Tourist Information

 

DEPOSITING LUGGAGE IS MANDATORY
FOR TOURISTS VISITING THE WAWEL HILL

  • large items of luggage (travel cases, bags, backpacks etc.) need to be deposited in the luggage room at the Bernardyńska Gate
    open daily 9am - 6pm

 

  • Tourist Service Office (BOT)
    31-001 Kraków, Wawel 5
    tel.: (+48 12) 4225155 ext. 291, tel./fax: (+48 12) 4221697
  • Reservation of admission at Pieskowa Skała
    32-045 Sułoszowa, woj. małopolskie
    tel./fax: (+48 12) 3896004

Wawel Hill is accessible to visitors daily:
April 1st - September 30th 6.00 a.m. - 8.00 p.m.
October 1st - 29th 6.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m.
October 30th - March 31st 6.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.

The arcaded courtyard of the Royal Castle is closed half an hour before the shutting of the gates of the hill.
The exhibitions in the Castle are closed on January 1st , Easter Saturday, Easter Sunday, November 1st and 11th and December 24th and 25th. 31st December - open only the STATE ROOMS, from 9.30 to 15.00.

Visiting Hours and Admission Fees:
(1 XI 2006 - 31 III 2007)

Tickets are issued at fixed hours: 10 tickets every 10 minutes.
The number of tickets issued daily is limited.
Visitors last entrance - 1 hour before the closing of the exhibitions

STATE ROOMS
Admission fee - normal 14 zl, reduced 7 zl
Free admission - Sunday - the number of tickets issued daily is limited - free admission ticket must be collected from the ticket office
Day from to
Monday closed  
Tuesday 9.30 a.m. 4.00 p.m.
Wednesday 9.30 a.m. 4.00 p.m.
Thursday 9.30 a.m. 4.00 p.m
Friday 9.30 a.m. 4.00 p.m
Saturday 9.30 a.m. 4.00 p.m.
Sunday 10.00 a.m. 4.00 p.m.


 

ROYAL PRIVATE APARTMENTS
Admission fee - normal 19 zl, reduced 14 zl
(guide service included in the price of the ticket)
no day of free admission
admission in groups of maximum 10 persons each, only with a guide
Day from to
Monday closed  
Tuesday 9.30 a.m. 4.00 p.m.
Wednesday 9.30 a.m. 4.00 p.m.
Thursday 9.30 a.m. 4.00 p.m
Friday 9.30 a.m. 4.00 p.m
Saturday 9.30 a.m. 4.00 p.m.
Sunday closed  


 

CROWN TREASURY AND ARMOURY
Admission fee - normal 14 zl, reduced 7 zl
Free admission - Sunday - the number of tickets issued daily is limited - free admission ticket must be collected from the ticket office
Day from to
Monday closed  
Tuesday 9.30 a.m. 4.00 p.m.
Wednesday 9.30 a.m. 4.00 p.m
Thursday 9.30 a.m. 4.00 p.m.
Friday 9.30 a.m. 4.00 p.m.
Saturday 9.30 a.m. 4.00 p.m.
Sunday 10.00 a.m. 4.00 p.m.


 

ORIENTAL ART
Admission fee - normal 6 zl, reduced 3 zl
No day of free admission
Day from to
Monday closed  
Tuesday 10.00 a.m. 4.00 p.m.
Wednesday 10.00 a.m. 4.00 p.m.
Thursday 10.00 a.m. 4.00 p.m.
Friday 10.00 a.m. 4.00 p.m.
Saturday 10.00 a.m. 4.00 p.m.
Sunday closed  


 

THE LOST WAWEL
- The exhibition closed for renovation


 

DRAGON'S DEN *

Admission fee - 3 zl

April - June, September, October

Day from to
daily 10.00 a.m. 5.00 p.m.

 

July - August

Day from to
daily 10.00 a.m. 6.00 p.m.


*  closed from 1.XI to 31.III

 

THE ROYAL GARDENS TOUR
- The exhibition closed till May 1st 2007

 

 

CASTLE OF PIESKOWA SKAŁA*

Admission fee - normal 10 zl, reduced 7 zl
Free admission - Friday (except holidays)

October - April

Day from to
Monday closed  
Tuesday - Sunday 10.00 a.m. 3.30 p.m.


May - September

Day from to
Monday closed  
Tuesday - Thursday 9.00 a.m. 4.00 p.m.
Friday 9.00 a.m. 1.00 p.m.
Saturday - Sunday, holidays 10.00 a.m. 6.00 p.m.


*closed: January 1st, Easter Sunday, November 1st and December 25th

 

MANOR HOUSE AT STRYSZÓW
Admission fee - normal 3 zl, reduced  2 zl
Day from to
daily 9.00 a.m. 4.00 p.m.

 

CATHEDRAL
(with The Bell Sigismund and Royal Tombs)

Admission fee - normal 10 zl, reduced 5 zl

APRIL

Day from to
Monday-Saturday 9.00 a.m. 4.00 p.m.
Sunday and Holidays 12.15 p.m. 4.00 p.m.

 

MAY - SEPTEMBER

Day from to
Monday-Saturday 9.00 a.m. 5.15 p.m.
Sunday and Holidays 12.15 p.m. 5.15 p.m.

 

OCTOBER

Day from to
Monday-Saturday 9.00 a.m. 4.00 p.m.
Sunday and Holidays 12.15 p.m. 4.00 p.m.

 

NOVEMBER - MARCH

Day from to
Monday-Saturday 9.00 a.m. 3.00 p.m.
Sunday and Holidays 12.15 p.m. 3.00 p.m.

Cathedral is closed to the visitors on the following days:
January 1st, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter Sunday, and the first three Sundays of Advent, November 1st, December 25th

The groups visiting the following exhibitions should not exceed:

1 Apr.- 31 Oct. reservations for organized groups are obligatory
1 Nov. - 31 Mar. only groups of schoolchildren of more than 9 persons each are exempt from the reservation fee.

Reservation fees for visits to the State Rooms or Crown Treasury and Armoury:

Fees for the guide service (group of maximum 30 persons):

one exhibition
75 zł
two exhibitions
113 zł
three exhibitions
148 zł
four exhibitions
184 zł
five exhibitions
219 zł
six exhibitions
253 zł
seven exhibitions
286 zł

 

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