Old Town Krakow

Old Town, Krakow , Southern Poland, Poland
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  • 1

    Old world charm

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    ... hometown of Pope John Paul II.  He is commemorated by a plaque on the front of Gothic St. Mary's Church.  Its medieval old town square is the largest in Europe.  My hotel's dining room, lined with bricks and located in the cellar, was ...

  • 2

    Trip to Central Europe - Krakow and Auschwitz

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    ... finally reached Krakow, it took an hour to find the center and our hotel, but once we found it - what a treat! Krakow is a very old town that escaped destruction in WWII. The town's main square is the largest medieval town square in all of Europe ...

  • 3

    Salt Mines.

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    ... that I would return in the summer sometime and collect it. That evening and on the subsequent evenings I explored the bars of old town Krakow with other travellers from the hostel. It really is like a magical mystery tour. Most of the bars are in ...

  • 4

    Concentration Camps to the Tatra Mountains

    ... it was important to see and an important part of my trip but really traumatic. The remainder of my time in Krakow was spent wandering the old town and the Jewish quarter, most of the time I was happy to just meander without purpose. I have made a ...

  • 5

    Temporary Insanity

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    ... has been using its walls as a giant urinal. Some of the buildings look rundown, and step immediately out of the old town and all you have is the boring Communist inspired architecture of large square blocks of gray. The main tourist attraction in ...

  • 6

    Krakow

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    ... on the top floor celebrating its past and the main floor is home to every souvenir anyone could want from Poland and beyond.  After a long stroll around the Old Town, we built up an appetite looking in at all the "Milk Bars" (Bar Mleczeny).  These are ...

  • 7

    A Little Shake-up in Our Boring Routine

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       We arrived in Krakow and found our hostel then went and explored the old town to see what it had to offer. Jackie was also on the hunt for perogies as we haven't had any since we left home and she's missed all the family gatherings where she ...

  • 8

    Klingers in the Krak

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    Krakow is a beautiful city. Unlike Warsaw, which was flattened during WWII, nearly all of Krakow's Old ÍTown remains a timeless piece of history. Following a very quiet and civilized first night for Hock / Cat standards, dining on fine food and ...

  • 9

    I 'Krak' Myself Up..

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    ... in the way but I'm sure they had a good reason and a permit. I also must apologise for not having any photos of the Krakow old town as the camera ran out of juice while we were there. Bummer. Guess you'll have to check it out yourself. Krakow also ...

  • 10

    Bring on the Zubrowka

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    ... . I got a bus and headed into the centre. It was now that my preconceptions were completely demolished. The centre (old town) of Krakow is a wicked walled city full of beautiful buildings, amazing walls and gates and the largest medaevil square in ...