Walkative!Krakow

Macabre Kraków

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Basic Information

Short Description

An evening tour of Krakow's dark secrets. You will hear chilling tales of witches, executioners, serial killers and haunted palaces

Total time

1h 20min

Language

English, Spanish, Polish (check the booking calendar for availability)

Price

„Pay what you wish” tours do not have a fixed price. It is up to you to evaluate your guide’s work and reward it. Some people give 10€, others 50€ depending on their satisfaction and abilities.

Meeting point

Between St. Florian's Gate and Barbican. Look for the guide with yellow umbrellaGo to map

Ending point

Kanonicza Street

Additional info

♿️Suitable for people with reduced mobility.

About

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Every city has its dark secrets and Kraków is no exception. Come with us and we will tell you stories that will make your hair stand on end…

During the walk through the streets of Old Town you will hear about Krakow’s Lady In Black and other ghosts and urban legends. You will find out about some of the instruments of torture used here in dark medieval times. Your blood will run cold when we will unveil the secrets around the executioner’s profession and you will have a chance to feel a hangman’s noose tightening around your neck. At the gates of a monastery you will hear a story straight from a Gothic romance — for forbidden love, there must be a severe punishment. And last but not least, you will hear the historically factual tales about brutal serial killers that terrorised Kraków in the 20th century.

Join us… this time only if you dare!

On this 80 minutes’ FREE Walkative! TOUR you will see:

20th century crime scenes

medieval punishment locations

a haunted palace

how executions were performed in the Middle Ages

and much more…!

Final point: Kanonicza Street

Meeting Point

Between St. Florian´s Gate and Barbican. Look for the guide with yellow umbrella or Walkative! sign.

BOOKING RULES
Walkative! free tours are designed for individual travelers. In the best interest of our visitors, we aim to keep our free tours relatively small (up to ~35 people in one group). Hence, we cannot accept parties of 8 or more people on our regular free tours and guides have the right to deny participation to such groups. If you travel in a party of 8 or more please book a Private Tour or select an option with a fee of 8 Eur per person. For more information please contact us.

Macabre Walk

10 months ago

My family and I enjoyed this walking tour with Damien who was very knowledgeable and engaged our interest as we walked around the old town. Lots of fascinating stories.

Deborah Rastall

Spooky but exciting

11 months ago

We joined this tour after spending the morning with Jacek on the Jewish history tour. The story telling was great, his ability to make you wonder what was real and what was a tale was superb. Jacek really brought the stories to life and all while the sun set over a beautiful city. Would definitely recommend!

Aimee

Make this one of your main walking tours

11 months ago

The macabre tour was my favourite walking tour in Krakow. Tomasz is a captivating storyteller which brought the stories to life and kept everyone entertained. The finale was a nice touch. Highly recommend!

Sarah

Superb, fascinating, lively

11 months ago

Excellent tour. Macek is a top-notch tour guide, and he clearly has a passion for the subject matter.

The tour is fun, informative, and fascinating.

We were guided through some of Krakow’s best-kept taboo secrets, some of which are hiding in plain sight.

It’s a great way to get out and have some fun in the evening and meet people.

As a solo traveller, I would do this tour again, and I recommend it to anyone who is curious about it.

Evan R.

Horrifying good

1 year ago

Maciek was our guide and he told us fascinating stories, mindblowing facts and showed us details that often not even long time inhabitants of Krakow don’t know.

Macek himselfnis a great story teller. He knows how to make everything fascinating and interesting, knows everything and really takes care of the group (places to sit, photonspots etc.).

I personally most liked the scary story of the Lady in black, ghost stories arenthe best.

Thank you very much

Florian

This tour is also available as
a Private Tour.

Private tour