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Night Sleeper Train to Budapest from Krakow

July 17, 2009

Night Train to Budapest from Krakow

From some online forum posts, we expected that tickets for the night train from Krakow to Budapest will cost more than 90 Euros. However, when we purchased the tickets, there were some SparDay/SparNight promotion – reducing the price to just 43 Euros per pax for a private 4-bed couchette. Look [...]

ul. Kanonicza and Galeria Krakowska

July 16, 2009

ul. Kanonicza (Oldest Street in Krakow)

The picturesque Kanonicza Street ends just at the foot of the hilltop Wawel Castle and used [...]

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Krakow Pod Wawelem Kompania Kuflowa Lunch

July 15, 2009

Krakow Pod Wawelem Kompania Kuflowa Beer

Pod Wawelem (At the Foot of the Castle) Kompania Kuflowa

Just a ten minute walk from the Dragon’s Den, the Pod Wawelem Kompania Kuflowa was another restaurant highly recommended by Greg and Tom hostel staff. Every Monday, they have a promotion for Warka Beer – 1 litres for 7zł and a huge schnitzel served with fries [...]

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Krakow Wawel Castle and Smok Wawelski

July 14, 2009

As our night train to Budapest depart at 10.15pm, we left our luggage at Greg and Tom’s reception (check-out time: 10am) before proceeding to Wawel Castle.
Getting Around Krakow

For 10.40zł, you can hop on/off any trains, trams, buses in Krakow for 24 hours. An hourly and one-way ticket cost 3.10zł and 2.50zł. If you plan your [...]

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Krakow U Babci Maliny Dinner Review

July 13, 2009

U Babci Maliny Restaurant

This restaurant is highly recommended by Greg and Tom hostel staff. It is very easy to get to – from Barbakan, walk straight towards the Florian Gate and turn left after the gate. Turn right once you reach Szpitalna street and walk straight til you see this restaurant.
This restaurant has a very [...]

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Wieliczka Salt Mine

July 12, 2009

Wieliczka Salt Mine

The Wieliczka Salt Mine had been producing table salt since the 13th century. Active mining was discontinued in 1996 due to low salt prices and mine flooding. It reaches a depth of 327 meters and is over 300 km long.
The Wieliczka Salt Mine tour for visitors is about 3.5-km (less than 1% of the [...]

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Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp

July 11, 2009

Cracow City Tours

Auschwitz and the Wieliczka Salt Mine can actually be visited using local public transport. Guides can also be separately hired at these venues. You will spend much less compared to taking a tour. I already had this free and easy visit to Auschwitz and Salt Mine planned but we were too tired (jet [...]

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Krakow Rynek Glowny (Marketplace), Sukiennice (Cloth Hall)

July 10, 2009

Krakow Rynek Glowny (Main Marketplace)

Rynek Główny is a medieval square at the heart of the Krakow Old City. It is the biggest medieval marketplace in the world with more than four hectares of area and twelve streets beginning here.
This is a very busy square with many souvenir carts selling symbolic Krakow memorabilia – Smok Wawelski [...]

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Krakow Royal Way – Barbakan, Florian Gate, Florianska

July 9, 2009

Barbakan
Barbakan was built in the 15th century as the biggest European defense building of its kind. The Gothic Barbakan was meant to defend the Florian Gate. The Barbakan was an important part of Cracow’s fortifications, and deadly projectiles were cast at anyone who dared to threaten the Polish capital. The three rows of the Barbican’s [...]

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Krakow Greg and Tom Hostel Review

July 8, 2009

Greg and Tom Hostel, Krakow
We stayed 2 nights at Greg and Tom Hostel in Krakow. We chose to stay in their new “hostel” – Greg and Tom Hostel 2 which turned out to be an apartment with 4 double rooms and shared bathrooms and toilets. There was also a kitchen, living room with Cable TV [...]

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