Private tour in Krakow Alicja N
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Fall in love with Krakow with a friendly, cheerful and knowledgeable tour guide! My name is Alicja and I've been guiding tourists for years. I have an official license of a guide and a tour leader granted by the local authorities. I often work with small groups of people having Polish roots so I have a huge experience in genealogy tours and genealogy research. I'm fascinated with the history of former, multicultural Galicia and its inhabitants - Christians, Jews, Lemkos and Germans. I specialise in the Jewish heritage tours - I cooperate with Galicia Jewish Museum and Taube Foundation - and wooden architecture tours. I can help you to organise your day trips to Zakopane, Wieliczka, Auschwitz etc. as well as customised tours to other places of interest. I'm a foodie too so I know the best places to eat out in the area :-) I'd love to show you around my magic city of Krakow! I have a license of a tour guide of Krakow and I'm also a museum guide in the Schindler's Factory and Underground Museum of the Main Market Square. I also took a special course in the Jewish history of the region at the Galicia Jewish Museum. I do not have a license to give tours inside of Wieliczka Salt Mine nor inside of Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum (they have their own local guides).
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No visit to Krakow would be fully valuable without a tour of Kazimierz. For centuries it remained an independent town and it's inseparably bound with the history of Polish Jews. Bear in mind that the city wasn't destroyed during the II World War so Kazimierz is one of the best preserved Jewish districts in this part of Europe. Today Kazimierz is a district of Krakow situated within a walking distance of the Old Town, attracting tourists with its unique atmosphere and history. For me, it's one of the most important history lessons you can experience in Poland - not only about a special time, place and people but about us, the human beings, the good and the evil.
Alicja is an amazing guide. I had a wonderful tour with her walking around Kazimierz and the former Krakow Jewish Ghetto. Alicja also helped me find the street my Great Grandfather grew up on. Her knowledge, thoughtfulness and demeanor were truly incredible. I highly recommend anyone looking for a tour guide in Krakow to go with Alicja.
Alicja is so knowledgeable about this topic, and she did an excellent job educating us on the history of the Jews in Krakow before WWII and throughout the war. We visited all of the key sites in Kazimierz and the Jewish Ghetto, Podgarze. She shared with us both the larger picture of the Jews within Krakow but also key individuals who supported the Jews during the war. It was informative and engaging and we would highly recommend Alicja for this tour!
Our half day tour of the Jewish section with Alicja was excellent. We were impressed with her knowledge of Jewish culture and religious practices and it was wonderful to walk the area with her. We had some specific areas we.wanted to see and she readily adopted the tour for us. We strongly recommend booking her if you can.
Alicja is an excellent guide whom we highly recommend. Our customized tour of the Jewish section provided us with an in-depth review of the history of Kazimierz & Krakow, which she has studied extensively. We chose her as our guide due to my husband's Polish Jewish heritage. She was very responsive to our particular interests & paced the tour according to our wishes. She has a delightful personality, is absolutely fluent in English, and gave us other valuable suggestions for the rest of our stay in Krakow
Highly recommend this guide. Alicja is knowledgeable and detailed in her tour. She is also flexible, hospitable and speaks perfect English.
What a superb experience! Passionately informative with genuine insight and personable. I'm so lucky to have had this unique opportunity to gain so much knowledge in a short time with such a wonderful person A genuine person with humble intellect
The tour includes: Szeroka Street, once the Jewish town's main square Old Synagogue (today the museum) Remuh Synagogue with the old Jewish Cemetery, the burial place of one of the most renowned Polish-Jewish scholar - Rabbi Remuh, the only synagogue in regular operation Jozefa Street and High Synagogue the Tempel (Progressive) Synagogue the Nowy Square and Wawrzynca Street The tour of Kazimierz is also a lesson of traditions of Polish Jews, their religion and customs. As our tour is private a lot depends on you - coffee or shopping breaks, additional attractions on the way, architectural jewels that are not far away but they are not included in the general itinerary. For example the tour can be extended with the sightseeing of Christian part of Kazimierz, which is famous for its beautiful gothic churches. So please, do not hesitate to contact me for a customized tour.
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It's a walking tour but if your hotel is located in the Old Town it's sometimes better to take a taxi or tram to get to the Jewish district.
Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, 30, Poland
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