Father Bernatek Footbridge – Wawel Castle loop from Krakow

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Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Kraków

Father Bernatek Footbridge – Wawel Castle loop from Krakow

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Father Bernatek Footbridge – Wawel Castle loop from Krakow

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16.7km

100m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 6, 2026

Tips

Includes short out-and-back sections

Your route doubles back at waypoints. If this isn’t intentional, adjust those waypoints’ positions.

After 2.95 km for 6 m

After 3.48 km for 46 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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2.65 km

Main Market Square in Cracow - from the side of Grodzka Street

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A view of the Market Square from the place where one of the oldest streets in Krakow begins - Grodzka Street. It is from here that you can admire the …

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5.02 km

Wawel Castle Complex

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The number one tourist destination in Kraków is of course Wawel Hill with the old royal castle.

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6.97 km

Plac Nowy (New Square)

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Very nice historic marketplace, where today a Viktualien- and flower market takes place, as well as a weekend flea market.

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8.22 km

Father Bernatek Footbridge

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Pedestrian bridge on which many couples attach locks as a mark of love

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9.62 km

Oskar Schindler's Enamel Factory

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Here you should get in advance in advance tickets or reserve online, as regularly sold out! Unfortunately we did not get tickets anymore. Nevertheless, one can look around there something

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11.3 km

Viewpoint

12.0 km

Wawel Castle

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A proud fortress with a very beautiful church (Coronation Church)

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13.3 km

Town Hall Tower (Wieża Ratuszowa), Krakow

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Krakow's Town Hall Tower is the remains of the Cracow Town Hall built in the 13th century and demolished in the 19th century due to dilapidation. The 70m high tower …

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13.6 km

St. Mary's Basilica (Mariacka Basilica)

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A Roman Catholic basilica with a carved altar and a Gothic tower, from which a trumpeter plays the bugle call every hour. mariacki.com

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16.7 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.6 km

2.48 km

1.79 km

651 m

143 m

Surfaces

13.0 km

3.15 km

294 m

213 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 28 October

11°C

2°C

14 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 9.0 km/h

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Comments

July 19, 2023,Krakau: Stadterkundung, 19.07.2023

Culture must also be part of the holiday - today on foot through Poland's second largest city.

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April 18, 2025,🇵🇱 Kraków, Wawel 🇵🇱

☔It was rather rainy today ☔. The best weather to visit Wawel and other museums. Polska Zapiekanka z pieczarkami i serem , very very tasty 😍😍😍

September 4, 2021,Wandeling 04.09.2021 16:22

With the guide through Krakow and along the house and factory of Oskar Schindler.

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September 18, 2024,Walking tour of old town & Jewish Qtr

krakowexplorers.com
We joined two 2.5 hour FREE tours today. The tour guide Asks you for a donation of any amount you choose at the end. Our guide Emily, was fantastic. Ive learned more from her in one day than I ever learned in school!

September 26, 2021,🚶‍♂️ (PL) Krakau, Stadtrunde (2)

Final city tour on the last day of our stay in Poland. Krakow is a very beautiful city with around 800,000 inhabitants.
Great luck with the weather, not a drop of rain 😀

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