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    Insight Guides France (Travel Guide with Free eBook)
    Insight Guides France (Travel Guide with Free eBook)
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    Insight Pocket Guides: ideal itineraries and top travel tips in a pocket-sized package. Plan your trip, plan perfect days and discover how to get around - this pocket-sized guide is a convenient, quick-reference companion to discovering what to do and see in Krakow, from top attractions like National Museum and Wawel Castle, to hidden gems, including the quirky Pharmacy Museum and the Old Synagogue. - Compact, concise, and packed with essential information about Where to Go and What to Do, this is an ideal on-the-move companion when you're exploring Krakow - Covers Top Ten Attractions, including the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCAK), St Mary's Basilica, Auschwitz, Kazimierz Jewish quarter and Tarnow, and Perfect Day itinerary suggestions
    Offers an insightful overview of landscape, history and culture - Contains an invaluable pull-out map, and essential practical information on everything from Eating Out to Getting Around - Sharp design and colour-coded sections make for an engaging reading experience About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps, as well as phrase books, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherInsight Guides
    Release dateNov 1, 2018
    ISBN9781789192773
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      How To Use This E-Book

      Getting Around the e-Book

      This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Kraków, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.

      The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Kraków, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.

      In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.

      Maps

      All key attractions and sights in Kraków are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.

      Images

      You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Kraków. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.

      About Insight Guides

      Insight Guides have more than 40 years’ experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.

      Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.

      © 2018 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd

      Table of Contents

      Kraków’s Top 10 Attractions

      Top Attraction #1

      Top Attraction #2

      Top Attraction #3

      Top Attraction #4

      Top Attraction #5

      Top Attraction #6

      Top Attraction #7

      Top Attraction #8

      Top Attraction #9

      Top Attraction #10

      A Perfect Day In Kraków

      Introduction

      Old Town Treasures

      Cultural Capital

      Ways to Unwind

      Beyond the Town Centre

      A Brief History

      Settlers and Invaders

      The Golden Age

      An Elected Monarch

      Poland’s Decline

      Rebirth and Disaster

      The Postwar Years

      Today’s Kraków

      Historical Landmarks

      Where To Go

      The Old Town: Rynek Główny

      St Mary’s Basilica

      Cloth Hall

      Town Hall Tower

      Other Sights in the Rynek

      Around the Edges

      The Old Town: Around The Rynek

      Around the Barbican and Ul. Floriańska

      Czartoryski Museum

      The Palace of Fine Art and the Feliks Jasieński Szołayski House

      Jagiellonian University

      Basilica of St Francis and Dominican Church

      South along Ul. Grodzka

      Sts. Peter and Paul’s Church

      Ul. Kanonicza

      Wawel

      The Cathedral

      Castle Highlights

      By the River Wisła

      Kazimierz

      Jewish Kazimierz

      Around Ul. Szeroka

      Plac Nowy

      New Jewish Cemetery

      Two Museums

      Catholic Kazimierz

      Podgórze

      Ghetto Heroes’ Square

      Schindler’s Kraków

      Płaszów Concentration Camp

      Nowa Huta

      Socialist-Realist Sights

      Lord’s Ark Church

      Outlying Sights

      To the East

      Botanical Garden

      Polish Aviation Museum

      To the West

      National Museum

      Kraków Zoo

      Excursions

      Wieliczka Salt Mines

      Auschwitz

      Tarnów

      Rynek and the Old Town

      Jewish Tarnów

      Other Highlights

      The Tatras

      Zakopane

      What To Do

      Entertainment

      Theatre

      Classical and Opera

      Cinema

      Nightlife

      Bars

      Clubs

      Shopping

      Speciality Shopping

      Markets and Malls

      Sports and Activities

      Festivals

      Children’s Kraków

      Calendar of Events

      Eating Out

      Restaurants

      When to Eat

      Meat, Fish and Vegetarian Options

      An A–Z of Dishes

      Local Specialities

      Sweets

      What to Drink

      Reading the Menu

      To Help You Order...

      Menu Reader

      Restaurants

      Old Town

      Kazimierz

      West of the Old Town

      East of the Old Town

      Nowa Huta

      Tarnów

      Zakopane

      A–Z Travel Tips

      A

      Accommodation

      Airport (see also Getting There)

      B

      Bicycle Hire

      Budgeting For Your Trip

      C

      Car Hire (see also Driving)

      Climate

      Clothing

      Consulates

      Crime And Safety (see also Police)

      D

      Disabled Travellers

      Driving (see also Car Hire)

      E

      Electricity

      Emergencies (see also Police)

      G

      Getting There (see also Airport)

      Guides And Tours

      H

      Health And Medical Care

      L

      Language

      LGBTQ Travellers

      M

      Maps

      Media

      Money

      O

      Opening Times

      P

      Police (see also Crime and Safety and Emergencies)

      Post Offices

      Public Holidays

      R

      Religion

      T

      Telephones

      Time Differences

      Tipping

      Toilets

      Tourist Information

      Transport

      V

      Visas And Entry Requirements

      W

      Websites And Internet Access

      Y

      Youth Hostels

      Recommended Hotels

      Old Town

      Kazimierz

      West of the Old Town

      East of the Old Town

      Nowa Huta

      Tarnów

      Zakopane

      Kraków’s Top 10 Attractions

      Top Attraction #1

      Gregory Wrona/Apa Publications

      Rynek Główny

      The medieval market square is Kraków’s lively heart. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #2

      Corrie Wingate/Apa Publications

      National Museum

      Where the best in Polish fine art, decorative arts and arms and armour can be seen. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #3

      Gregory Wrona/Apa Publications

      Wawel

      Ruling from its castle and cathedral, kings made this the centre of power in Poland for centuries. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #4

      Gregory Wrona/Apa Publications

      The Planty

      A restful ring of parkland surrounding the busy Old Town. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #5

      Gregory Wrona/Apa Publications

      St Mary’s Basilica

      This medieval church is impressive inside and out. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #6

      Corrie Wingate/Apa Publications

      Kazimierz

      This cutting-edge district also offers a wealth of Jewish heritage. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #7

      Shutterstock

      Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCAK)

      See the best of Polish and international contemporary art in this stylish modern cultural centre. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #8

      Corrie Wingate/Apa Publications

      Lord’s Ark Church

      In the Communist showcase of Nowa Huta, this remarkable edifice stands apart as a monument to the Poles’ fervent Catholic faith. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #9

      Corrie Wingate/Apa Publications

      Auschwitz

      Confront the face of evil at its two death camps. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #10

      zbieg2001/Fotolia

      Tarnów

      A perfectly preserved Galician gem. For more information, click here.

      A Perfect Day In Kraków

      9.00am

      Breakfast

      Start the day with breakfast at one of the numerous cafés in Rynek Główny. Look out for the carved animals – lizards, eagles, rams, even a rhinoceros – that give the merchant houses their names. The hourly Hejnał bugle call from the highest tower of St Mary’s Basilica is your signal to get up and go.

      10.00am

      Royal Route

      Walk north up ul. Floriańska to the gate through which the kings of Poland entered the city to be crowned at Wawel. Leave behind the medieval Barbican and ul. św. Jana, to wander south through the leafy Planty.

      11.00am

      Back to college

      At Kościół św. Anny, cut back into the city streets. At 11am in the courtyard of Collegium Maius, the ancient clock chimes the university tune (also 9am, 1pm, 3pm and 5pm).

      11.30am

      St Mary’s Basilica

      Back across the Rynek, peek inside the cathedral, to see the magnificent 15th-century altar carved by the ‘Master of Nuremberg’ Wit Stwosz.

      Noon

      Cloth Hall

      Enjoy retail relief at the Sukiennice, otherwise known as the Cloth Hall, Kraków’s main trading place since medieval times. Today it is as good a place as any to find amber jewellery, leather goods and traditional embroidery.

      1.00pm

      Lunch

      The streets to the west of Rynek Głowny are crammed with a fantastic array of eateries to suit all pockets. Locals throng to Chimera Salad Bar, located in a cheerful cellar off ul. św. Anny.

      2.00pm

      Apostle alley

      Crossing the Rynek past the tiny, ancient St Adalbert’s church, rejoin the Royal Route on ul. Grodzka. At the line of apostles flanking the church of SS Peter and Paul, detour into ul. Kanonicza, Kraków’s oldest and most beautifully preserved street.

      3.00pm

      Wawel’s glory

      It would take all day to see all the treasures on show at the castle and cathedral, but don’t forget to climb the cathedral tower to touch the clapper of the huge 16th-century Zygmunt Bell – your wish will come true, so the story goes. Say goodbye to Wawel at the fire-breathing dragon statue which guards his cave on the riverbank.

      7.00pm

      Wild violins

      Stroll down to ul. Szeroka, once the centre of Jewish Kazimierz. Book a table at Klezmer Hois or one of the other traditional restaurants around the square for an evening of Jewish

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