{"id":16820,"date":"2022-04-19T18:06:12","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T16:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/krakowzwiedzanie.pl\/?p=16820\/?p=16820"},"modified":"2026-06-23T07:09:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T05:09:29","slug":"wawel-hill-sightseeing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krakowzwiedzanie.pl\/en\/wawel-hill-sightseeing\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting Polish Kings \u2013 Wawel Hill Sightseeing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/krakowzwiedzanie.pl\/en\/wawel-hill\/\">Wawel Hill<\/a> has a lot to offer. Availability of some attractions depends on the season, but most of them you can visit all over the year, like Cathedral, Royal Palace or permanent exhibitions inside. So check out what can you see on Wawel Hill!<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mypostimage aligncenter wp-image-13592 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/krakowzwiedzanie.pl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/na-wawelu-1.jpg\" alt=\"Wawel Hill sightseeing\" width=\"1200\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krakowzwiedzanie.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/na-wawelu-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/krakowzwiedzanie.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/na-wawelu-1-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/krakowzwiedzanie.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/na-wawelu-1-768x362.jpg 768w, https:\/\/krakowzwiedzanie.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/na-wawelu-1-1024x482.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Wawel hill sightseeing &#8211; permanent exhibitions available all over the year:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Royal Chambers<\/strong> \u2013 intendant\u2019s room on the ground floor and representative rooms on the second floor, eg. Senator\u2019s room, Under the Eagle room, Tournament room, Deputies\u2019 room and Royal Chapel.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Royal Apartments<\/strong> \u2013 tour through the first floor where royal private chambers were established in the 16th century.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Crown Treasury and Armory<\/strong> \u2013 a place with many valuable objects. You can see famous royal sword so-called \u2018<strong>Szczerbiec<\/strong>\u2019 (\u2018the jagged\u2019).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Oriental Art<\/strong> \u2013 this exhibition shows the influence of Turkish art on Polish nobles due to politics and business contacts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lost<\/strong> <strong>Wawel \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0archaeological and architectural reserve and lapidary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mypostimage wp-image-13600 size-full alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/krakowzwiedzanie.pl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/na-wawelu-2.jpg\" alt=\"Wawel Hill sightseeing\" width=\"500\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krakowzwiedzanie.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/na-wawelu-2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/krakowzwiedzanie.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/na-wawelu-2-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Seasonal routes on Wawel Hill (closed in winter):<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dragon\u2019s Den<\/strong> &#8211; 80 meters of winding corridors, related to the alleged presence of the mythical Wawel\u2019s Dragon.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sandomirian Tower<\/strong> \u2013 known also as the fire tower.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Castle gardens<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You cannot miss the <strong>Royal Cathedral<\/strong>, place of worship of <strong>St. Stanislaus<\/strong>. You can see here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chapels: of Vasa and Potocki family, Chapel of the Holy Cross, and of Queen Sophia<\/li>\n<li>Cathedral Museum with a huge collection of religious art<\/li>\n<li>Sigismund Bell<\/li>\n<li>Royal Tombs<\/li>\n<li>Tombs of Marshal Joseph Pi\u0142sudski and President Jaros\u0142aw Karczy\u0144ski<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This place will take your breath away. It is visited by over a million tourists every yera! In 1978 Wawel Cathedral became a member of the <strong>UNESCO World Heritage Program<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It is good to combine Wawel Hill sightseeing with the <strong>Ro<\/strong><strong>y<\/strong><strong>al Route<\/strong> to\u00a0learn a lot about the history of Poland and Polish monarchs. The tour includes Barbican, St. Mary\u2019s Church, Cloth Hall, Grodzka St. with its beautiful churches, and\u00a0Kanonicza St.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wawel Hill has a lot to offer. 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