School Trips to Krakow
Explore Krakow with confidence on an NST School Trip
Krakow is one of Poland’s oldest, most beautiful and atmospheric cities - a brilliant choice for school groups looking for culture and history. Its medieval streets, lively squares and powerful historical sites make it a destination that leaves a lasting impression.
What to expect on a school trip to Krakow with NST?
At the heart of the city is Europe’s largest medieval town square, home to the 13th century St Mary’s Basilica and surrounded by bustling cafés and markets - a great place for students to experience everyday Polish life.
The city also offers some of Europe’s most thought‑provoking wartime history, with the Jewish Quarter and key Second World War sites helping students understand what life was like for Jewish communities before and during the Holocaust.
We’ll help you shape a well-paced itinerary that balances meaningful learning with a memorable experience for your group.
What are the recommended visits on a school trip to Krakow trip?
Krakow offers a powerful mix of cultural, historical and thought‑provoking visits that give students meaningful learning experiences. Our team are on hand to discuss and plan the trip that is best for you.
Recommended visits include:
- Krakow Old Town & Main Square
- St Mary’s Basilica
- Kazimierz Jewish Quarter
- Schindler’s Factory Museum
- Auschwitz‑Birkenau Memorial & Museum
- Wieliczka Salt Mine
Why book your school trip to Krakow with NST?
With NST’s expert planning, local insight and hands‑on support from the moment you get in touch, you can be confident your trip will run smoothly and your students will get the very most from every visit. And with a variety of on-tour assistance available, your trip will be both impactful and memorable and fully supported by NST.
Browse our most popular Krakow school trips
Why choose NST?
Here's why thousands of teachers choose NST each year...
- Unrivalled school trip knowledge
Your dedicated Tour Co-ordinator will use their trip planning knowledge and expertise to create a tailor-made, curriculum-linked itinerary to meet your group’s exact needs.
- Making it easier for you
Your own trip organiser, travel app, free classroom packs and trip promo resources.
- Free group leader inspection visits
Visit your chosen destination free of charge and plan with confidence.
- Value for money, always
We work hard to make every penny count.
- Over 55 years’ experience
With NST you can rest assured that your group is in safe hands.
- Aligned to your learning outcomes
Every trip can be built around your specific goals — from the latest GCSE and A level curriculum requirements to particular themes, interests or visits you want to focus on.
- Risk assessment guidance
Clear, practical support to help you manage group safety including our free guide.
- Offsetting carbon emissions
Through our partnership with Carbon Footprint, we're committed to offset one tonne of CO2 emissions, and plant a tree on school grounds in the UK, for every trip booked.
Krakow trip highlights - our groups appreciate...
Auschwitz-Birkenau
Following the Nazi invasion of Poland in September 1939, Oświęcim was incorporated into the domains of the Third Reich. The town’s name was changed to Auschwitz and it became the largest concentration and death camp. Today, as a museum, Auschwitz serves as a poignant reminder of the horrors of Hitler’s tyranny and a guided visit will give students a fuller view of the terrible events and conditions, also allowing consideration of key study themes, including obedience, prejudice, tyranny and much more. A school trip to Auschwitz will be a truly emotive and thought-provoking one for students.
Galicia Museum
Presenting Jewish history from a new perspective, this private museum celebrates the Jewish culture of Galicia and poignantly commemorates the victims of the Holocaust through its moving photographic exhibition. During your visit, your students can take part in a choice of interactive workshops, including Choices Faced, Decisions Made: The Holocaust and Wartime Morality, Po-lin: Here We Will Rest (reflecting on Jewish history), and Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Jewish Culture (exploring Jewish belief and tradition). Groups can also take part in exhibition tours, lectures, concerts, and much more.
Meet with a concentration camp survivor or relative
Groups have the invaluable opportunity to meet and speak with either a concentration camp survivor or a member of a survivor’s family. This is an incredible, poignant chance to hear moving eye-witness testimony and gain first hand insight into life under Nazi rule. Common themes covered often include conflict, prejudice and the values of tolerance and understanding.
Wieliczka Salt Mine
With a labyrinth of tunnels, Wieliczka Salt Mine is an eerie underworld which has been hand carved from salt blocks. Located 14km south east of Krakow, here your group have the opportunity to view a section of the mine and 22 chambers connected by galleries. A fascinating trip.
Schindler's Factory
Also referred to as the Schindler Museum, this visit not only tells Schindler's story but covers every aspect of the Polish and Polish-Jewish experience of occupation in a way that is hugely relevant to British students. We thoroughly recommend this excellent museum, made famous by Spielberg's film, Schindler's List.
Krakow Old Town
Visit Rynek Główny (Town Square), the largest in medieval Europe, Mariacki Church (St Mary’s Church) of Gothic origins with its fine altar, Sukiennice (Cloth Hall) of vast proportions and view the University District and the Collegium Maius - the historic heart of the university area.
Kazimierz
This historic Jewish district was left deserted as residents were forced by Nazis to move to the Podgorze ghetto. Visit the old synagogues and the cemetery, as well as iconic Jewish sites and museums.
Podgorze
In March 1941, the entire Jewish population of Krakow were crammed into this tiny ghetto as Nazi prejudice took hold. Also the location of Schindler’s Factory, students can explore the ghetto and consider the anti-Semitic events which took place here before large numbers of Jews were sent to labour and death camps.
Traditional Jewish restaurant
Enjoy Jewish culture with a traditional Jewish meal at a local restaurant, with a range of delicacies to be experienced, including czulent (bean casserole), knyshe (dumplings) and stuffed gooseneck.
Wawel Hill
In a fortified position overlooking the river and city are the Castle and Cathedral.
Work with our experts...
Hundreds of groups travel with NST to Krakow every year, and members of our team regularly visit the city to really get to know the ins-and-outs of the entire region, from logistics and visits to our range of student-friendly accommodation.
Your dedicated Tour Co-ordinator will use their knowledge of Krakow to create an itinerary that’s tailor-made, perfectly timed and meets your exact school travel needs.
They’ll be able to share their first-hand experience, suggest options you might not have considered and give you insight into the feedback other teachers have given us too.
