The 3 Best Shopping Tours in Poland

1.Pierogi Cooking Class with Market Shopping and Local Snacks

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 343 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $83Our pick

Meet Olga near Krakow’s Grunwald Monument, shop for ingredients at the city’s oldest marketplace, then walk to her apartment for a hands-on pierogi lesson. You’ll make dough, prepare potato and cottage-cheese filling, shape and cook the dumplings, and eat them with Polish snacks and regional alcohol. Sunday sessions skip the market visit.

“The most amazing experience with cooking class. Olga was welcoming and friendly. The pierogies cooking class was so much fun with great atmosphere. We would do it again.”

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2.Krakow Pierogi Cooking Class with Market Visit & Home-Cooked Meal

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 212 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $114

Meet your English-speaking guide at Długa 1, shop for pierogi ingredients at a local farmers market, then take public transport to a Polish home for a hands-on cooking lesson. Guides such as Kasia, Alicja, Agata, and Tomasz teach the recipe, language, and food customs before serving your meal with beer, tea, coffee, snacks, and dessert.

“This was a very fun and authentic experience. It started in the market where all ingredients were purchased. The host (Kasia) taught the people in the group how to say the words in Polish so they could order the necessary food at the market. The actual cooking was done in Kasia's home (had to take a taxi to her house which was included in the price of the tour). She provided snacks/drinks. The pierogis tasted amazing and recipe was emailed to the group. My family of 4 all agreed this was a highlight of our week in Poland!”

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3.Krakow Christmas Market Immersive Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $40Best value

Spend about two hours tracing Krakow’s Christmas traditions through Rynek Glowny, Ulica Florianska, the Royal Route, and Stary Kleparz. You’ll compare old market scenes, sample Polish foods and chocolate, and hear stories about historic shops. Suzanna has led an especially personal version of the tour, adapting tastings to interests such as bread baking.

“What a fantastic tour! Suzanna was the most perfect guide. Taking us to multiple spots, gearing it towards our loves (bread baking) giving us traditional Polish foods to try that were some of the most delicious bites we’ve had in Europe. Storytelling like a pro with pictures of the same markets a hundred years before. I couldn’t have dreamed up a better tour.”

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