Begin with a relaxing Vistula River cruise, then visit the former Plaszow Camp with an expert guide—where history, memory, and reflection meet.

See Krakow from a new perspective as you cruise along the Vistula River. Relax on a modern, comfortable boat and enjoy panoramic views of the city’s most iconic landmarks.

Then discover Kraków’s former ghetto in Podgórze on a guided walk with an expert local guide, starting on the Vistula river bank, which once divided the historic Jewish quarter of Kazimierz from the wartime ghetto.  This route connects the most important places of memory, combining moving stories of courage, tragedy, and resilience. It helps visitors understand daily life in the ghetto and the extraordinary efforts of those who risked everything to save others.

Highlights:

• Admire Krakow’s landmarks from a unique riverside perspective

• Explore Kraków’s wartime Jewish ghetto with an expert guide                                                                                                                                           

• Learn the story of the Under the Eagle Pharmacy  
 • Discover Ghetto Heroes Square with its moving Chair Memorial

• End by Schindler’s Factory, where lives were saved (no entry)

This tour offers a powerful blend of reflection and discovery. Begin with peaceful views of Krakow’s skyline from the river, then walk through the streets that once formed the city’s wartime ghetto. Hear stories of courage and loss that bring this part of history vividly to life.

Itinerary:

Vistula River  / Cruise

Sailing on a catamaran on the Vistula River on a small one way cruise, you will get to know Krakow's monuments, visible from the side of the river.

Admire all the most important places in Krakow from the Vistula River. See Krakow from a new perspective as you follow the flow of the queen of Polish rivers. 

Kosciuszko's Mound (Kopiec Kosciuszki) / Cruise

The Kościuszko Mound in Krakow, one of the five mounds located in Krakow, was erected in honor of Tadeusz Kościuszko - a great patriot and leader of the national uprising.

Monastery of the Norbertan Sisters / Cruise

Fortified like a castle, this mighty moenastery, founded in the 12th century, was destroyed and rebuilt several times. The most important Krakow traditions are also associated with it: here, on Monday after Easter, the annual Emmaus festival is celebrated. Hence, the Lajkonik procession - the most important symbol of Krakow - sets off every June

Wawel Royal Castle / Cruise

The limestone hill rising above the Vistula River is the former center of power, the legendary (associated with the mythical founder of Krakow and his descendants) and historical: princely, episcopal and royal. Wawel is a complex of castle and sacred buildings - a symbol of the city, but most of all a museum presenting the most valuable monuments of Polish material culture. Take a good look and you will also notice the silhouette of the famous Wawel dragon breathing fire towards onlookers.

Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology / Cruise 

The original, modern form of the building housing the museum of art and technology is perfectly seen from the river level. The wavy line of its roof is to refer directly to the waves of the Vistula River

Church on the Rock (Kosciol na Skalce) / Cruise 

The baroque church of Saint Michael the Archangel and Saint Stanislaus on Skałka rises above the boulevards, right on the Vistula River, on a small hill made of white Jurassic limestones. The basilica is also a national pantheon (many distinguished painters, musicians and poets are buried here) and a library with priceless documents, books and incunabula. 

Józefińska 14 / 15min / Admission Ticket Free 

The first stop of the ghetto walking tour of Józefińska 14, once home to the Judenrat, the Jewish Council under Nazi rule.

Ghetto Heroes Square / 15min / Admission Ticket Free

From there, you continue to Ghetto Heroes Square, the heart of the ghetto, where deportations to extermination camps took place. Today, the square is marked by the symbolic Chair Memorial, with each chair representing a life lost.

Eagle Pharmacy / 10min Admission / Ticket Not Included 

Across the square stands the Under the Eagle Pharmacy, where Tadeusz Pankiewicz and his staff courageously aided ghetto residents, preserving medicine and hope. A short walk away is Józefińska 41, a building that housed the Jewish orphanage, a welfare office, and the ghetto hospital, all central to daily survival in this confined district.

Ghetto Walls / 10min / Admission Ticket Free

Next are the remains of the Ghetto Walls, a stark reminder of the tight enclosure that once separated ghetto residents from the rest of the city.

Oskar Schindler’s Factory / 10min / Admission Ticket Not Included

The walk then leads to Oskar Schindler’s Enamel Factory on Lipowa Street. It was here that Schindler employed and protected over a thousand Jewish workers, saving them from deportation. Today the factory houses a museum dedicated to the wartime history of Kraków and the fate of its Jewish community.                                  

Meeting point:  Bulwar Inflancki, Krakow,  next to the water tram stop called "Paulinska”. Look for the person with a "Cracow Boat" sign.    (click to go to the Google maps)
Endpoint: Lipowa 4, 30-702 Kraków                 

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