Krakow Audio Tour: A Mosaic of Jewish Heritage and Culture Tour

Explore Krakow at your own pace

Beneath the cobblestones of Kazimierz lie shadows of kings and outcasts, where every peeling facade hides a whisper of a rebellion that almost reshaped Poland.

Unlock these buried secrets with this self-guided audio tour. Navigate the winding streets at your own pace to uncover the scandalous histories and political maneuvers that most tourists blindly walk past.

Why did the ornate grandeur of the Tempel Synagogue provoke such fierce, violent riots among the local elite? What lingering, ghostly secret remains locked behind the heavy iron doors of the High Synagogue? Which forgotten Krakow aristocrat once gambled away an entire village in a single night of drunken madness?

Photo: Nomadic Julien, Unsplash

Tour details

• Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes, entirely at your own pace
• Distance: around 2.6 km (1.6 miles)
• Stops: 15 landmarks, including Remah Cemetery, Izaak Synagogue, High Synagogue
• Audio: up to 38 minutes of narration
• Starts at: Galicia Jewish Museum

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How it works

• Book here and a redemption code arrives by email within minutes.
• Buying for a group? Choose one ticket per person: you get one code that works on every phone in your group.
• Download the free AudaTours app on your phone and enter the code.
• Download the tour once and the whole thing works offline.
• Walk to the first stop and press play. The audio for each landmark starts automatically as you approach it, so your phone can stay in your pocket.

There is no fixed date and no start time. The date you pick at checkout does not matter, and the tour stays on your phone permanently, so you can use it whenever you next visit and walk it again as often as you like.

What is included

• Professionally narrated audio that plays automatically at each stop
• An interactive map showing the walking route between landmarks
• Full offline access once downloaded, so you need no data or signal
• Freedom to start, pause and resume whenever you like
• Lifetime access - your code never expires

Photo: Jacek Dylag, Unsplash

Where you will stop

• Remah Cemetery
• Izaak Synagogue
• High Synagogue
• Bobov Synagogue
• Talmud Torah Synagogue in Krakow
• Judaica Foundation - Center For Jewish Culture
• Chevra Thilim Synagogue in Krakow
• Corpus Christi Street in Krakow
• Tempel Synagogue
• Wolf Popper Synagogue
• Dajwór Street in Krakow
• Galicia Jewish Museum
• Old Synagogue
• Corpus Christi Basilica
• Kazimierz

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What is AudaTours?

AudaTours turns a walk through a city into a story. Our guides bring landmarks to life with the history, the scandals and the detail you would never get from a plaque.

• Immersive: real stories about the places in front of you, not a dry commentary
• Offline: download once and use it with no data, anywhere
• At your own pace: start, pause and resume whenever you want
• Accurate: every story is built from verified historical sources and checked before release

Good to know

• This is a self-guided audio tour on your own phone. There is no in-person guide.
• It does not include entry to any building or site along the route.
• The landmarks on the tour are not affiliated with AudaTours.
• You need a smartphone with Android 7.0 or later, or iOS 16 or later.
• Bring headphones and start with a charged phone.

Who it suits

Solo travellers, couples, families and small groups who would rather explore on their own schedule than follow a guide and a fixed departure time. It suits a first visit, and it suits anyone who has already seen the famous sights and wants to know what actually happened in them.

Image credits

Photos: Tomasz Tomal, Nomadic Julien, Jacek Dylag, Kevin Perez Camacho, Katarzyna Pracuch, Piotr Rutkowski (Unsplash).