Kraków in a winter weekend: the two bookings you make first

A winter weekend in Kraków, and the two things to book before the flight ❄️ Kraków is my favourite winter city break in Europe: beautiful, compact and easy. 📍 Day 1: the Main Square, the Cloth Hall and St Mary's, where a trumpeter plays from the tower on the hour 📍 Day 1 evening: Kazimierz, the old Jewish quarter, ten minutes' walk south of the old town 📍 Day 2: one day trip, not both Booking 1, Auschwitz-Birkenau: entry passes are online only at visit.auschwitz.org. Free entry still needs a named pass, booked up to 90 days ahead, and you bring ID. Booking 2, Wieliczka Salt Mine: 135 m down, over 800 steps and 17 to 18 °C all year. Allow two to three hours and bring a layer. Tickets from 121 PLN, and it's closed on 1 November. Some tours need online booking. The Christmas market on the Main Square usually runs from late November to around 1 January. The 2026 dates aren't out yet. 👉 Swipe for the two-day plan and both bookings. Save this for your trip and send it to who you'd go with. Which day trip would you pick? 👇 📷 Katarzyna Pracuch, Iggy Love, Svitlana, Noemi Palmieri / Unsplash