Copernicus Restaurant located in beautiful Hotel Copernicus is a very small, cameral and friendly space with traditional modern Polish food. It serves for example delightful veal tongues with mango cavior or beef filet with fresh veggies. The interior is the same as hotel- old fresco on walls, wooden floors and ceilings. If you are looking forward to find real Polish food without french fries or these frigertor salads, but in great place, Copernicus is the right place to go!
This amazing shop Sukiennice that is located on the Old Square in Cracow, is the magic place! There you can find everything traditional that is hand made in Cracow- the Lajkonik’s (figurine of hourse muppets with riders on it), muppet pigeons that are marvelous, folklor lamps, tapestry and laces. Everything is so colourful I just didn’t want to go out!
Last day in Cracow! It was so exhausting because I visited…Wawel! This place is a huge King’s castle, where the legend about Wawel dragon origins. It has a amazing cathedral and museums full of armours, Asian vases, swords and other “medieval” things. But still, my favourite place the Cathedral Museum. There, all Jan PaweÅ‚ II clothes and furnitures are located. The shoes… I was wondering if these were Del Toro or Christian Louboutin 😄! I saw his cape and even hs favourite armchair! And what I thought was great in Wawel museum were the heads on ceilings…
Celine sweater, Celine bag, Gucci jeans, Isabel Marant shoes and jacket!
Wiliczka is one of the biggest salt mine in the world that was created in 13th century and works till today producing best class salt and containing an amazing air that is very healthy for breathing system. It’s on the list of UNESCO and got lots of chambers and salt sculptures plus a mind blowing museum. And it looks really out of this world!
On the photo above, you can see the Saint Kinga’s chapel that is totally sculpted from salt and works as a usual church. In past it gave hope to all miners and the “Treasurer” in posture of dwarves did the job of helping people and informing them about dangers. What is worth to mention, in this mine a slave have never worked, and the miners were respected! And, I’ve went down like 140 m down the earth threw about 700 stairs and lots of metres foot… Felt so tired that even a Bounty didn’t help! And “stole” like 400g of salt when the guide didn’t look… It was a marvelous adventure!
These salt sculptures that go out from rocks are called Kinga’s hair- after her death, her hair was thrown into deep salty lake on 8th bottom floor (there are 9!) and after years, the hair grew out from holes in stones, forming these natural beauties… But that is just a myth…
And I bought some bath salts, so tonight, in bathroom… Oh, much will happen!
Marc Jacobs dress, Celine bracelet, Christian Louboutin heels. In the Coppernicus Hotel, Cracow.
Design & Culture by Ed 