Communist tour

Itinerary:    This tour is a journey back in time to before 1989 with a visit to the district of Krakow which began as a separate city built from scratch after 1949 for the workers of the former Lenin Steelworks. Today, it is one of the best preserved examples of socialist realist architecture and urban design – an ideal communist city with a central square, avenues and apartment blocks, all of which were designed as small fortresses against an attack of Western capitalists. The power of Nowa Huta is illustrated by the fact that Fidel Castro, while in Poland, refused to explore Krakow’s Old Town and instead chose to visit Nowa Huta! During the tour you see, among other things Central Square, administration building of former Lenin’s Steelwork, the Ark of the Lord church, communist era restaurant

Highlights:    Central Square, administration building of former Lenin’s Steelwork, the Ark of the Lord church, communist era restaurant

Duration:   up to 3 h

Entrance fees:    panoramic tour