Self-guided walking tour
Kraków Walking Tour: Medieval Kraków – Market, Walls and Royal Road (about 3.5 hours, 9 stops)
9 stops in walking order through Kraków, from Bazylika Świętego Floriana to Brama Rzeźnicza w Krakowie: 2.0 km on foot, about 24 min of walking, 3 h 15 min in total with the story and a look around at each stop. Walking times come from the routed walking path, not a straight line. It is the route of “Medieval Kraków: Market, Walls and Royal Road”, a ready-made tour in the Guided Tours app.
- Total
- 3 h 15 min
- Distance
- 2.0 km
- Walking
- 24 min
- Stops
- 9
The stops, in walking order
Bazylika Świętego Floriana
A Roman Catholic parish and university collegiate church in Kleparz, at the start of Kraków’s Royal Road.
4 min walk · 360 m
Brama Floriańska
Kraków’s preserved medieval gateway and a major landmark of the Old Town.
2 min walk · 180 m
Floriańska
A three-hundred-and-thirty-five-metre Old Town street connecting Kraków’s Main Market Square and St. Florian’s Gate.
3 min walk · 250 m
Kościół pw. Świętego Marka
Church of St. Mark is a Gothic Roman Catholic church at the corner of Świętego Marka and Sławkowska Streets in Kraków’s Old Town.
5 min walk · 380 m
Wieża Ratuszowa
Kraków’s seventy-metre Town Hall Tower, the sole remnant of the old town hall demolished in 1820.
1 min walk · 100 m
Rynek Główny
Kraków’s historic Main Market Square, laid out in 1257 as a centre of trade.
1 min walk · 80 m
Rynek Podziemny
Kraków’s underground archaeological museum beneath the Main Market Square.
3 min walk · 290 m
Mały Rynek
A compact rectangular square behind St Mary’s Basilica, created as a supporting market for Kraków’s Main Market Square.
4 min walk · 330 m
Brama Rzeźnicza w Krakowie
Brama Rzeźnicza is Kraków’s oldest surviving medieval city gate, first recorded in 1289 and now embedded in a convent façade beside Planty.
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- HighlightsThe Essentials1 h 25 min · 8 stops · 2.4 kmSee the walk
- Medieval CityMedieval Kraków on Foot1 h 30 min · 10 stops · 2.0 kmSee the walk
- Royal HeritageWawel – Kings, Cathedrals and Legends2 h · 9 stops · 1.3 kmSee the walk
- Urban NatureGreen Ring and River Views2 h 35 min · 9 stops · 9.8 kmSee the walk
- Hidden GemsHidden Corners of the Old Town3 h 10 min · 8 stops · 3.8 kmSee the walk
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