--- title: "Krakow Travel Guide | Weather, Tips and Tours | Tourpublish" description: "Krakow travel guide with live conditions, transport tips, local knowledge and bookable old town, Wawel and Wieliczka salt mine experiences." canonical: https://tourpublish.com/destinations/poland/krakow last_updated: 2026-10-16 content_type: page publisher: Tourpublish SIA --- > Krakow travel guide with live conditions, transport tips, local knowledge and bookable old town, Wawel and Wieliczka salt mine experiences. Tourpublish is the publishing layer above your reservation system, not a reservation platform. Every tour operator should be able to publish everywhere from one place. [Image: Krakow Cloth Hall on the main market square] # Krakow Poland's intact royal capital, with a salt mine and Kazimierz on the doorstep. Photo: [Andrzej Otrębski](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Krakow_Rynek_Glowny_panorama_2.jpg) (CC BY-SA 4.0) Currency Polish zloty (PLN) 1 USD = 3.88 PLN Emergency number 986 112 / 997 / 998 / 999 also works Advisory level Normal precautions U.S. Department of State and 3 other governments Language Polish Local transport Tram & walk Old town is car free Yellow Fog Warning issued for Poland - Warmińsko-mazurskie Province Piski County Yellow Fog warning · Area: Warmińsko-mazurskie Province Piski County · From 2026-10-16T19:00:00+00:00 · until 2026-10-17T09:00:00+00:00 [MeteoAlarm (EUMETNET)](https://meteoalarm.org/en/live/region/PL) Yellow Fog Warning issued for Poland - Warmińsko-mazurskie Province Węgorzewski County Yellow Fog warning · Area: Warmińsko-mazurskie Province Węgorzewski County · From 2026-10-16T19:00:00+00:00 · until 2026-10-17T09:00:00+00:00 [MeteoAlarm (EUMETNET)](https://meteoalarm.org/en/live/region/PL) Yellow Fog Warning issued for Poland - Warmińsko-mazurskie Province Gołdapski County Yellow Fog warning · Area: Warmińsko-mazurskie Province Gołdapski County · From 2026-10-16T19:00:00+00:00 · until 2026-10-17T09:00:00+00:00 [MeteoAlarm (EUMETNET)](https://meteoalarm.org/en/live/region/PL) ## Good to know You can travel without a visa to the Schengen area, which includes Poland, for up to 90 days in any 180-day period… [UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/poland/entry-requirements) Poland follows Schengen area rules. Your passport must have: have a ‘date of issue’ less than 10 years before the date you arrive – if you renewed your passport before 1 October 2018, it might have a date of issue that is more than 10 year… [UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/poland/entry-requirements) The European Union’s (EU) new Entry/Exit System (EES) is now being implemented across the Schengen area… [UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/poland/entry-requirements) There are strict rules about goods you can take into and out of Poland. You must declare anything that may be prohibited or subject to tax or duty… [UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/poland/entry-requirements) Exercise normal security precautions. Latest change: The Health section was updated - travel health information (Public Health Agency of Canada). [Government of Canada - Travel Advice](https://travel.gc.ca/destinations/poland) Polen: Reise- und Sicherheitshinweise [German Federal Foreign Office](https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/ReiseUndSicherheit/199124) The airport train reaches Krakow Glowny in about 20 minutes and runs every half hour. The main market square is the largest medieval square in Europe. Prices on it are double those two streets away. Kazimierz, the old Jewish quarter, is a 15 minute walk south and is where the best food and bars are. ## Local knowledge Contributed by guides, operators and creators on the ground. Community advice, kept separate from official sources. Eat two streets off the main square Rynek Glowny prices are double. Walk into Kazimierz or towards Grodzka's side streets and the same meal costs half. Local guide Agnieszka Nowak Book Wieliczka and Auschwitz weeks ahead Both run on timed entry and sell out in summer. Auschwitz needs a full day, so pair Wieliczka with a Krakow morning instead. DMO Krakow Tourism ## Frequently asked questions The airport train takes about 20 minutes to Krakow Glowny and runs every 30 minutes. Three days: one for the old town and Wawel, one for Kazimierz, and one for Wieliczka or Auschwitz. Yes. The guided route runs 135 metres down past carved chapels and takes around two hours plus travel. Yes. It is about 90 minutes each way and entry is by timed ticket, booked online in advance. There are strict rules about goods you can take into and out of Poland. You must declare anything that may be prohibited or subject to tax or duty. Source: UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. U.S. Department of State currently advises normal precautions (level 1 of 4). Advice differs slightly between governments, so check your own country's advisory before you travel. For tour operators ## Run tours in Krakow? Publish them everywhere from one place. 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