Visit Nowa Huta, Krakow's centrally planned socialist district in a genuine, vintage Trabant automobile. Your guide will keep you amused with stories about how the average Pole lived, worked, and played under Communism. Enjoy Communist refreshments!
About this activity
- Free cancellation
- Cancel up to 24 hours in advance to receive a full refund
- Covid-19 precautions
- Special health and safety measures apply. Learn more
- Mobile ticketing
- Use your phone or print your voucher
- Duration 3 hours
- Check availability to see starting times.
- Instant confirmation
- Live tour guide
- English
- Pickup included
- Pick-up at your Krakow hotel is provided.
- Private group
Experience
Highlights
- Tour the city in a vintage, East German-made Trabant
- Explore the Nowa Huta district – the pride of the Communist authorities
- Enjoy your amusing guide and the many interactive attractions
Full description
The Berlin Wall may have fallen and the Iron Curtain cracked, but many of communism's most famous legacies are alive and well in Krakow.
On this 3-hour tour you’ll travel in a vintage Trabant automobile on a visit to Krakow's Socialist district of Nowa Huta, complete with steelworks and houses built in the Soviet Realist style.
This unique project was meant to be a model communist city, but later came to be one of the centers of revolution and resistance within Poland.
During the tour you’ll travel back in time to experience the wonders of this one-of-a-kind city. Not only will you discover what life was like under communism, you’ll hear all sorts of interesting stories. Your laid-back local guide will certainly bring the 'good old days' back to life!
The Communism Tour includes walking around the district and refreshments in an old-fashioned restaurant. There's also a short visit to the local 1950s shop with unique, traditional tacky souvenirs, truly Socialist interior design, and a small exhibition of real-life communist items
Includes
- 3-hour tour
- Hotel pick-up and drop off
- Transportation by a vintage Trabant automobile
- Laid-back English-speaking local guide
- Nowa Huta district sightseeing
- Refreshments at a Communist restaurant
- Small exhibition of real-life communist items in the local 1950s shop
- Food and drinks (unless otherwise specified)
- Gratuities (optional)
Not suitable for
- Pregnant women
Covid-19 precautions
Safety measures in place
- All areas that customers touch are frequently cleaned
Traveler requirements
- You are required to bring and wear a mask
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Know before you go
- Vintage Trabbies sometimes break down and it's part of your adventure :) In such a case we continue the tour in another Commie car or a taxi.