Katowice: Tour to Krakow & Wieliczka
Katowice is located close to Poland’s most popular tourist destinations – Krakow and Wieliczka. Join us for the whole day tour to these amazing places which will definitely make a big impression on you. All year round millions of visitors come to Krakow and cherish the great atmosphere, admire the valuable monuments and beautiful architecture in the Old Market area. Our professional guide will take you for a pleasant walk along the charming streets and help you discover the city’s secrets and interesting history. When you are in Krakow, it is obligatory to visit the famous salt mine in Wieliczka. It is such a spectacular place that it has been noted on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Here you will take part in the tour with a local guide which includes the remarkable sites of the mine. This trip will be a memorable experience for sure!
We organize private tours to Krakow and the Wieliczka Salt Mine from Katowice on request
Tour Itinerary:
- pick up from your hotel in Katowice at chosen time
- approx. 1 hour and 15 min drive from Katowice to the Wieliczka Salt Mine by private car/van and with our English speaking driver
- visiting the Salt Mine for up to 2,5 hours along the standard tourist path with a professional local guide in chosen language; during this guided group tour you will see:
- the famous Chapel of St Kinga with stunning salt reliefs carved by the miners in the walls and huge crystal chandeliers
- beautiful chambers with the traces of former exploitation of the salt
- salt lakes,
- collection of wooden mining machines and equipment,
- underground buildings
4. up to 45 min drive from Wieliczka Salt Mine to Krakow city centre
5. up to 3 hours of private Krakow Old Town walking tour in Krakow with a local city guide in chosen language during which you will see:
- Main Market Square – the heart of the Old Town, a very impressive market square due to its size, known to be the largest one in Europe
- Slowacki Theatre – one of the most beautiful and representative monuments in the city
- Barbican – with the medieval defensive walls which surrounded the city in the past
- Florianska Gate – built to protect the entrance to Krakow from possible invasion
- Florianska Street – one of Krakow’s most popular streets visited by tourists
- Cloth Hall – one of the most recognizable buildings in Krakow located in the middle of the Market Square
- St. Mary’s Basilica – probably the most famous and beautiful church in Krakow
- Slowacki Theatre – one of the most representative buildings in Krakow
- Collegium Maius and Collegium Novum of the Jagiellonian University – prestigious university where many known graduates have studied; one of the oldest in Europe
- Kanonicza Street – said to be the oldest and most picturesque in the Old Town; here the king’s servants used to live
- All Saints Square with the Papal Window – the famous window where John Paul II used to appear and speak to the crowd during his pilgrimages to Poland
- Grodzka Street with the amazing St. Peter and St. Pauls’ Church – the church is a characteristic attraction in the Old Market area with its impressive sculptures of the 12 apostles
- Wawel Royal Castle with the Cathedral – a significant monument due to its historical value, beautifully situated at the Wawel Hill by the Vistula River
6. approx. 2 hours of free time in Krakow to stroll around the city on your own and have lunch
7. approx. 1 hour and 15 min drive back from Krakow to Katowice by the same vehicle with the same driver
8. drop off at your hotel in Katowice
Whole tour lasts up to 12 hours
Prices:
- 1390 PLN per person (1 person)
- 810 PLN per person (2 persons)
- 650 PLN per person (3 persons)
- 490 PLN per person (4 persons)
- 440 PLN per person (5 persons)
- 420 PLN per person (6 persons)
- 390 PLN per person (7 persons)
- Contact us (8 persons or more)
What is included?:
- hotel pick up at chosen time and drop off after the tour
- comfortable, air-conditioned, private transportation
- English speaking driver’s assistance during whole tour
- entrance tickets to Wieliczka Salt Mine
- up to 2,5 hours of group sightseeing tour along standard tourist route with local, professional guide in chosen language
- up to 3 hours of private guided walking tour of Krakow Old Town with local city guide in chosen language
- approx 2 hours of free time in Krakow
*Local group tours with live guide in Wieliczka Salt Mine are available in following languages:
English, Spanish, Italian, French, German and Russian
*Our local private city guides in Krakow are available in following languages:
English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Russian, Portuguese, Swedish, Ukrainian and others
*some languages may be subject to availability and prices can vary
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