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Tours of the City Walking Tours Cracow’s Old Town is compact and easy to wander around but a guided walking tour will enrich the experience. Agnieszka Drzascz (tel: (0600) 212 498) and Biuro Przewodnickie (tel: (012) 429 3336) both offer guided tours of the city, with prices around Z105 per person for a half-day tour. Jan-Pol, Westerplatte 15 (tel: (012) 421 4206; website: www.janpol.com), offers walking tours for groups, which are priced per group at Z240 for a half day and Z310 for a full day. A number of other operators can also arrange walking tours for groups, including those listed under Bus Tours below. Bus Tours Cracow Tours run four-hour city bus tours for Z105, which can be booked through the Orbis, Rynek Glowny 41 (tel: (012) 422 4632), or Jan-Pol, Westerplatte 15 (tel: (012) 421 4206), travel offices. Ibis Hotel, ulica Przy Rondzie (tel: (012) 638 6894) also runs regular tours. Buses depart from a number of hotels for the three-and-a-half-hour city tour (cost: Z115). Daily excursions are available to Auschwitz in the morning (cost: Z115) and the Royal Salt Mines at Wieliczka in the afternoon (cost: Z115) – see Excursions for information on both sights. A new sight on Cracow’s streets are the glorified golf carts that now ferry visitors around the Old Town. AB City Tour (tel: (012) 655 6468) offers half-hour tours of Wawel and one-hour tours of Wawel, Kazimierz and Shalka in these carts. Boat Tours Boat tours on the Vistula River offer great views of Wawel Castle; and the café on the boat is a delightful place to relax. Departures are from south of Wawel (near the Most Grunwaldzki) from May to September. Horse-drawn Tours In season, Rynek Glowny is overrun with horse-drawn carts, brought in to please the tourist masses. Trotting across the cobbles, though, is something of an essential experience for first-time visitors. |
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