Walks
Free Walking Tours
All 18 free walking tours in Krakow, listed by language, rating and meeting point.
Free Krakow Guides And Answers
This hub gathers the site's guides to free and pay-what-you-want Krakow, from the Wawel Hill grounds to museum free days. All 18 free walking tours listed here belong to independent local guides on GuruWalk or freetour.com; a spot costs nothing to reserve and you tip the guide afterwards.
Free Walking Tours
Free Museums, Churches And Neighbourhoods
Places
Christmas Market
The free side of December in Krakow: the square, the szopka, Wawel Mondays and museum free days.
Places
Krakow Old Town
The free Old Town route: squares, churches, the hejnal and the Planty, with every ticketed neighbour named.
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Schindler's Factory
The Monday free day at Schindler's Factory, how the ticket works, and the free Podgorze sights around it.
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Wawel Castle
The free side of Wawel: grounds, courtyard, the Monday exhibition scheme, and what always stays ticketed.
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Kazimierz
The free side of Krakow's Jewish quarter: streets, squares, synagogue donations and free walking tours.
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Krakow Ghetto
What is free in Podgórze: the Empty Chairs, the market square, the Płaszow memorial grounds and the museum free days.
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St Mary's Basilica
The free prayer entrance, the ticketed altar visit, and the hejnal you can hear for nothing.
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Rynek Underground
Free Tuesdays, in-person tickets and the closed dates for the museum under the Main Market Square.
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Cloth Hall
The Sukiennice's trading hall and arcades are free to walk through, with a ticketed museum gallery upstairs.
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Krakow Churches
Which Krakow churches are free, and where free entry stops at St Mary's and Wawel.
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Krakow Mounds
Two of Krakow's three mounds are free every day; Kosciuszko Mound is ticketed except on three dates a year.
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Museum Free Days
Tuesday at the National Museum, Thursday at MOCAK: every free museum day in Krakow explained.
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Planty Park
The free green ring around Krakow's Old Town, and everything free that sits beside it.
Costs, Transport And Practicalities
Costs
Krakow In Winter
What stays free in Krakow when the cold arrives, from Wawel Mondays to the shifting Auschwitz window.
Costs
Krakow In Summer
The free side of a Krakow summer: Wianki, Zakrzowek swimming, parks, Sunday museums and pay-what-you-want walks.
Costs
On A Budget
What is free in Krakow, what still charges, and how to build a week around the free days.
More Free Walks To Book
Each of the 18 walks runs on tips alone: reserve a free place with the guide on GuruWalk or freetour.com, then pay whatever the walk deserved.
Old Town And Wawel, Bilingual
Pay what you want English and Spanish
2 hours 30 minutes · Krakow Explorers
See this free tour →Run by an independent local guide on GuruWalk
Jewish Quarter And Ghetto, Bilingual
Pay what you want English and Spanish
2 hours 30 minutes · Krakow Explorers
See this free tour →Run by an independent local guide on GuruWalk
WWII Jewish Quarter And Ghetto, English
Pay what you want English
2 hours 30 minutes · City Walks Krakow
See this free tour →Run by an independent local guide on freetour.com