Prague and Kraków

Take out travel insurance with Liam Neeson before going. That way if anything unexpected happens he has a certain set of skills that can help you.

Edit: Ten minutes have gone by and this is still the only comment. I'm sure you're all enjoy yourselves and I feel guilty that my entirely non-hilarious comment is the only one here...So I'll add to it.

I have not been myself but know people who have visited both cities. If there's a group of young delinquents going you should have a great time in both and I don't think the time frame is too short nor long. Stay safe, stay legal and enjoy yourselves.

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Both cities are pretty cool if you like sightseeing and architecture. 7 days should be more than enough to see best places in both ciries. Prices are kinda ok ( it really depends where are you from and what are the prices there).

If I had to say anything - when you're going to Kraków... keep a hand on your mobile phone and wallet. The last 3 times I went there, I witnessed someone getting robbed. Hell, even my dad had his mobile phone stolen once in Kraków.

As for Prague - I was there about 10 years ago - getting around in Prague shouldn't be much of a problem - see: Prague Metro - still, don't take my word for it. Someone who actually lives there (or nearby) should verify that - that's just my guess.
Kraków may be slightly more complicated to get around - there is a fairly complex system of trams there, but figuring which to take may be problematic.
As for prices of food - that shouldn't be a problem. The cheapest way, would be to simply buy some food in the local stores, but obviously - if you want to visit some restaurants - Kraków has plenty of them... some of them expensive, some cheap enough. If anything, a problem may be finding a proper accommodation.

Well, I live in Cracow, shame that you're so young, otherwise I'd ask if you are handsome and single and give you a tour :<
Anyway, the prices aren't that bad, it depends where you will go. There are pubs with reasonable priced beer even very close to the Main Square. Of course there are those shiny places with loud music and easy girls, where you will live half your wallet for one night too.
As for the food, except for some bars and such, I'd highly reccommend taking a stop at the "Plac Nowy" (especially the Endzior mini bar) while taking a tour around the Kazimierz. You will have to wait in the line for few mins, but it's totally worth it.
The communication is not so bad, if there are no bigger repairs at the moment, you can get anywhere by tram or bus. And you can easily check which one to take on this site. Although the tickets are getting more and more expensive >>
Hmm as for the warnings.
When you are in the evening on the Main Square, whatch out for the "promotors". There are young people, looking for other people, and god, they love tourists, so they could give you a mini discount to pub/club they're promoting, so you would go there. It's better to first look around other places and then decide where to go, than go to the first good sounding place and pay more than you should. Oh, especially watch out for people promoting strip clubs, because very often they told you that you have to pay for example 60zł/person, when in the reality, the entrance is free or half of that, and the rest is going to their pocket.
As for the stealing, if you are reasonable person, keep your things nearby and don't pass out drunk you'll be ok. As in anywhere in the world.
Hmm, oh, you can't smoke at the bus stops and in pubs, except for marked rooms in those.
I think I don't have to elaborate on sightseeing, you probably organize this yourself, but from myself I'd highly reccomend visiting Zakrzówek. It's a nice green place with water and rocks, good for grills, watching stars, climbing, and I heard that a lake there is filled with mafia's victims. And it's just about 30min walk from Wawel.

I don't know that to add, so if you have any questions just ask, I'll try to answer them.

Krakow was awesome. I spent 5 days there and it wasn't enough. Everything was super cheap, so much history, food was great, good beer and lots of things to see. Probably my favourite stop in my Europe trip I didn't meet many native that spoke English but wasn't too much of a problem overall.

I can clearly recommend visiting Prague. I live near the city, Ive been there a lot of times, but I still enjoy every single visit there. Its simply beautiful. Just beware of pickpockets, like in every bigger city... Traveling through the city is easy, as Suicidepl said.

I love Prague. I was there a few years ago and I completely fell in love with the city. :)

Prague is OK.. Really beautiful!

Krakow - i havent been there but from what i heard.. u better keep everything on lock.. :D

Prague!

Kraków, obviously :)

Oh look, another Adam.

I haven't been around Europe much so I can't offer advice there. Make sure you visit Dubai at least once in your life though!

I live in Kraków. It's a nice city, there's lots of stuff to do. If you want to go sightseeing, 4 days might not be enough to see everything interesting here (I live here for two years now an I didn't see everything it has to offer :P But that's because I'm not really interested in sightseeing). Well, it's a nice place to spend holidays.
It's easy to get around, you can get a free map of city centre in special spot. Food and drink - depends where, near the market square and tourist spots they are usually more expensive.

Can't really help you, but literally just booked a trip to Berlin and Prague so I'll be keeping an eye on this thread :)

Just to be warned about Prague - watch Prague episode of Scam City.

while in Krakow i suggest u to visit Auschwitz cuz its very close and u will have a chance to see some polish countryside :D

i visited both cities on similar tour as u and i had great time and ofc Prague is awesome!

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Well I live in differen Polish city (Wroclaw) which is close to Prague so I've been in both cities on different occasions :> Also have famili on Kraków, so feel free to add me and ask anytjinh :> About Prague it's best if some Czech user tell you more - I can just say that It's one of my 2 most favoritue European cities (next to Budapest) - it's really beautiful - wheather you want to visit museums and watch beattiluly reconstructed archicetrure or you want to party :>

About Kraków - it's one of the best locations to visit in Poland! The Old City is probably the best one in Poland - it's really beautiful, with lots of street performers, artists etc, small cafe's, , a lot of historical places to visit and so on and on :>

Just a little warning - it's hard for me to say this, as I'm polish citizen myself, but you have to be very careful - sadly, a lot of people in Poland tend to try to take advantage of foreign tourists - they may try to charge you more than you owe, simply telling you currency exchange is different that it really is, charge you for going to places that are free to enter etc - the best thing you can do is to make sure that your guide have a city guide licence (there's a lots of scammers in Kraków - every tourist guide MUST have official city linense - if he doiesn't it's criminal offense), and check currency exchange ratio beforehand (Poland is a pretty cheap country compared to western europe, and many people like to take advantage of it - they will tell you that exchange ratio for your beer is 4-5€ - which may seem like a standard price in many European countries, but in Poland it's like 2-4 times more that you should pay).