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Nowa Huta Tour from Krakow: Communist City, Vodka & Zapiekanka
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Informations importantes
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Les nourrissons et les jeunes enfants peuvent voyager dans une poussette ou un landau
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Des options de transport en commun sont disponibles à proximité
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Les nourrissons doivent s’asseoir sur les genoux d’un adulte
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Adapté à tous les niveaux de condition physique
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How you will help the local community by joining this tour: - The admission fee to the local Museum of the Nowa Huta helps to support the conservation of local heritage and culture. - We have a vodka and snack stop in a local restaurant that’s off the main tourist path, ensuring local vendors who are producing the locals’-favorite dishes also benefit from tourism to their city. - Support local vendors at a local market by sampling a traditional zapiekanka treat.
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Veuillez porter des chaussures confortables pour marcher.
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Allergies alimentaires : À moins que vous ne souffriez d'allergies alimentaires multiples et combinées, ou que vous soyez végétalien, nous trouverons une solution. Les végétariens sont les bienvenus sur toutes les excursions.
Politique d'annulation
Pour un remboursement complet, annulez au moins 24 heures avant l'heure de départ prévue.
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Pour un remboursement complet, vous devez annuler au moins 24 heures avant l'heure de début de l'expérience.
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Les délais limites sont basés sur l'heure locale de l'expérience.
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Si vous annulez moins de 24 heures avant l'heure de début de l'expérience, le montant que vous avez payé ne sera pas remboursé.
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Cette expérience nécessite un nombre minimum de voyageurs. Si elle est annulée parce que le minimum n'est pas atteint, on vous proposera une autre date/expérience ou un remboursement intégral.
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Toute modification effectuée moins de 24 heures avant l'heure de début de l'expérience ne sera pas acceptée.
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During this tour, you will take a big step back into the communist past of Krakow’s Nowa Huta district which was designed by the Soviets as a model communist city, but later became an anti-communist hub and an important part of the Solidarity movement.
We will visit the enormous Central Square (Plac Centralny), the calling card of the district. Centrally planned right after WWII, today the square and its surrounding areas are like a museum of the many architectural styles and ideas from the past.
We’ll see the spot where a huge monument of Lenin used to stand, and then you’ll visit a local bar for a shot of vodka, just as you might have done back in the communist era.
We’ll also spend som...
Points forts
4 heures
Proposé en Anglais
Annulation gratuite
Billet mobile
4 heures
Proposé en Anglais
Annulation gratuite
Billet mobile
Ce qui est inclus
1 Local snack zapiekanka
Guide local sympathique parlant anglais
Vodka degustation in a communist restaurant
Option de visite privée avec prise en charge à l'hôtel
Entrance ticket to the communist museum (closed on Mondays)
Transport by tram to the communist district and back
Nourriture et boissons supplémentaires
Pourboire
L'option de visite en petit groupe exclut la prise en charge à l'hôtel
Points de rendez-vous
Départ
Długa 1
Your Krakow Urban Tours guide will wait for you at the 1 Dluga Street (ulica Długa) at the corner of Dluga and Basztowa, by the entrance of the bookshop ‘Pod Globusem’.
Retour
Main Square
Krakow’s Main Market Square area
Nowa Huta Tour from Krakow: Communist City, Vodka & Zapiekanka
(21) Avis
Stare Miasto
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During this tour, you will take a big step back into the communist past of Krakow’s Nowa Huta district which was designed by the Soviets as a model communist city, but later became an anti-communist hub and an important part of the Solidarity movement.
We will visit the enormous Central Square (Plac Centralny), the calling card of the district. Centrally planned right after WWII, today the square and its surrounding areas are like a museum of the many architectural styles and ideas from the past.
We’ll see the spot where a huge monument of Lenin used to stand, and then you’ll visit a local bar for a shot of vodka, just as you might have done back in the communist era.
We’ll also spend som...
Points forts
4 heures
Proposé en Anglais
Annulation gratuite
Billet mobile
4 heures
Proposé en Anglais
Annulation gratuite
Billet mobile
Ce qui est inclus
1 Local snack zapiekanka
Guide local sympathique parlant anglais
Vodka degustation in a communist restaurant
Option de visite privée avec prise en charge à l'hôtel
Entrance ticket to the communist museum (closed on Mondays)
Transport by tram to the communist district and back
Nourriture et boissons supplémentaires
Pourboire
L'option de visite en petit groupe exclut la prise en charge à l'hôtel
Points de rendez-vous
Départ
Długa 1
Your Krakow Urban Tours guide will wait for you at the 1 Dluga Street (ulica Długa) at the corner of Dluga and Basztowa, by the entrance of the bookshop ‘Pod Globusem’.
Retour
Main Square
Krakow’s Main Market Square area
Itinéraire
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Podziemna Nowa Huta - Muzeum Krakowa
Your Nowa Huta tour from Krakow begins with a visit to the underground museum of Nowa Huta, located in a former Cold War shelter. Here, you’ll step into the everyday reality of life under communism through original interiors, propaganda displays, household objects, and personal stories from the socialist era.
This immersive museum experience provides essential context for understanding why Nowa Huta was built, how people lived here, and how ideology shaped daily routines in post-war Poland.
45 minutes
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Nowa Huta
After the museum, continue on foot through the heart of Nowa Huta. Your guide explains the urban design principles behind this planned socialist city — wide avenues, symmetrical housing blocks, monumental squares, and carefully designed public spaces.
This part of the Krakow communist tour focuses on how ideology influenced architecture, city planning, and community life, while also highlighting how the district has evolved since the fall of communism.
30 minutes
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Nowa Huta Cultural Centre
As you walk through the district, you’ll pass the Nowa Huta Cultural Centre — a key institution that once promoted socialist values through art, theatre, and music. Your guide explains its historical role and how it functions today as a cultural hub for the local community.
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Cracovie
No visit to Nowa Huta is complete without tasting everyday food from the communist era. You’ll stop at a local spot to try zapiekanka, Poland’s iconic open-faced toasted baguette, followed by a shot of traditional Polish vodka in a genuine communist-style bar.
This short stop adds a social and cultural layer to the experience, showing how food and drink were part of daily life in socialist Poland.
45 minutes
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Église Notre-Dame Reine de Pologne
The tour concludes at the striking Church of Our Lady Queen of Poland, also known as Arka Pana (The Ark of the Lord). Built despite strong opposition from communist authorities, this church became a powerful symbol of resistance, faith, and community solidarity.
Your guide explains how religion played a crucial role in Nowa Huta’s story and why this church represents one of the most important chapters in Krakow’s modern history.
