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A free walking tour of the Jewish Quarter in Krakow, and the paid ones
Kazimierz and former ghetto walk
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What a free walking tour of the Jewish Quarter in Krakow really costs you, what the paid guided walks start from, and which synagogues and museums charge for entry on which days.
Editorial team, krakowjewishquartertour.click · Updated November 9, 2026 · 8 min of reading
Key facts
- Our guided walkStarts from €17; 2.5 hours, guided in English.
- Shortest paid walkThe 1-hour ghetto walk is priced from €15.
- Free museum daysThe Old Synagogue is free on Monday, the Eagle Pharmacy on Wednesday.1,2
- Synagogue donationsThe Remuh asks PLN 15 / 25 and the Tempel PLN 15 / 20, the community says.3,4
- Long dayKazimierz, the ghetto and Schindler's Factory in 5 hours start from €71.
What the walk on this site costs and what you get
Through this site you book a 2.5-hour guided walk priced from €17 per person, led in English by a live guide. Walkers gather outside the Old Synagogue, number 24 on Szeroka Street, and the guides hold up an orange umbrella so you can find them in the square. Kazimierz and the former ghetto across the river are both in its title, and the listing names the Old Synagogue, Ghetto Heroes Square, a Holocaust memorial and the Jewish cemetery among its places.
What the fare does not show is a list of inclusions: the listing names places, not tickets, so plan on paying any synagogue or museum entry yourself if you go inside after the walk. That is not a hidden cost so much as a choice. The walk is an outdoor introduction to the streets, the squares and the stories, and the paid interiors are best visited at your own pace once you know what you are looking at.
Booking terms are relaxed. You can reserve now and pay later, and a cancellation made at least 24 hours before the start brings a full refund. With 1,756 reviews behind it, the walk has a long public record you can read before deciding. Because it is wheelchair accessible, it also suits travelers who would struggle with stairs on longer routes.
Side by side
Guided ways to see Jewish Krakow by price and length
| Tour | From | Length | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| Our guided walk | €17 | 2.5 hours | 1,756 |
| Ghetto walk | €15 | 1 hour | 479 |
| Kazimierz walk | €24 | 1.5 - 2 hours | 616 |
| Small-group walk | €31 | 3 hours | 125 |
| Golf cart | €30 | 1.5 hours | 452 |
| Kazimierz, factory, ghetto | €71 | 5 hours | 503 |
Each figure is a starting price; the final sum follows your chosen date, option and group size.
Is a free walk through Kazimierz really free?
A free walking tour of Kazimierz in Krakow is paid for in tips at the end, so it is better described as pay what you feel than as free. This site does not sell tip-based walks and cannot vouch for their routes, their group sizes or who leads them. If you join one, decide beforehand what the morning is worth to you, carry small notes, and treat the walk as a scouting trip for the places you will come back to.
The honest comparison is with the cheapest paid walks, which are not far above a typical tip. The cheapest guided option, a 1-hour ghetto walk, costs from €15, against €17 for the 2.5-hour walk sold here. For that difference you know the length in advance, you can cancel for a refund, and you can read the reviews of the exact product before you book.
The part of Jewish Krakow that truly costs nothing is the street itself. Szeroka Street, the cobbled heart of the old Jewish town, and the memorial of empty chairs on Bohaterow Getta Square are public spaces, free to visit.7,8 A good guide adds the stories that make those places speak, and that is the thing you are paying for on any walk, free or not.
Entry fees
Normal tickets in Kazimierz and Podgorze, in zloty
Synagogue and museum tickets in Kazimierz
Most interiors in Kazimierz charge a modest fee. The Old Synagogue, run by the Museum of Krakow, sells a normal ticket for PLN 22 and a reduced one for PLN 16.9 The working synagogues ask for a donation instead, the Remuh PLN 15 / 25 and the Tempel PLN 15 / 20, according to the Jewish Religious Community of Krakow, which runs them.3,4 The city tourism portal lists a lower PLN 10/5, so go by the community's own figures and bring small notes.13
Not every synagogue opens its doors. The Kupa is currently closed to visitors.14 The Izaak and the High Synagogue are closed until further notice and can be seen only from the outside.15,16 The Galicia Jewish Museum on Dajwor Street, which documents Jewish heritage in the former Galicia region, charges PLN 35 for an adult ticket on its own ticket page, while the city portal still lists PLN 17, and children aged 6 and below go in free.11,17,18
Remember the weekly rhythm of the quarter. The community's synagogues close on Saturdays and on Jewish holidays, and they keep longer hours in summer, 10:00 to 18:00, than in winter, 10:00 to 16:00.19 A Saturday visit therefore works best as a day for the streets and the museums, with the working synagogues left for Sunday or a weekday. Dress modestly for any synagogue, keep your voice low inside, and ask before you photograph worshippers: these are places of prayer first and sights second.
Pick by budget
Which way of seeing the quarter fits your spend
Tell us your priority and see which choice stretches the budget.
If I want the lowest outlay with a guide
The ghetto hour
A 1-hour ghetto walk starts from €15.
If I want both banks of the river in one walk
The walk on this site
Both districts with a guide over 2.5 hours, from €17.
If I want museums without paying entry
A free museum day
The Old Synagogue is free on Monday and the Eagle Pharmacy on Wednesday.1,2
If I cannot walk far
An electric golf cart
A 1.5-hour cart tour of the quarter and ghetto starts from €30.
If I want the whole story in a day
The 5-hour guided day
Kazimierz, Schindler's Factory and the ghetto from €71.
By budget
A short walk, the classic walk or the full day
Our walk
The quarter and ghetto walk
Sold on this site
- Length2.5 hours
- StartOld Synagogue
- GuideEnglish
Longest
The full guided day
Both banks and the factory
- Length5 hours
- StartOld Synagogue steps
- AccessWheelchair accessible
Across the river: the ghetto and Schindler's Factory
In Podgorze the Museum of Krakow runs the Eagle Pharmacy, where Tadeusz Pankiewicz kept his pharmacy open inside the ghetto.20 A normal ticket costs PLN 22 and a reduced one PLN 16, and it opens from Wednesday to Sunday.10,21 Schindler's Factory, the museum in the old enamel works, charges PLN 60 for a normal ticket and PLN 45 for a reduced one.5
Those two museums are linked. A single factory ticket also covers the pharmacy and the museum's branch on Pomorska Street for 7 days from its date, so buy the factory first if you plan to see both.6 The factory has its own English-language guided visit too, costing PLN 90, or PLN 75 reduced.22 Whichever you choose, read the history of the ghetto first, because both museums assume you know what happened on the streets outside.
If what you want is a free tour of the Krakow Jewish Quarter and ghetto, the memorials themselves are the place to start. Ghetto Heroes Square, the surviving stretches of the ghetto wall and the former Plaszow camp cost nothing to see. Of the wall only 2 stretches remain, on Lwowska Street and behind a school at number 60/62 Limanowskiego Street, and the Plaszow memorial site can be visited on your own or with a guide.23,24 Those are among the most important places in this history, and they ask only for your time and attention.
Spending through the day
From booking to the last museum door
When you book
Reserve, pay later
Hold a place on the walk from €17 and pay nothing today.
Before the day
Free cancellation
Cancel at least 24 hours ahead for a full refund.
Morning
The guided walk
Meet at the Old Synagogue, 24 Szeroka Street, for 2.5 hours.
Midday
Synagogue doors
Donations of PLN 15 / 25 at the Remuh, PLN 15 / 20 at the Tempel.3,4
Afternoon
Across the river
Schindler's Factory at PLN 60, the Eagle Pharmacy included within 7 days.5,6
The days when entry is free
The Museum of Krakow keeps a free day at each branch. The Old Synagogue is free on Monday, Schindler's Factory is free on Monday too, and the Eagle Pharmacy is free on Wednesday.1,25,2 Free days are popular, so plan for queues and arrive early. A free day is a gift for a slow traveler and a trap for a rushed one: if the morning slots are gone, the afternoon you saved for the factory may vanish into a wait at the ticket window.
The rules on those days are strict. At the factory, free Monday tickets are limited and there is no booking ahead for them.25 Across the museum, each visitor may collect up to 5 free tickets for an exhibition at the branch ticket office, and the visit must start within 15 minutes of the time printed on it.12,26
If your dates are fixed, a paid ticket bought ahead is often the calmer choice. Paid factory slots open online 90 days ahead, and visitors with personal tickets bought online must bring an original ID.27,28 In summer, book once your dates are fixed, since the timed slots can run out. Free days suit flexible travelers; paid slots suit anyone with a single afternoon to spare.
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Kazimierz, the ghetto and Schindler's Factory in Krakow
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Each visitor can collect a maximum of 5 free admission tickets for a specific permanent exhibition.
Before you pay
The fare, and the extras around it
With the walk3
- A live guide in English for 2.5 hours
- A wheelchair-accessible route
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
Paid on the day3
Golf carts, Segways and the long guided day
Riding instead of walking costs more. An electric golf cart tour of the Jewish Quarter and the ghetto runs 1.5 hours from €30, with a driver and an audio guide. A Segway tour of the quarter starts from €48, with options of 2 hours or a 4-hour full experience. The Segway comes with a live guide, while the cart pairs an English-speaking driver with an audio guide, and on both the pace is set by the wheels, not by your feet. Ask yourself whether you would rather spend the morning moving or standing still in front of the places themselves.
The longest guided option covers Kazimierz, the factory museum and the ghetto in 5 hours, from €71. A small-group walk of the Jewish Quarter runs 3 hours from €31 and starts at the KrakowTIP tourist point on Grodzka Street. A tour with synagogues and skip-the-line entry starts from €86 for 2 to 4 hours.
Look at what each price buys rather than the headline figure. A cart covers ground quickly but keeps you seated as the stories pass, while a longer walk lets you stand still at the places that ask for it. The pages on comparing tours and on the ghetto go through those differences in more detail. As a rule of thumb, pay more for time and for a smaller group rather than for speed, because the value of this history lies in the details a guide can point to when you are standing right in front of them.
A sensible budget for a day in Jewish Krakow
A thrifty plan pairs the 2.5-hour walk from €17 with a free museum day, then the Remuh's PLN 15 / 25 donation.3 That covers the streets with a guide and the interiors at your own pace, and keeps the spending modest. Eat where the locals eat around Plac Nowy, walk rather than ride between the two districts, and you will spend more of the day inside the history than on the way to it. Most of the essential places in both districts sit within easy walking distance of each other.
A fuller plan adds a timed factory visit at PLN 60, with the pharmacy included for 7 days afterwards.5,6 Allow for the factory's last entrance, which is 1.5 hours before closing.29 With the walk in the morning and the museum after lunch, you see both banks of the river in the order the history happened, and you spend the middle of the day eating in Kazimierz rather than queueing.
Whatever the budget, give the quarter time. Poland's national tourism body puts Kazimierz alone at 4 hours or more, and the memorial sites in Podgorze deserve a calm hour of their own.30 A low price is good value only if it leaves room to stop, read the plaques and take in what happened here. Rushing the ghetto memorials to fit in another museum is false economy. Book the walk for the morning, keep the afternoon open, and let the day end on the river bank between the two districts.
FAQ
The short answers to your questions.
Is there a free walking tour of Kazimierz?
Tip-based walks exist.
A walk sold as free is paid in tips at the end; the cheapest paid walk in our table starts from €15 for 1 hour.
How much does the walk on this site cost?
From €17 per person.
Plan on 2.5 hours, guided in English; cancel 24 hours or more ahead and you get a full refund.
Do synagogues in Kazimierz charge entry?
When is the Old Synagogue free to enter?
On Monday.
The Museum of Krakow lists Monday as the free entrance day at the Old Synagogue.1
How much is a Schindler's Factory ticket?
Does the walk include museum tickets?
The listing names none.
The record lists places and a guide, not entry tickets, so budget for any interior you want to see.
Is a golf cart tour much dearer than walking?
Somewhat.
A 1.5-hour golf cart tour of the quarter and ghetto starts from €30.
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- Jewish Religious Community of Krakow · Synagogues ↩
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