We travelled from Prague to Kraków on an overnight train, which took 8 hours. Checked into our hotel located in the old town. We are here for three days. Population of Kraków is 700,000 and they have 15,000,000 tourists a year. Everything is geared towards tourism, as this is their main income.
St Peter and Paul church, just across the road from our hotel
The main square, Kraków is quite charming
The town centre is surrounded by a fortified wall, in the early times, there was also a moat.
That surrounded the town.
When you leave Oldtown you walk through these arches in the wall., called Florian's gate.
Entry into the village, Barbican.
The battle of Grunwald in Matejko Square.
This sculpture is of Jam Matejko, a famous polish painter.
We visited Wawel Castle, no photos were allowed inside, what was inside was very impressive with tapestries, metres long, woven with gold and silver. Walls embossed with leather and ornate ceilings.
Beautifully hand carved furniture and very large paintings, so well preserved from the 14th century.
Wawel Castle
One of the most beautiful cathedral that I have seen.
The famous Veit Stuss alter, largest of it's kind and created in 1477 -1487, hand carved and gold leaf.
Very ornate
Well worth the visit and had to buy ticket to photograph.
This metal fire breathing dragon is just below Wawel Castle and fire comes from his mouth, 15 after the hour.
I will leave you to ponder, and will return later with more of Kraków, the salt mines and Auswitch.
A photo moment with Jacek Majchrowski, mayor of Kraków and leader of the Jewish community.
Wawel Castle
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