
Tel: (012) 432 0110.
Website: www.krakow.pl and www.karnet.krakow.pl
There is also a tourist information centre in the Town Hall Tower on the Main Market Square (tel: (012) 433 7310) and one on ulica Jozefa 7 (tel: (012) 422 0471) covering the Kazimierz district. Orbis Travel, Rynek Glowny 41 (tel: (012) 619 2459; www.orbis.pl), also offers information and tours.
The Malopolska Tourist Information Centre
Rynek Glowny 1/3 (Cloth Hall)
Tel: (012) 421 7706.
Website: www.mcit.pl
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