Walking tours · Krakow
Free walking tours in Krakow
4 free walking tours, each checked on the operator's own website. Tip-based tours have no ticket: you join at the meeting point and give the guide what you think the tour was worth at the end. Free Tickets is an independent guide, not connected to these operators.
Checked Tuesday, 3 November 2026. Times change by season — confirm on the operator's page before you go.
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4 free walking tours in Krakow
Tip-basedWalkative!
Welcome to Kraków! Old Town & Wawel Hill Guided Walking Tour
Introductory walk from the Barbican and St Florian's Gate across the Main Market Square, past St Mary's Basilica and Collegium Maius to the Wawel Hill courtyard; exteriors only.
- Starts
- Times are in the operator's booking calendar
- Takes
- 2 h 30 min
- Meet
- Between St. Florian's Gate and the Barbican (guide with a yellow umbrella) map
- Languages
- English, Polish, Spanish, German
- Booking
- Book a free spot online first — Booking is obligatory; groups of 8 or more cannot join the pay-what-you-wish tour.
- Tipping
- No fixed price; the operator says most guests give €15–50 per person. Cash or digital payment.
Tip-basedWalkative!
Jewish Kraków: Kazimierz & WWII Ghetto Guided Tour
Kazimierz's synagogues and Szeroka Street, then across the river to the former ghetto in Podgórze and Ghetto Heroes Square, covering Jewish life before the war and the Holocaust.
- Starts
- Times are in the operator's booking calendar
- Takes
- 2 h 30 min
- Meet
- Old Synagogue, Szeroka 24, Kazimierz (guide with a yellow umbrella) map
- Languages
- English, Spanish, Polish, German
- Booking
- Book a free spot online first — Booking is obligatory; groups of 8 or more cannot join the pay-what-you-wish tour.
- Tipping
- No fixed price; the operator says most guests give €15–50 per person. Cash or digital payment.
Tip-basedKraków Explorers
Free Walking Tour: Old Town and the Wawel Castle
Main Market Square, Cloth Hall and the St Mary's trumpeter, the old walls and Barbican, Collegium Maius and the Pope's Window, ending on Wawel Hill.
- Starts
- Every day 10:15 and 15:00
- Takes
- 2 h 30 min
- Meet
- In front of St. Mary's Basilica on the Main Market Square (guide with an orange umbrella) map
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Booking
- Book a free spot online first — The operator asks everyone to book a place in advance.
- Tipping
- Cash is the main form of payment (złoty or foreign currency); guides carry no card terminals.
Tip-basedKraków Explorers
Free Walking Tour: Jewish Quarter and the Former Ghetto
Kazimierz's synagogues and Schindler's List locations, then over the Bernatek footbridge to the WWII ghetto in Podgórze and the empty chairs of Ghetto Heroes Square.
- Starts
- Every day 11:00 and 15:00
- Takes
- 2 h 30 min
- Meet
- In front of the Old Synagogue, 24 Szeroka Street, Kazimierz (guide with an orange umbrella) map
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Booking
- Book a free spot online first — The operator asks everyone to book a place in advance.
- Tipping
- Cash is the main form of payment (złoty or foreign currency); guides carry no card terminals.
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FAQ
Free walking tours in Krakow: common questions
Are free walking tours in Krakow really free?
All of the 4 tours listed here are tip-based: there is no ticket, and at the end you give the guide what you think the tour was worth.
Do I need to book a free walking tour in Krakow?
Book a free spot online first for Welcome to Kraków! Old Town & Wawel Hill Guided Walking Tour, Jewish Kraków: Kazimierz & WWII Ghetto Guided Tour, Free Walking Tour: Old Town and the Wawel Castle and Free Walking Tour: Jewish Quarter and the Former Ghetto.
Are there free walking tours in Krakow in other languages?
Besides English, the tours here run in Polish, Spanish and German — see each tour for its languages and times.
Sources
Where this comes from
- freewalkingtour.com · Welcome to Kraków! Old Town & Wawel Hill Guided Walking Tour · checked Tuesday, 3 November 2026
- freewalkingtour.com · Jewish Kraków: Kazimierz & WWII Ghetto Guided Tour · checked Tuesday, 3 November 2026
- krakowexplorers.com · Free Walking Tour: Old Town and the Wawel Castle · checked Tuesday, 3 November 2026
- krakowexplorers.com · Free Walking Tour: Jewish Quarter and the Former Ghetto · checked Tuesday, 3 November 2026