so i'll be off to Krakow from feb -2 for a week. i got some spare time (next to visiting auschwitz, the castle and the historic city) anyone got some tips or someone from Krakow around here? is it true the Krakow chicks are the hottest?
Go visit the
Wieliczka Salt Mine, one of the main attractions in the region. You won't regret it!
It's an UNESCO World Heritage site, has 300km of tunnels (the tour goes through only 1% of that, but takes a couple hours), features a whole bunch of neat stuff made entirely of salt (sculptures, chandeliers, a
cathedral).. and of course, since this is Poland, there's a bar and restaurant once you get all the way to the bottom.
The place started producing salt in the 13th century, and finished in 1997... It used to be one of the oldest continously salt-producing places on the planet (the oldest is in the region too, but is not a tourist attraction.. I don't think)
When you're at the castle, there is this cool tunnel/cave system you can go into - it takes you all the way down to the river. The entrance is somewhere in the courtyard, from what I remember. It's a cool way to finish the tour of the place - plus it takes you out of the castle a different way - so you're not seeing stuff youv'e already seen the second time during the descent.
I was there in 2004 (for the first time), and unlike in some other tourist hot spots in the region, food/beer is still really cheap.. even right at the main market square. I'm not sure how much things have changed, but you don't have to be afraid of being ripped off @ "tourist prices", even at fancy looking restaurants right in the middle of the tourist zone. 5 of us ate an egyptian restaurant. Large 5 meals + beer for everyone = under $40 canadian. Not sure how much things have changed since then, but it was very reasonable.
Anyway, hope you enjoy Krakow.
Also, aren't you the commie scum?
last sentence reminds me of seeing something on the internets i didn't want to see.
