Private Tour
Trip Around Nowa Huta - Krakow
Overview
Available languages
3 hours
Mobile ticket
Do something different during your time in Krakow and explore the district of Nowa Huta with a local guide.
Capture the bohemian spirit of this district on a private 3-hour tour in a vintage Fiat 126p
Get an interesting lesson about the history of Nowa Huta and see typical examples of Socialist Realist architecture aboard a Communist-era car.
*Explore one of the most interesting and more recent neighborhoods of Krakow
*See the typical polish Socialist Realist architecture of Nowa Huta
*Learn how the area was planned as a utopian city
*Receive personalized attention from your private guide
Extend your tour for additional option:
*Visit a building of former administration of steelworks and go down to the underground shelter built in preparation for a nuclear war
* Go to a civilian shelter prepared in case of attack under former cinema.
* See how people used to live in a 50' style appartment
Additional Info
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
Comfortable walking shoes are recommended
Please contact us just after booking the tour to arrange all the details as meeting point, time, language, car availability etc.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
Heart of the Nowa Huta
Entering the former directors buildings of steelworks and its shelters
What‘s Included
Local guide
Private tour
Hotel pickup and drop-off (if option selected)
Transport by private vehicle
Food and drinks
Gratuities
Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Options
Basic tour around a city
Tour without shelter visit
Duration: 2 hours
Pickup included
With offices and bomb shelter
Visit in Cold War Shelter : Expand your tour for a visit in administration offices of steelworks and its cold war shelter located underground.
NH tour & Cold War Shelter: Expand your tour for additional visitation in steelworks offices underground shelters of Cold War era.
Pickup included
VIP Nowa Huta lunch&shelter
Steelworks office&shelter tour: Tour inside administrative buildings of a foundtry and its Underground cold war shelter
Duration: 4 hours
Lunch Pierogi ruskie & kompot : Polish pierogi with smashed potatoes &onion - vegetarian. With Polish natural berries juice kompot
Pickup included
Reviews
51 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Interesting Tour
curranm2026,Apr 15, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
3.00Mateusz is a very good guide. He is nice to talk with and very knowledgeable of Nowa Huta. My only criticism is he talks at you for a while which can be unengaging. Maybe I was tired as it was later in the day and I’d been in Europe for about a week at the time, but I started to lose interest while in the former administrative buildings and bunker. That being said, it is very cool that they are preserved the way they are. He also called me on one of the phones from another room to show it still works. The car was also awesome and he took some photos of me with the car by the Church of our Lady, which we stopped by after the administrative buildings and bunker. We briefly went inside where mass was ending. I think that church was the highlight of the tour. The tank was cool, as well. People around us also liked the car. When we stopped at the tank there was a family there with two children and they definitely liked the car. He also reached out to me beforehand to coordinate time and place. I was good with the tour being moved up to earlier in the day and I got picked up a few minutes earlier than I otherwise would have. This is a 3/5 but perhaps more of a 3.5/5. I recommend taking a friend or two with you on the tour. I was solo at the time.
Beautiful Lada
Carl K,Feb 10, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Recent history doesn't get a lot of attention and soon recent history won't be so recent. The bunker was very interesting but for me the highlight was the lada it was beautiful.
Brilliant and unusual tour
Global327889,Jan 10, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Fascinating tour of Nowa Huta with Mateusz. As we were driven around in his Lada the history, architect and politics were explained in great detail. All questions were answered enthusiastically and thoroughly. I booked this for the last day of our holiday and it turned out to be one of the best days. Thank you Mateusz for the most enjoyable experience.
Super driving!
Giuseppe L,Jan 2, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Very particular and suggestive experience Guide very prepared, full of passion and very nice, congratulations!
An insight into communist history in Poland
alexwK6022CH,Oct 17, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00One of the best tours we have ever done. WAs picked up at the hotel on time. The guide was exceptional, perfect English and incredibly humorous. Showed us some modern history which we were completely unfamiliar with . His knowledge of Polish and soviet history was second to none. The drive in the Lada was also entertaining. The tour around the bomb shelter was fascinating. I would highly recommend this trip to anyone
Great addition to tourism in Krakow
vcarsonunc,Sep 23, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Nowa Huta was a terrific addition to the traditional Krakow tourism. We saw an early Communist model neighborhood, a huge steel factory and the church built by the people of the neighborhood. It was a visual history of Poland under Communism and the peoples protests that brought it down. Our guide Mateus was terrific and the Soviet-era vehicles were fun
A MUST do in Krakow!!!
PierreAlexandre F,Sep 19, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Incredible experience Everything was perfect from A to Z Mateusz is a perfect guide I really enjoy every second of this VIP tour I highly recommend
Excellent experience
Jason S,Aug 23, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00This was an excellent tour - picked up in Lada and driven to Nowa Huta - this was a great experience in itself! We then had a tour of Nowa Huta and the steel works which was fascinating to see and hear the history behind it. Our guide Matt really added to the experience - friendly, knowledgeable and clearly passionate about the place, its history and also its future. The whole experience was so informative and so much fun.
It took 20 minutes to travel back to a different era and we discovered a world we knew nothing about.
markhP748RX,Aug 6, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We took this trip as it promised to be something different and away from the crowds. It certainly was. The lime green Lada, entering the steelworks managerial offices and having the doors locked behind us as we toured the facility meant that we felt really privileged to be in this relic of recent history. The Nowa Huta area itself was interesting and different to what we were expecting in terms of architecture and greenery. Our guide Mateusz was a pleasure to be with, conversation flowed easily and you can tell that he loves his work.
Learned and discovered so much
483romys,Jul 28, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00One of the best experiences during our holiday! Mateusz explained everything in a super interesting and fun way! No rush and always open for questions and conversions. 12/10 experience :)
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