Discover Polish culture through our handmade products! This Krakow tour will take you to the shops and galleries you’d never find on your own, and connect you with the people it’d be impossible to meet without a guide by your side. See the art they’re making for a living, hear the stories behind their crafts, and go home with a piece of Krakow in your pocket! Our local guides would love to see you in Polish clothes designed in Krakow, or in leather shoes locally made, or wearing a beautiful piece of amber jewellery from a secret place you discovered with us!

Tour Highlights

  • Visit small art galleries to admire the diversity of handmade products and the originality of Polish design.
  • Shop for unique clothes and shoes, all made in Krakow by local designers.
  • Learn about local pottery traditions, and how different styles reflect different parts of Poland.
  • Enjoy excellent craft beer with locals in a cool spot located off the beaten track.

Inclusions:

✔ Local English-speaking guide
✔ Traditional local snack (zapiekanka)
✔ Coffee and a homemade cake
✔ Polish craft beer
✔ A small handmade souvenir from Krakow

Exclusions:

✘ Additional food, drinks, or gratuities beyond the set tasting menu
✘ Personal expenses

Schedule details:

  • Duration: 3.5 hours
  • Meeting point: Pick-up from your centrally located hotel in Krakow
  • Starting time: 11.00 AM, 2.00 PM
  • Ending point: Your guide will assist you to your hotel or any other centrally-located place

 

Full Itinerary

You can’t go shopping on an empty stomach, so we’ll start your Krakow tour with a snack! We’ll head to a shop selling the most popular snack in town, zapiekanka. This open-faced cheese sandwich is a classic treat for locals, and while we’re there, we’ll not only eat one but also meet the people who have been working in this beloved shop since 1980. You’ll get to hear their stories about the end of the communist era and the beginning of the free market in Poland.

Next up, we’ll walk over to a local gallery selling clothing and accessories all made in Krakow, but inspired by exotic travels all over the world. This is a great place to discover there’s no truth to the stereotype that people from post-communist countries have no fashion or design sense!

We’ll then head to a pottery shop where your guide will point out a variety of ceramic items and explain how patterns and colours will differ depending on the region of Poland where they were made.

Strolling further through the bohemian district of Kazimierz, we’ll find ourselves at Jozefa street. Along here it’s possible to buy everything from wooden sculptures to paintings to handmade decorations and folk embroidery of different kinds.

We’ll end our tour with a visit in the Kacper shoe saloon and a degustation of a craft Polish beer.

Local Impact: How you will help the local community by joining this tour:

  • Your entire tour works to support and promote local artisans and craftspeople, where you not only have the chance to pick up some handcrafted souvenirs, but also learn about the history of some traditional art forms, from pottery to amber jewellery.
  • During the tour, you will have tea/coffee in a small, family-owned cafe as well as enjoy a local craft beer in a local pub