Visit in the Rynek Underground Museum and walk around the Main Market Square on a private guided tour. Take a fascinating journey back into the Middle Ages as you follow your private guide through the Main Market Square – the icon and symbol of Krakow. As you walk above the ground, you'll stroll between the Cloth Hall and St. Mary's Church, and then cover the same path underground, 4-7 meters down in the Underground Museum. Here you will experience what the Main Square looked like 750 years ago!
Learn about the history of the Market Square, which was the setting for the ceremonial meetings of the kings and foreign envoys, and a place where cloth, salt, barrels, shoes, as well as coal, lead and copper were traded. It was also a place where you could meet witches, thieves and alchemists, where the martens were put around the neck of the condemned man, and public flogging was held at the pillory.
Over the centuries, the level of the Krakow market has risen up significantly, thus after descending into the underground, you will go back a few hundred years, to the times before the city was founded in 1257. With a little bit of imagination and help from your guide you will discover the atmosphere of the medieval Market Square while walking along the underground route and listening to the colorful stories.
You will see the exposed foundations of former commercial buildings, medieval roads, hygienic utensils, used more than 600 years ago, or authentic 11th-century tombs, which will allow you to learn about the burials of vampires and witches.
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