The History of Krakow: Old Town & Wawel Castle Tour
3 horas
City Highlight Tours
Krakow
Choose one of 2 locals available
Experience hosted by Aleksandra & Krzysztof
Private Tour
Carbon Neutral
¿Tienes curiosidad por saber más sobre la historia de Cracovia? Únase a un experto en historia local en un recorrido perspicaz que le mostrará un lado de la ciudad que no se puede encontrar en ningún libro. Esta experiencia te abrirá los ojos al pasado y los orígenes de Cracovia desde una perspectiva local mientras aprendes sobre el casco antiguo y el castillo de Wawel.
Destination
Krakow, Poland
Category
City Highlight Tours
Duration
3 horas
Transport mode
Walking tour
Available languages
English, Polski
Included
Private Guide
All Withlocals Tours are Carbon Neutral
Excluded
Entrance to attractions
6 reasons to book this tour
Sumérgete en la intrigante historia de Cracovia
Conozca más sobre el casco antiguo y el castillo de Wawel
Ver los principales puntos de referencia y su relevancia histórica.
Disfruta de un recorrido al lado de un experto en historia.
Puede ser 100% personalizado a sus deseos
Todas sus preguntas respondidas por su anfitrión local
What you can expect
Si realmente quieres conocer Cracovia, debes recorrer su historia. Realice un viaje en el tiempo en un recorrido que se centra en el casco antiguo y el castillo de Wawel y escuche de una fuente local, historias, detalles desconocidos e ideas que normalmente no puede encontrar en un libro de historia.
Este recorrido por la historia de Cracovia le mostrará la historia detrás de monumentos, estatuas, plazas, calles y símbolos ocultos a simple vista. Echa un vistazo al Castillo de Wawel, Sukiennice (Lonja de los Paños), Stary Kleparz y otros puntos destacados históricos para ayudarte a comprender cómo se conectan con el casco antiguo y el castillo de Wawel en Cracovia y cómo afectó a la ciudad desde el pasado hasta el presente.
Cada uno de los anfitriones de estos tours son expertos en historia y apasionados por su ciudad. Echa un vistazo a sus perfiles y elige a alguien con quien compartas intereses: están ansiosos por llevarte a un recorrido por su tema favorito y mostrarte algunos de sus lugares favoritos en la ciudad. Créenos; ¡tienen muchas historias que contar!
Los anfitriones locales son narradores naturales, cada uno con un trasfondo diferente que va desde las artes hasta la historia. ¡No pueden esperar para compartir algunas de sus historias únicas y anécdotas personales contigo! ¿Tienes ganas de cambiar un poco la ruta? ¡No hay problema, los anfitriones estarán encantados de personalizar el recorrido según sus deseos y hacer de su ciudad su ciudad!
Choose your local
Get to know these 2 passionate locals, each bringing unique perspectives and talents. Choose your favorite, check their availability, and book to create an unforgettable adventure tailored to you.
Aleksandra
City Guide/Food Tour Guide
5.038 reviews
English・Polski
Krzysztof
Licensed local Krakow Tour Guide
5.06 reviews
English
This is the plan
Check out the plan below to see what you'll get up to with your local host. Feel free to personalize this offer with the host of your choice.
Meeting point
Meet at In front of the museum - Krakow to start your journey
Itinerary
This is what our experience could look like, but it’s not set in stone! Once you book, you can chat directly with your host to make small tweaks to suit your preferences.
Casco antiguo y castillo de Wawel
Su recorrido por la historia de Cracovia se centrará en el casco antiguo y el castillo de Wawel. Conozca los impactos, las ideas y escuche historias relacionadas con este evento histórico de su anfitrión experto. Descubre la ciudad mientras recorres la historia y profundizas en los efectos que esta parte de la historia tiene en Cracovia.
Aspectos destacados históricos
Eche un vistazo a los principales puntos de referencia relacionados con el tema de su recorrido histórico y conecte su relevancia a través de historias y hechos fantásticos de su anfitrión local experto.
Tesoros escondidos
Durante su recorrido, también descubrirá gemas ocultas que le mostrarán una perspectiva diferente de la historia tal como la conoce, ¡algo que no puede encontrar fácilmente en un libro de historia!
Viaje de narración
A medida que descubras el lado histórico de Cracovia, podrás retroceder en el tiempo gracias a las increíbles historias y las habilidades narrativas de tu anfitrión local. Siéntase libre de hacer cualquier pregunta y sienta como si estuviera relevando la historia en el tiempo presente.
Make it yours
Want to tweak the itinerary? Book directly & chat afterwards with your host to adjust highlights, skip stops, or make small changes to fit your preferences.
Book risk-free: Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund.
Need something special? Personalize your experience for more time, alternative locations or a completely tailored plan.
Flexible cancellation policy
Feel confident booking
Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund. Even up to 7 days before your experience, you’ll receive a refund, minus the service fee.
Change of plans?
Reschedule your experience to a date and time that works best for you.
Loved by travelers worldwide
Simple and flexible – your plans, your way.
Reviews from guests
Shakha🇬🇧 United Kingdom
(About local )
10 septiembre 2025
Alexsandra was a brilliant and informative guide who gave us an insightful overview of both Krakow and Poland from a historical, cultural and modern perspective . And all of this while constantly walking , pointing out interesting stuff , legends , giving us views of the elderly and the young , getting into politics and the food. Thank you for a wonderful 3 hours . We did the 3 hr old town and Babel castle tour Insightful and intersting tour
Hava🇮🇱 Israel
(About local )
1 septiembre 2025
The tour with Krzystof was very interesting and comperhensive.
He is very knowledgable, and on the same token attantiv to us.
He showed us some recommended restaurants and a jazz club where we went later on that night and loved it.Interesting
Wendy🇯🇵 Japan
(About local )
31 julio 2025
We had an excellent experience with our guide. She was very knowledgeable and shared a wealth of information throughout the tour. Her explanations were clear, engaging, and full of interesting details, which made the experience truly enjoyable and memorable.
We highly recommend her to anyone looking for an informative and captivating tour experience.Excellent and Knowledgeable Guide
Ania🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
28 julio 2025
Aleksandra was wonderful. Her knowledge was beyond thorough, and we especially enjoyed learning about current cultural topics. Dziekujemy!Highly recommend!
Catherine
(About local )
25 julio 2025
Chris gave us a fascinating tour of the Old Town and Jewish Quarter. He was super flexible about what we wanted to see and hear about. He provided insightful and entertaining information throughout. His tour was a highlight of our time in Krakow. A wonderful insight in Krakow and Poland
Rene🇳🇱 Netherlands
(About local )
26 mayo 2025
On Saturday we had an appointment for a Krakow tour. With a lot of personality and little stories, the tour became a great experience. Absolutely recommended.Great tour of Krakow
Matt🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
19 mayo 2025
Aleksandra provides engaging color and depth to the history, architecture and culture of Krakow and Poland. She is extremely knowledgeable including heraldry which further enhanced the tour since there is so much symbolism tying the past to present. Wonderful Stories and Passion
Alex🇬🇧 United Kingdom
(About local )
13 mayo 2025
Decided to book the 3hr history tour with Krzysztof for our first morning in Krakow. A great start to our holiday, we learnt so much about the history and saw some great sights. I’d highly recommend this tour with Krzysztof he was friendly, punctual and really knowledgeable. Really informative tour with Krzysztof
4dcbf6hsns
(About local )
23 marzo 2025
Krzysztof was a great host. Very knowledgeable with great insights. Pointed out things to us that we would never have noticed or understood about his city which he obviously loves. Great recommendations for dinner. Highly recommend. Many thanks. Krakow Historic centre tour
Philip🇬🇧 United Kingdom
(About local )
13 diciembre 2024
Janina was a quite enthusiastic, knowledgeable young lady. As a group of 5 she kept us focussed for 3hrs which wouldn’t have been easy as the walk was from 5.30-8.30pm in all was more than happy.😊 Old town city walk
5zm8pj2xxy🇬🇧 United Kingdom
(About local )
5 diciembre 2024
Was a good experience very knowledgeable had great recommendations. Only down side some in party struggled to hear some stuff but that may of been their problem. Good overveiw of yhe area
Rob
(About local )
1 noviembre 2024
Tomasz is knowledgeable and a great communicator. We've used many guides over the years and Tomasz is up there with the best.Tomasz: top class guide
Susan🇦🇺 Australia
(About local )
3 septiembre 2024
Tomasz was an excellent guide. We covered lots of ground and many years of history. We especially appreciated the visuals that he carried along to help us appreciate what he was telling us. He was able and willing to answer all of our questions. As we only had 2 nights in Krakow, it was a great way to gain an immediate appreciation for the city and to help us choose what to do with our remaining time there.An excellent start to a great visit
Lynne🇬🇧 United Kingdom
(About local )
26 agosto 2024
Tomasz has such a great in depth knowledge not just of the City but his home country Poland ! He has compiled his own reference book with maps and statistics and it all comes together to give the customer an amazing experience .
Whether you want to dip into the history or like us you ask so many questions - he answers you with great and genuine enthusiasm.
He is a great ambassador for the City - Country and his profession - he looked after us right to the end - finding us the correct tram for our night activity! 👍👍👍A Real Gem - Tomasz will amaze you !
Alexander 🇸🇪 Sweden
(About local )
8 octubre 2023
We had a great time with Tomasz. He was very friendly and gave us a great tour of Krakow old town. His English was great and he was flexible to accomodate to our wishes. Great tour
Ian🇳🇿 New Zealand
(About local )
3 julio 2023
Janina is very well informed about all things Krakow. We had a fun and flexible morning not only learning the history but also visiting areas lived in by the locals. We would recommend Janina. A great morning spent
Mary🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
2 julio 2023
My sister and I had an outstanding walking tour with Thomasz in Krakow. Thomasz was efficient, flexible, and super knowable. Highly recommend!Best Ever Tour
Steve and Lenore🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
13 junio 2023
We highly recommend this tour. Tomasz was great in outlining the history of Krakow and Poland, plus he intertwined other fun facts of the area. He even took us to a local market which was a great way to start the tour. Great value. Tomasz was fabtastic!
Christian🇸🇪 Sweden
(About local )
20 mayo 2023
We had a superb afternoon with Our guide Tomasz.
Tänk you 😀A lovely guided tour
Anthony🇭🇰 Hong Kong
(About local )
27 enero 2023
Tomasz was knowledgeable and happy to answer many questions about the sites, history and life in Poland. He also took me to a charming café as a rest stop.Krakow with Tomasz
Billy🇬🇧 United Kingdom
(About local )
27 febrero 2022
First class tour , excellent ! From initial booking, communications were excellent ( especially for someone like me who has 100 questions) . If coming to krakow we would thoroughly recommend booking this informative and relaxed tour and request Joanna . City tour Krakow with joanna
Alexandria🇨🇦 Canada
(About local )
28 junio 2020
Tomasz is a fantastic tour guide. He showed me the sights I was interested in seeing and shared some of the stories behind them. It was a tailored-made tour, and he proved to be incredibly knowledgeable and easy to chat with. I would definitely book another tour with him. And I’m looking forward to booking through “with Locals” now that I’ve discovered them :). THANK YOU, Tomasz!Ideal!
Sandra🇬🇧 United Kingdom
(About local )
27 febrero 2020
Tomasz gave us a great walking tour of the beautiful city, he focussed on our areas of interest and gave us useful tips and advice, very informative and will definitely recommend his services to friends and family who are coming to Karkow in the SpringGreat guide
Sara
(About local )
19 febrero 2020
Ewa was an excellent tour guide. She was so knowledgeable about Kraków and it’s history, culture and people. She also made it really fun because her obvious love and enthusiasm for the city was in everything she said. An added bonus is she is so nice! Thanks!100%
Denise🇬🇧 United Kingdom
(About local )
9 febrero 2020
Jo was a fantastic guide, she knew so much about the history of Kraków and recommend other places to visit including restaurants and bars. Would highly recommend Jo as your guide around Kraków.Very knowledgeable
Saara🇮🇹 Italy
(About local )
9 enero 2020
I booked this tour for my daughter who wanted to visit Krakow on her own.
I had an earlier experience with Tomasz, and as I was satisfied, I could only suggest him.
My daughter praised Tomasz, saying he was kind, patient and very clear.
She said: this tour was an excellent idea!
Thank you Tomasz
Tomek
(About local )
7 enero 2020
Super professional, kind, and courteous. Dzieki Tomek! Excellent
Magnus🇸🇪 Sweden
(About local )
2 enero 2020
We had a very nice experience with Ewa our first day in Krakow. The tour was a great way to get an overview of the town and its exciting history. It was a good history lesson full of legends and funny stories. Ewa has deep knowledge and there were no questions she couldn't answer. Interesting stories and deep knowledge
David🇬🇧 United Kingdom
(About local )
2 enero 2020
Tomasz was everything we expected from a "With Locals" guide. He met us on time and took us around the town giving us exactly what we wanted in terms of local knowledge and experience. The time we spent with him gave us an insight into the history and geography of the town and was definitely time well spent.
Tomasz was engaging and very pleasant, willing to answer any and all questions.
He also provided us with several recommendations for restaurants and café's which we took up with over the course of our stay.
Highly recommended. Informative and Interesting
Richard🇬🇧 United Kingdom
(About local )
5 diciembre 2019
Joanna was awesome! The centre of Krakow is beautiful, but we would have missed so much without her fantastic description of history, architecture and local customs and culture.
I can’t rate her highly enough.
Joanna is personable, witty, informative and a great guide for anyone interested in what makes Krakow Krakow.
If you book Joanna as your guide you will have made the best possible choice. Krakow with Joanna
John🇬🇧 United Kingdom
(About local )
20 noviembre 2019
Janina was friendly and knowledgeable. Guide to Krakow
Ross🇬🇧 United Kingdom
(About local )
9 noviembre 2019
We had a great tour with Janina as she filled us in on the history and beauty of this city. The weather wasn’t great as it rained the whole time but this didn’t stop us from having a great time. Janina was full of insightful info and details about her home city and made this a wonderful walk around the city. Informative walk around beautiful krakow
sandra🇬🇧 United Kingdom
(About local )
20 septiembre 2019
Joanna is very friendly. We would recommend her tour to friends as she is very lively and knows a lot of fun anecdotes.
Thank you!knowledgeable and caring
Saara🇮🇹 Italy
(About local )
4 septiembre 2019
I loved walking with Thomasz at Krakow, and the fact that he was able to add some urban legend in historical facts and events. It was truly a pleasant walk!
I think I spent money wisely, instead of hanging hours in a corner trying to locate attractions from any map.
Thank you and see you some day soon. Thomasz; The Story teller
Lizaveta🇩🇪 Germany
(About local )
26 julio 2019
Томек провел нам замечательную обзорную экскурсию по Кракову на русском. Очень рекомендуем, одно из лучших впечатлений от посещения Кракова. Спасибо за отличную экскурсию
Peigi
(About local )
4 julio 2019
From all the tours I’m happy I chose this one! Jana is the best person to introduce you to Krakow. An alternative tour around Krakow that will make you feel like a local.Great tour with Jana
Tom
(About local )
20 junio 2019
I enjoyed very much Tomasz's guidance and I learned a lot. Tomasz's knowledge and his will to share it are commedable. I would certainly recommend this tour to others.
Great guide Tomasz!
Stefanie
(About local )
19 junio 2019
With Magda as your tour guide you will for sure enjoy your time in Krakow. She is committed, kind and ready to show you the best of the city. You won't be for sure disappointed exploring Krakow with her company and guide.Magdalena is definitely a guide to explore Krakow with
Megan🇮🇪 Ireland
(About local )
6 septiembre 2025
Joanna really knew her stuff! She was the perfect combination of interesting history and great food! Be sure to ask about the “naughty stories” at the statue of Pedro after dinner - so entertaining, so knowledgeable! 10/10 would definitely recommend! A super night in Lisbon
Catherine🇬🇧 United Kingdom
(About local )
6 septiembre 2025
Tomasz met me at my hotel on the main square.
I booked the tour to familiarise myself with The Old Town.
Tomasz is charming & very knowledgeable. I really enjoyed his style - he made the information accessible, and stimulated my curiosity to go back to places & get a second look at things.
I told Tomasz that I was interested in attending a Classical Music Concert. He took me to a highly recommended venue, and helped me buy my ticket.
My 3 hour tour flew by. At the end I had a good understanding of the layout and main sites of The Old Town.
We discussed a Food Tour but my departure time prevented me taking the tour - however, Tomasz messaged me a list of recommended restaurants & food choices.
Meeting Tomasz was a delight. He is a wonderful guide.
Highly recommend booking one of his tours. A Wonderful Tour
Mark🇦🇺 Australia
(About local )
27 agosto 2025
Even though we had wandered around the old town the day before, Aleksandra showed us sites we had not seen or were unaware of their significance. Her knowledge and explanation of Krakow and Polish history terrific. The 3+ hours went very quickly. Highly recommended.Informative and interesting tour
Barbara (Barb)🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
25 agosto 2025
My husband, friends and I really enjoyed our afternoon food tour with Aleksandra. We enjoyed the historical side of the food especially! The vodka tastings were very interesting and we loved the appetizers, main courses were filling and awesome and the dessert was incredible, but we couldn’t finish it so we were bummed about that! Overall. - wonderful experience!Krakow Foodie Tour
Cheryl and Tony🇳🇿 New Zealand
(About local )
24 agosto 2025
Tony and I met Alexsandra with no issues and set off on a learning and eating experience of Krakow. We talked about everything from families to politics and the way of life in Krakow.
The main aim was to try all the traditional dishes of Poland. That we did. We ate a lot of food and tried everything offered. Rounded up with a vodka tasting. Alexsandra also gave us a list of places and other treats to try. The doughnut with rose jam was delicious thanks🤗. I would
recommend Alexsandrs to anyone. She has a wealth of knowledge as well as great food tasting. Cheryl. Eating out with Alexsandra
Michael🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
24 agosto 2025
We booked a Krakow food tour with Aleksandra for our first day of a 10-day trip in Poland — it was a perfect introduction to the city’s food scene and Polish cuisine in general.
Aleksandra was a wonderful guide. She was incredibly knowledgable not just about the food, but about history and current affairs, and she patiently answered our many questions. (She encouraged us not to hold back since, according to her, “political correctness does not exist in Poland.”) She had a great sense of humor, brought her own interesting perspective to the tour, and provided us with many recommendations for the rest of our visit. Oh, and I should mention that all the food and drink places she took us to were absolutely delicious.
I highly, highly recommend booking a tour with Aleksandra if you are visiting Krakow — it is the ideal way to begin any trip there. Perfect first day in Poland
Gregor
(About local )
23 agosto 2025
Krzysztof was a really great guide. He is very knowledgeable about the history of Krakow and Poland. We had a really great time on his tour. He also offers a very insightful tour in the Jewish quarter and on the Jewish history of Krakow. Highly recommended.Excellent guide
Raoul🇧🇪 Belgium
(About local )
18 agosto 2025
Aleksandra guided us with enthousiasm and passion through Krakow. The Jewish quarter was a revelation! We were there with our family and my daughters, roughly of the same age as Aleksandra, really enjoyed hearing about the recent history and life in Krakow from when she was young. We enjoyed the food and bar tips she provided to us before and after the tour. I can only strongly recommend to hire Alexandra as you guide!Wonderful and lively tour of Krakow
Thomas🇬🇧 United Kingdom
(About local )
7 agosto 2025
We very much enjoyed our tour. Aleksandra was an excellent guide, very knowledgeable of both the history and current situation in both krakow and poland. The food was great, the only possible complaint would be that there was just too much of it!Great tour, excellent guide
Joan🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
5 agosto 2025
Tomasz was very knowledgeable and so personable. He was encouraging of all of our questions and gave us recommendations for other attractions as well as restaurants. I would highly recommend!!Highly recommend!!
Traci🇺🇸 United States
(About local )
4 agosto 2025
We loved our food tour with Aleksandra and agreed it was our favorite day in Krakow. The food was all amazing and we went to restaurants and shops we never would have found otherwise. We loved learning about the history of not only the food but of Krakow as well. Aleksandra is lovely it talk to and I enjoyed discussing food and more with her. An amazing day spent with Aleksandra!
Louise🇸🇪 Sweden
(About local )
28 julio 2025
We had an excellent guided tour with Aleksandra! She was very knowledgeable and presented a well organised and thorough tour! We are very satisfied and would highly recommend her! Excellent Guide!
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