Krakow - Mogilany

This section of the trail includes Krakow with its main churches and leads through the picturesque region of Krakow-Podgórze to Mogilany.

The Kraków section begins under the famous ‘Pope’s Window’ and leads through Planty Park and Wawel Hill – a unique place on the map of Poland with the former seat of the rulers, the Royal Castle and Wawel Cathedral. Then, following the Vistula River, the trail reaches Skałka – the site of the martyr’s death (1079) of Krakow’s Bishop Stanislaus, later a saint. Kurlandzki Avenue, which runs along the Vistula River, leads to Father Bernatek’s footbridge, which connects the historical Kazimierz district with Podgórze on the right bank of the Vistula River. Podgórze’s historical Market Square with the neo-Gothic St Joseph’s Church is located here, with a richly decorated church façade. From Podgórze the trail leads south to Łagiewniki – a place best known for the cult of St Faustyna and the Shrine of Divine Mercy and the Shrine of St John Paul II. The trail then leads to Swoszowice – the only spa in Poland located within the boundaries of a large city. There you can take a walk through the spa park, admire the typical 19th-century spa buildings and enjoy the beneficial sulphurous waters. In Swoszowice the trail leaves Kraków and leads to Mogilany.