Hidden Kraków
A prehistoric mound with the whole city at your feet, and an abandoned quarry around the corner.
Nobody knows exactly who built Krakus Mound, but legend says the city’s founder is buried under it. From the top you see the Old Town, Wawel and on clear days the mountains.
It’s free, quiet compared to the centre and perfect at golden hour. On the way down I send you past the old Liban quarry and Podgórze’s best café.
About an hour before sunset. The light falls on the Old Town and Wawel, and on clear days you can see the Tatras on the horizon.
Synagogues, hidden courtyards, a late zapiekanka at Plac Nowy and the bars locals actually pick.
A whole town built after the war as a communist ideal. Wide avenues, a church its people built themselves, lunch in a milk bar.
Chapels, lakes and chandeliers carved out of salt, deep under the ground. Or put on a helmet for the miners’ route.
