There are no truly kosher hotels in Krakow, but there are hotels and apartments suitable for observant guests.
These are recommended places to stay in the Jewish quarter in Krakow, close to kosher restaurants and synagogues. In some hotels a kosher breakfast is served and most of them also have a regular key on Shabbat. There are also hotels that offer the option of ordering kosher Shabbat meals.
Best Hotels in Krakow
The following hotels are especially suitable for kosher observers guests in Budapest:
Hotel Eden
An excellent hotel in the centre of the Jewish quarter, one minute from Isaac Shul, two minutes from the Rama Synagogue and close to most Jewish sites and kosher restaurants. The hotel is located in a quiet and pleasant area, and offers a shuttle service to/from the airport. Excellent service.
For kosher observant: the hotel provides, upon request, a kosher breakfast, whole fruits and vegetables, kosher products, fet and Israeli milk. without extra charge.
Holiday Inn Krakow City Centre
An excellent hotel in an excellent location, 5 minutes’ walk from the Market Square, and 10 minutes’ walk from the Kazimierz Jewish Quarter. Spacious and air-conditioned rooms with minibar, coffee and tea making kit and wireless internet.
You can order kosher meals (meat only) under the supervision of Rabbi Eliezer Gur Aryeh, Chabad Kraków. You can eat on the spot, or take a package, for groups you must arrange in advance by phone.
Miri, who stayed at the Holiday Inn Krakow hotel and ordered a kosher Shabbat dinner, says:
The hotel staff set the table with disposable dishes. For NIS 130 per portion, we received a full and respectable Shabbat meal that is enough for at least two. The meal included salmon fish, soup, a few slices of kogel noodles, vegetable pie, rice, boiled vegetables, fruit, a bottle of cola, a bottle of natural juice, whole raw vegetables, a cake and more.
The kosher meals have to be ordered a few hours in advance in the hotel lobby (because it has to be thawed from deep freezing).
Shabbat must be ordered before Shabbat, and indicate approximately the time of the meal.
PURO Kraków Kazimierz
An excellent and modern 4-star hotel in the Jewish Quarter, a few minutes’ walk from the Jewish Museum, the ancient synagogue and other interesting sites. The hotel is close to kosher restaurants, includes a pampering spa and a gym and even offers free bicycles for guests to use.
The rooms are tastefully decorated and equipped with all the latest technological innovations. The hotel is accessible to the disabled.
Hotel Perfect
An excellent and inexpensive 4-star hotel in the centre of the Jewish quarter, close to the Rama Synagogue. The rooms are air-conditioned and include a minibar, safe and electric kettle. The hotel is accessible to the disabled.
Hotel Rubinstein
4-star hotel in the Kazimierz district of Krakow, a minute’s walk from the Rama Synagogue. Excellent and central location in the old city.
The hotel rooms are air-conditioned and include a minibar, an electric kettle and a coffee machine.
Hotel Ester
An excellent 4-star hotel in the centre of the Jewish quarter, a minute from the ancient synagogue and the Rama synagogue.
The rooms are air-conditioned and include a work desk, a small fridge, an electric kettle and a safe. Facilities for making hot drinks are available in every room.
Hotel Unicus Palace
A luxurious 5-star hotel in an excellent location in the centre of Krakow, 5 minutes from the main square, close to most sites and attractions. The hotel has a swimming pool, spa and gym. The rooms are air-conditioned and include a minibar and a kit for making hot drinks.
Mercure Krakow Stare Miasto
A 4-star hotel in the city centre, a short walk from the city square. Adjacent to the Galeria mall and the central train station. Great service. The hotel has a gym. The rooms are air-conditioned and include a minibar and a coffee/tea maker. The hotel is accessible to the disabled.
Apartments in Krakow
Apartament na Kazimierzu
A wonderful apartment in the centre of the Jewish quarter in Krakow, next to the Isaac Shul Synagogue. The well-kept apartment includes a kitchen equipped with a refrigerator, stove, kettle and coffee machine. There is heating and wireless internet.
Kazimierz Secret
An excellent apartment hotel in the heart of the Jewish quarter, a minute from Isaac Shul.
The apartments are suitable for up to 6 people, some of them are air-conditioned (please note when booking the apartment for air-conditioning). They include a kitchen/van with refrigerator, stove, microwave, electric kettle and coffee machine. There is also a washing machine.
Suitable for Shabbat observers: a mechanical (manual) key, cancel the lighting sensors on Shabbat upon request.
Benedictus
An excellent apartment with attached parking and a balcony. Adjacent to the area where the ghetto was, and is about a 5-minute walk from the Square of Thrones, and about a 20-minute walk from the centre of the Jewish Quarter. The apartment measures 90 meters, includes two bedrooms, a fully equipped kitchen and a living room. Suitable for up to 8 people. There is wireless internet and heating.
Hotels and Apartments in Lizhensk (lizensk)
Centrum Bankietowo – Hotelowe Perła
A small, pleasant, clean and renovated hotel in Lizhensk, a 7-minute drive from Zion Rabbi Elimelech.
Air-conditioned rooms and free adjacent parking.
Hotel U Braci Zygmuntów
A simple, pleasant and very cheap hotel in Lizhensk, 6 minutes’ drive from Zion.
Adama Mickiewicza 78
An excellent accommodation apartment in Lizhensk, a 4-minute walk from Rabbi Elimelech’s Zion!
The apartment is large and air-conditioned, and includes 2 bedrooms and a living room, a kitchen equipped with a refrigerator, oven, stove, electric kettle and more.
* Minimum 2 nights for booking.
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