There are many travel guides and travel guiding companies working in Krakow. No matter what language you speak, you can always find someone giving tours in it. Most popular foreign language tours are - of course, in English, German and french.

Hiring a guide make sure that he or she is fully licenced. The licence procedure is long and pricey. Young adepts in guide profession have to learn everything concerning Krakow’s history and even more. They need to have the basic knowledge in geography, architecture, art. Some people are trying to operate without the licence. First of all it’s illegal. But, and that is a loss, in most of the cases hiring a not licenced guide you don’t get a proper service. You could get more information and enjoy Krakow more.

Our recommendation is to use a service of someone young and interesting instead of a veteran. There are many advantages of this solution. First of all you skip on the routine. There is nothing more boring than to be exposed to someone who’s been telling the same stories for 20 years. On the contrary - younger guides provide better and more interesting service. They know everything about Krakow and they are able to give it to you in an more interesting way. Also - many new companies are trying to extend they offer beyond what is usually provided by older guides. They provide tours around Nowa Huta - a district build by communist government in the 50s, or tours around Kazimierz - former Jewish Quarter of Krakow.