Krakow without a car

Kraków is a city made for walking. The old town sits inside a ring of gardens, the Planty, where the medieval walls once stood; from the Main Market Square it is a short stroll down Grodzka Street to Wawel Hill and the Vistula, and a little further to Kazimierz, the old Jewish quarter of synagogues, small squares and cafés in former workshops. From the stays in this collection the city opens up on foot and by tram, and a weekend can unfold without a car or a plan for every hour.

A day measured in streets

Breakfast in a café on a side street, the cloth hall and the towers of St Mary's at mid-morning, an afternoon in a museum or along the river. When legs tire, a tram carries you on – in Kraków the city keeps its pace low.

Evenings in Kazimierz

When the light goes, Kazimierz fills with tables in courtyards and conversation spilling onto Szeroka Street. The late walk back through the old town belongs to the stay as well.