Krakow: Jewish Ghetto Guided Tour
Overview
Available languages
1 hour
Mobile ticket
Walk through the former Kraków Ghetto in Podgórze and uncover the moving stories of life, courage, and loss during WWII, guided by an expert who brings history to life.
Discover one of Kraków’s most powerful historical sites — the former Jewish Ghetto in Podgórze. Follow your licensed guide through streets that witnessed both tragedy and heroism. Learn about the people who lived, struggled, and resisted here during the darkest chapter of the city’s history.
Highlights:
• Visit the remains of the original Ghetto Wall
• Discover Ghetto Heroes Square and the symbolic Chair Memorial
• Hear stories of bravery at the Under the Eagle Pharmacy
• See authentic wartime buildings and street layouts
• Learn about daily life, deportations, and survival during WWII
This walking tour offers a respectful and emotional look into Kraków’s wartime past. With your expert guide, you’ll explore authentic places that still bear witness to human endurance and compassion amid tragedy.
Additional Info
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
We kindly ask you to arrive 10 minutes before the tour begins. Once the group has departed, latecomers will not be able to join and tickets cannot be refunded.
Our group tours are only in 1 language. Select your preferred language when booking.
Weather conditions can impact your enjoyment of the tour. Please check the forecast ahead of time and come prepared with suitable clothing and footwear.
The tour goes ahead in all weather, rain or shine.
What To Expect
Ghetto Wall Fragment
The first stop on the walking tour of the Kraków Ghetto is the remains of the Ghetto Walls — a stark reminder of the confinement that once separated its residents from the rest of the city.
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, each chair representing lives lost.
Options
Italian group tour
Spanish group tour
English group tour
Group Tour with a ENG Guide: Small Group
German group tour
Group Tour with a German Guide: Small Group
French group tour
Group Tour with a French Guide: Small Group
What‘s Included
Walking tour of Krakow Ghetto
Licensed expert guide
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Reviews
38 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Great tour of the Jewish Ghetto
Kelly L,Jun 4, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Christoff was a great host for our tour of the Jewish ghetto in Krakow. He explained things well and even brought pictures of some of the people he talked about. He told many stories.
Informative and memorable tour. Definitely worth booking
Mark0208,May 28, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Dominique was everything you could wish a guide to be. Very informative, giving detailed information, happy to answer ad hoc questions, very easy to talk to and was clearly very passionate about her subject. She had historic photos with her which helped us to understand and bring everything into context. We asked her for recommendations of places to visit in the Jewish quarter. We would never have found these ourselves and this really added to our experience in Krakow. Following the tour we have been inspired to follow up and read more on the subject and history.
May 26th
gretagS9065QV,May 26, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Dominica was amazing guide. Her professionalism impressed us She was also thoughtful while we passed the roads Even while sun was at it’s peak she was looking for the shade Thank you!
Ghetto Tour
Glassford4,May 25, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Excellent tour. Guide very knowledgeable. Recommend
Wow! Great guide
L5582ZBdonnae,May 18, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Wow! Olga, was just brilliant. She gave us a lot of information and we had plenty of fun along the root aswell. She could answer any questions we asked her enthusiastically and with fantastic knowledge. Great guide, would definitely recommend Olga.
Barbara was excellent
johnoY1613IT,May 7, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Barbara, our guide was excellent. Had great knowledge and understanding of the area and explained it very well
Good short tour
sarahchclogher,May 5, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
3.00The tour was informative and the guide was friendly. Good introduction
It was a very moving...
Kerem C,May 3, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00It was a very moving tour, which I would strongly recommend. Our guide was very competent and mindful. Many thanks for this experience.
Nice tour, not very spectacular
Inspire55806618207,Apr 25, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
3.00In itself quite a tour. Info went quickly, sometimes a little too little context.
Insights into everyday life for Jews and others under the nazi regime
margaret s,Apr 20, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Go on this tour if you want to learn about everyday life for Jews and Polish people under the Nazi regime in Krakow. The guide was very informative and pointed out significant landmarks as we walked along with her. She willingly answered questions and responded to comments from the group. One of the best tours I have been on. I took the one hour tour. It would be better to take a longer tour because there is so much to learn.
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