Located on Wawel Hill and overlooking the Vistula River, Wawel Castle is one of the top landmarks in Poland and a must-see while you’re in Kraków! The castle complex was once the epicenter of Polish culture and history. Today, though, it’s one of the country’s top tourist attractions.

The Medieval urban layout of the Old Town has not changed for centuries. Every visitor to Cracow should see Europe’s largest Medieval market square with its Cloth Hall, the Church of the Holy Mary with its Gothic pentaptych altarpiece carved from limewood, Wawel Hill and its royal castle and the Wawel cathedral with its outstanding Renaissance chapel, the Medieval university building of Collegium Maius with its unique collection of astronomical instruments, the Barbican, and St Florian’s Gate.