Kraków's Old Town survived the Second World War largely intact. Its Main Market Square is one of the largest medieval squares in Europe, watched over by St Mary's Basilica and the Cloth Hall, with Wawel Castle and Cathedral above the Vistula.
Kazimierz, the historic Jewish district, is now full of cafés and galleries alongside its synagogues, and the city is the natural base for the Wieliczka Salt Mine and the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial.

