The Wawel Royal Castle. It is the symbol of the Polish imperial state and has now been converted into a museum. ▲
The main market square. It is one of the largest medieval town squares in Europe.
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Cloth Hall, the centrepiece of the main market square.
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The "Lady with an ermine". This painting by Leonardo da Vinci is currently on display in Wawel on loan from the Czartoryski Museum, which is also in Krakow.
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Oskar Schindler's office, a reconstruction at the museum that was once his factory. ▲
The faces of some of the people in Schindler's list.
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Schindler's factory, now a museum. ▲
The Empty Chairs Memorial. It is a haunting tram square called Plac Bohaterow Getta with 70 empty bronze chairs strewn across it to mark the many Jews who were taken away from there. ▲
The original wall of the Krakow ghetto. ▲
The ghetto wall as reproduced in the Schindler factory museum. ▲
Outside the building housing Europe's first bookshop. ▲
Remuh Synagogue, one of two active synagogues in Kazimierz today.
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The Wailing Wall built entirely of tombstones near Remuh Synagogue. ▲
Polish cheese, a delicacy. ▲
Polish toys, which are available at Cloth Hall. ▲
Giant mushrooms on sale in the market. ▲
The altar at St. Mary's Basilica, the largest Gothic altar in the world. ▲
An engraving in St. Mary's Basilica, a splendid example of baroque art.
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A passage inside Krakow's famous underground salt mine, Kopalnia Soli Wieliczka, at a depth of 327 metres. ▲
Inside the salt mine, statues made of salt showing a Polish king offering a handful of salt to his would-be bride. ▲
A mural in the underground market museum depicting traders engaged in commerce.
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Inside the salt mine, a chandelier made of salt. ▲
"The Last Supper" in salt in the salt mine. ▲
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