Gourmet products local specialties and wines Krakow

It is in Krakow that you can visit one of the most beautiful Christmas markets in the country, or even in Eastern Europe. Especially if you are lucky enough to see snow fall. On the various stalls of the market, you can buy very beautiful products from Polish craftsmen.

Once known as the "Jewish Market," Nowy Square is home to a daily open-air fruit and vegetable market that turns into a weekend flea market selling everything from books and comics to clothing, shoes, and Jewish artifacts from the communist period. At the beginning of the 20th century, the round market - called "the rotunda" by the locals - was erected in the middle of the square. Here you will find the best zapiekanka in the city.

This store sells regional liqueurs with fruits, honey or herbs. It is also a bar. The vodka is inevitably there, from local distilleries. He even created his own brand of exclusive vodka. At the bar, you can both try and the different drinks: a great way to make a thoughtful and informed choice (depending heavily on your alcohol tolerance). The staff is used to the exercise and provides enthusiastic advice.

Located north of the old town, just above the Planty, it is the oldest and most picturesque covered market in the city. It is said to be over six hundred and fifty years old! You can find dairy products from the farm, breads, meats and cold cuts, fruits and vegetables in season, local cheeses: this is where Krakow's inhabitants, especially the older ones, do their shopping. It is best to come in the morning, as many of the exhibitors have left by the afternoon. On Saturday, expect a lot of entertainment.

Hala Targowa is one of the best open-air markets in the city. Fruits, vegetables, flowers, pirated DVDs and CDs, watches are sold every day, but the best time to go there is probably Sunday morning when it turns into a real flea market with paintings, icons, old vinyls, stolen bikes, shoes, old books, postcards of old Krakow and a whole lot of bric-a-brac. It is picturesque and the prices are unbeatable. It's a great place to find retro and vintage items used during the communist era.

5 minutes from the central station, from where you can take the Starowiślna street which takes you away from the Planty, then left the first great artery, rue J. Dielta, which then forms a elbow to continue on rue Grzegorzecza, the market is there.

Incontournable Główny is the place of the market. 

Good Lood has become the great reference of ice in Krakow. This delicious, artisanal ice cream attracts crowds on the lively square Nowy.

The English tea room is an elegant and impeccable service with an interior decor of wood and green velvet, with antique clocks and paintings depicting scenes of hunting. Tea is served by tasting superb cakes, such as the sernik (white cheese cake). You can also eat a few basic dishes (but attention is uneven).

Glacier and pastry since 1792, Słodki is undoubtedly the best ice cream in the city and probably among the best pastries. Located in a xve century building, you would find it difficult to find a more elegant setting to savor ice cream or sip coffee.

This chain of chocolatiers is close to Belgian standards and the quality is there. Beautiful presentations and originality in the creations with more than 50 varieties of chocolates, truffles, bars, chocolate with candied fruits and other specialties... the stores cause stomach cramps. The chocolate remains Polish, it is produced in Bielsko-Biała, Silesia from imported cocoa (obviously). This is an address that we recommend for hot chocolates, a real treat to take to the streets in winter.

This beautiful grocery store, part of a chain based in Krakow, offers all the products of this southern part of Poland, which flirts with the Ukraine and was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, rich in gourmet traditions. In the "Krakow cupboard" you will find real gastronomic treasures: marinated mushrooms, honey with herbs, mustards with spices, pork knuckles(golonka) and black pudding(kaszanka), canned currants, jams of all kinds, cookies... Salty or sweet, you are bound to find some products to your taste.

For their rose doughnuts(Paczki), poppy seed cake(Bakalowiec) or cream puffs, this little red-fronted establishment is one of Krakow's most popular! If you must indulge in a cholesterol-boosting sweet treat, don't be like other tourists and take the time to go there, and you'll be financing a local business rather than one of the big chain pastry shops that are all over the country. The disadvantage is that the local choice is limited to cult products.

A magnificent Polish liquor store, where the bottles stand upright, from floor to ceiling. You will find no less than 350 kinds of beer, hundreds of bottles of vodka with different flavors (lemon, pear, cherry, honey, plum, etc.) and of all sizes (bottles, half-bottles or small flasks). The salesman, who knows his products well and will be able to advise you, moves from one shelf to another using a ladder, just like in a library! It's a shopping experience worth the detour.

"The smallest candy factory in the world" is what it says on the front of this little shop. For the children but also for the big greedy ones, one can see at the bottom of the store the candies made in front of our amazed eyes, with the hand (this small show has a great success with the young children who must then be removed by force from the window). Vanilla-strawberry-cream, spices, plum, mango or even salt and pepper flavors... there is something for everyone! This warm place makes you smile and creates good gourmet memories.

The Wedel chocolate, Poland, is a real institution. Make a stop here and you will understand why. Chocolates, cakes and dress of all kinds, delicious drinks made with chocolate and cafes available. The interior, charming, is worthy of this chocolate kingdom with a large vaulted ceiling of glass and black and white photographs of the founding fathers of the Wedel brand.