This comprehensive guided walking tour presents a clear and well-structured overview of Kraków’s Jewish heritage and World War II history. With a licensed expert guide, you’ll explore key sites that together tell the full story of the city’s past.

Highlights:

• Walk through Kazimierz, Kraków’s historic Jewish Quarter

• Learn about Jewish life, traditions, and cultural heritage

• Visit Schindler’s Factory area and learn about Oskar Schindler’s story

• Explore the former Jewish Ghetto in Podgórze

• See remnants of the Ghetto Walls and Ghetto Heroes Square

• Hear expert commentary from a licensed local guide

By connecting Kazimierz, Schindler’s Factory area, and the former Jewish Ghetto, the tour offers a complete historical perspective through authentic locations and expert commentary.

Itinerary:

Kazimierz Jewish Quarter / 1h30min / Admission Ticket Free

Enter Kazimierz, one of Kraków’s most evocative neighborhoods. Once a vibrant center of Jewish life, it now reflects centuries of faith, tradition, and close-knit community. Walk its atmospheric streets, pass historic synagogues, and discover a place where Jewish and Christian cultures developed side by side.

The tour begins on Szeroka Street, the historic heart of Kazimierz, framed by synagogues and townhouses dating back to the 16th–18th centuries. You will see the Old Synagogue, the oldest preserved synagogue in Poland, today a museum of Jewish history. The route continues past the Remuh Synagogue and Cemetery, one of the most important Jewish religious sites in the country. You will also pass the Kupa Synagogue, once serving the poorest residents, and the Tempel Synagogue, now an active center of cultural life. The walk concludes at Plac Nowy, a lively square filled with cafés, markets, and local art.

This walking tour captures the spirit of Kazimierz — a district where traces of everyday life, prayer, and resilience are still present. Accompanied by a local guide, you will gain a deeper understanding of Kraków’s Jewish heritage and the stories that shaped it.

Schindler Factory Museum / 1h30min / Admision Ticket Included

Visit Schindler’s Enamel Factory, today one of Kraków’s most visited and moving museums, and step into the story of a man whose actions made history. With a licensed expert guide, you’ll explore the acclaimed exhibition “Kraków under Nazi Occupation 1939–1945” through the lens of Oskar Schindler’s extraordinary life.

This is the place where Schindler employed Jewish workers and used his position, influence, and resources to protect them from deportation. More than a thousand men and women survived thanks to his courage and determination. As you walk through the exibition, your guide will bring to life the stories of those he saved, often called “Schindlerjuden,” whose testimony continues to resonate across generations.

Photographs, personal objects, and reconstructed streets show the fear, uncertainty, and daily struggles faced by the city’s inhabitants. Within this backdrop of oppression, Schindler’s story emerges as one of humanity and hope.

Kraków Jewish Ghetto / 1h  / Admission Ticket Free

Continue your journey through the Kraków Ghetto. continues toward the remains of the former Ghetto Walls. These surviving fragments stand as a stark reminder of the boundaries that once confined the Jewish population and separated them from the rest of the city, offering a tangible insight into the reality of life under occupation.

The route then leads to Ghetto Heroes Square, the former center of the Kraków Ghetto and a key site connected with deportations. Today, the square functions as a place of remembrance, marked by the powerful memorial of empty metal chairs symbolizing the lives lost.

Across the square, you will see the historic Under the Eagle Pharmacy, where Tadeusz Pankiewicz and his staff provided vital assistance to ghetto residents. Through your guide’s narration, the stories of courage, compassion, and moral choice during this period come into focus.

Meeting point: Szeroka 24, 31-053 Krakow  Meet your guide on the steps of the Old Synagogue.  They will hold a Kazimierz Guided Tour sign.  (click to go to the Google maps)    

End point:  Apteka pod Orlem, Plac Bohaterow Getta 18, 33-332 Kraków, Poland

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