Balthazar Design Hotel

Top choice in Kraków


The Balthazar opened to strong reviews in early 2019 for its bold design, cleanliness, location close to Wawel Royal Castle and very good food, including at the in-house Restaurant Fiorentina. The rooms and lobby areas are a riot of colours and patterns, with each space uniquely designed to highlight period details.


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1. Church of St Giles

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This spot at the end of Grodzka has been a place of worship since the 14th century, and possibly even centuries before that. Now it's part of the…

2. Archdiocesan Museum

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This collection of religious sculpture and paintings, dating from the 13th to 16th centuries, is located in a 14th-century townhouse. Also on display is…

3. Bishop Erazm Ciołek Palace

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Quaint Kanonicza is the perfect street to put a palace and fill it with age-old paintings and sculptures. This newish branch of the National Museum…

4. Church of St Andrew

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This church is almost a thousand years old. Built towards the end of the 11th century, much of its austere Romanesque stone exterior has been preserved…

5. Crown Treasury & Armoury

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Housed in vaulted Gothic rooms surviving from the 14th-century castle, the most famous object in the treasury is the Szczerbiec (Jagged Sword), dating…

6. Royal Private Apartments

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This tour lends insight into how the monarchs and their families once lived. You’ll see plenty of magnificent old tapestries, mostly northern French and…

7. Church of SS Peter & Paul

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The Jesuits erected this church, the first baroque building in Kraków, after they had been brought to the city in 1583 to do battle with supporters of the…

8. Exhibition of Oriental Art

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A collection of 17th-century Turkish banners and weaponry, captured after the Battle of Vienna and displayed along with a variety of old Persian carpets,…