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Royal Road
The coronation route through the Old Town, from the round Barbican through St. Florian's Gate to Wawel.
- Open
- Always
- Price
- Free; paid for the Barbican
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Floriańska Street, 31-019 KrakówDirections
- Getting There
- Start at the Barbican, a 10-minute walk from the main station.
Why Go
Kings rode into the city past the Barbican, a brick fortress of 1498, and through St. Florian's Gate, then down Floriańska Street, across the Main Square and along Grodzka and Kanonicza streets to Wawel.
The rest of the city walls came down in the 19th century and were replaced by the Planty, a ring of park around the Old Town.
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