What to do on a 4 day trip to Kraków? DAY-1 ‘Barbican, Town Hall Tower, St. Mary's Basilica & Rynek’

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Kraków Barbican
The Kraków Barbican is a barbican – a fortified outpost once connected to the city walls. It is a historic gateway leading into the Old Town of Kraków, Poland. The barbican is one of the few remaining relics of the complex network of fortifications and defensive barriers that once encircled the royal city of Kraków in the south of Poland.It currently serves as a tourist attraction and venue for a variety of exhibitions.

St. Florian's Gate
St. Florian's Gate or Florian Gate in Kraków, Poland, is one of the best-known Polish Gothic towers, and a focal point of Kraków's Old Town. It was built about the 14th century as a rectangular Gothic tower of "wild stone", part of the city fortifications against Tatar attack.

Main Square, Kraków
The Main Square of the Old Town of Kraków is the principal urban space located at the center of the city. It dates back to the 13th century, and at 3.79 ha (9.4 acres) is the largest medieval town square in Europe. The Project for Public Spaces (PPS) lists the square as the best public space in Europe due to its lively street life and it was a major factor in the inclusion of Kraków as one of the top off-the-beaten-path destinations in the world in 2016.

Kraków Cloth Hall
The Kraków Cloth Hall dates to the Renaissance and is one of the city's most recognizable icons. It is the central feature of the main market square in the Kraków Old Town (the historic center of Kraków), which since 1978 has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site


Town Hall Tower, Kraków
Town Hall Tower in Kraków, Poland is one of the main focal points of the Main Market Square in the Old Town district of Kraków. The Tower is the only remaining part of the old Kraków Town Hall demolished in 1820 as part of the city plan to open up the Main Square. Its cellars once housed a city prison with a Medieval torture chamber. In 1967, after a complex conservation which underlined its gothic ancestry, object was given to the Historical Museum in Cracow for management of it.

St. Mary's Basilica, Kraków
Saint Mary's Basilica is a Brick Gothic church adjacent to the Main Market Square in Kraków, Poland. Built in the 14th century, its foundations date back to the early 13th century and serve as one of the best examples of Polish Gothic architecture. Standing 80 m (262 ft) tall, it is particularly famous for its wooden altarpiece carved by Veit Stoss. Some of its monumental polychrome murals were designed by Poland's leading history painter, Jan Matejko (1898–1891). In 1978 it became a UNESCO World Heritage Sitealongside the Historic Centre of Kraków.

Rynek Underground museum
The Rynek Underground museum of Kraków is situated below the market square of the city. The museum is approximately 4000 square meters in size. The Rynek Glowny was rebuilt in 1257; in the 13th-century it was Europe's largest market square.