Five days in Krakow

Flying out from Stansted in the UK to meet up with friends in Krakow, we spend a really enjoyable, if exhausting (and sometimes emotional), five days visiting the second largest city in Poland. There's so much to see here that five days just about does the trick although an extra day might have meant that a more relaxed itinerary was possible..

Most of the main sights are within easy walking distance.. and there's always the tram system, which is frequent and heavily used. All the sights info is HERE...' and here's the DETAIL

The large Main Square, old town, is dominated by the Cloth Hall, once a major centre of trade but now home to gift shops and other tourist shops.It's got a great feel though, with performers, tourists, more tourists and beautifully prepared horse drawn carriages.

A trumpeter sounds the hour from the Gothic tower of St Mary's Basilica

The Jagiellonian University Museum houses wonderful instruments of Copernicus and other notable astronomers. Must-see for me

Jagiellonian Museum

The Salt Mines are a surprising highlight

There are memories of a more sinister nature here, of course; a trip to Auschwitz brings the absolute horror of mass murder of thousands under Nazi rule into powerful focus.

  Back to Krakow, Ghetto Heroes Square remembers the fortitude of Jews in the appalling conditions in the ghettos created by the Nazis.