Old Town, Wroclaw

Meet the Locals

Explore Wroclaw on a food and vodka culture walking tour with a local guide. Stop at pubs and restaurants in the city and enjoy up to five different Polish vodkas including a shot with traditional Polish snacks. Learn about Polish drinking culture from a local. After meeting your guide, head off on your adventure to several pubs and restaurants in Wroclaw. As you explore Polish cuisine, listen to stories from your guide and feel free to ask any questions you have about Poland and its drinking scene.

Experience the best sites in Wroclaw in the comfort of an eco-friendly electric car. The city's history will come to life with the help of a local, professional guide. Admire the beauty of Wroclaw's Old Town and feel the excitement of the Main Market Square. Marvel at the architecture of Centennial Hall and the Spire monument from the outside and drive past the famous Wroclaw University. Venture onto Cathedral Island (Ostrow Tumski) and learn about the city's Medieval history. Stroll around the outside of sacral buildings including the Archbishop's Palace and Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. Learn the military history behind the Bastion Ceglarski and the Panorama Raclawicka. Along the way, keep a lookout for the famous copper dwarves that were placed around the city as part of the anti-Communist Orange Alternative movement.

You will start the tour on the market square, at the entrance to the restaurant Schweidnitzer Keller at the town hall. Then go around the market square, briefly visit the Elisabeth Church, which is free. Then go in the direction of the university. Take a short stop at the Fencing Fountain and visit the most beautiful Baroque halls of Wroclaw: Aula Leopoldina and Oratorio Marianum. If you wish, you can go to the viewing platform on the Mathematical Tower and admire the beautiful old town panorama. Then go to the cathedral island, past the old Matthias Gymnasium through the baroque garden, at the old town mart hall, through the sand bridge and then to the sand island. On the way you will see the beautiful panorama. Then you visit the cathedral island with numerous churches and the Wroclaw St. John's Cathedral. Then take the steamer from the Schifffsanlegestelle for 30 minutes to the Jahrhunderthalle. Here you will briefly visit the former exhibition and exhibition grounds at the famous Jahrhunderthalle. See also the "Pergola" with the multimedia water features, the Japanese Garden and, upon request, the four-Dome Pavilion. At the pergola you can also enjoy a small visit to the regional restaurant and enjoy the Polish cuisine with a view of the water features. Then go to the pier and take the boat back to the old town.

During the first part of the tour, see the most important buildings and places in the city center, including the Old Town Hall, the Market Square, the Salt Square, the Pillory, the Elizabeth Church, the Old Prison, the University’s main building, the Ossolinski National Library, the Market Hall and the oldest part of the city, the Cathedral Island. Get to know the rich and complicated history of the city and find out how Wroclaw has changed in the course of time. In the second part of this tour, visit the one and only Nadodrze District, full of places where many directors, including Steven Spielberg, made war movies, and street artists from all over the world created their works. Find out how the city council has been trying to change this neighborhood for the last years, and see the current state of gentrification. Compare the new with the old, hip pubs versus shops with cheap alcohol and one-armed bandits, young, well-educated people versus modest living retirees. This diverse mixture and these contrasts are the mark of Nadodrze. Today, Nadodrze is also well-known for small galleries run by young, local artists, crafts companies and projects of the social economy. Walk in this neighborhood until you're hungry. Nadodrze also offers one of the best bakeries and ice cream parlors in the city. 

Discover everything Wroclaw has to offer on a full-day private tour from Krakow. Choose from train or car transportation and see all of the city's main sights. Upon arrival to Wroclaw, enjoy a walking tour of the Old Town with a local guide. See sights such as the Town Hall, Iglica monument, and the District of Four Denominations. Follow your guide to the buildings of Wroclaw University. Marvel at the beauty of Bastion Ceglarski and Panorama Raclawicka as you stroll along the Odra River before arriving at St. Adalbert's Church. Enjoy a visit to the interior of the church and witness its impressive architecture and stained glass windows. Cross the city's many bridges to see Slodowa and Piasek island. Walk across Tumski Bridge to enter the oldest part of the city, Cathedral Island. Here, soak up the area's rich history and admire the medieval architecture. Visit the magnificent Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. Finish your tour with a traditional tram ride to the Centennial Hall. Afterward, your guide will bring you to the train station or to meet your driver for the journey back to Krakow.