We stayed for 5 nights at the Campanile - excellent location just a stone's throw from the old town square, much closer than several more expensive hotels in the city. We paid about £40 per night, the room was large and clean, staff were friendly if a little reserved, and the only problem we had was one we've seen from other reviews: although we had paid for breakfast as part of the room rate, the staff insisted on Day 2 that we hadn't. When we produced the document confirming this they quickly apologised, but on Day 4 it happened again! In fairness, they again backed down, and we were not charged on departure. Incidentally, if you do decide to take breakfast as an add-on, I don't think its worth 8 Euros, and there are plenty of alternatives nearby. Do take your booking confirmation in case of confusion.

Otherwise the city is wonderful: castle and river / bridges are probably not up to Prague standards, but then where is? However, the rest of the old town is very impressive, with some wonderful buildings and countless excellent bars and restaurants: try the beer at CK Brovars' - the wheat beer is superb.

Trip to Auschwitz and Birkenau was excellent if sobering - we booked through the Tourist Information office and the full day including mini-bus transfers cost around £20 each. You could possibly do it for less, but we thought it was good value.

Travelled via Central Wings, flights on time and service very good. Booked the transfers through Krakow Shuttle - same good service there.

All in all a really good few days, and we would thoroughly recommend both the city and the hotel: we will certainly return in the future.

Stayed at Campanile for two nights at the end of October. This is a very good budget hotel. The hotel was very clean, the beds were comfortable and the buffet breakfast was good with a small selection of hot food. Excellent position in the old town.

Got a taxi from airport to Auschwitz and then to Krakow to save time . This cost 360 zls with Krakow shuttle.com. Went on buggy tour which was a quick way of seeing main tourist attractions.
Lovely atmosphere at night.

The Campanile is in a great location - within a few minutes walk of the main square and numerous bars and restaurants. Its also within 5 minutes of the train station.

Our room was on the fifth floor and was spotless. The tea/coffee making facilities were an added bonus and appreciated since it was averaging about 4 degrees outside during our 4 day holiday.

The staff were very friendly and efficient and, all in all, the Campanile was good value for money. The breakfast was good, with a wide range of bits and pieces.

The Campanile is a great base from which to explore Krakow and we are planning to return very soon. If you are looking for a good basic hotel that is clean and a stone's throw from the main sights, you can't go far wrong here.

Krakow we love you!

I couldn't believe what a nice hotel this was with an excellent location for the price we paid. The room was nice, plenty of room clean (except for a few bugs). The location couldn't have been better - just a 5 minute walk from the Market Square (just inside the park that circles the historic area. breakfast was pretty decent for a European hotel (but make sure that it is included in the room - they told us it was and then tried to charge us when we checked out - it isn't worth the price if not complementory). They did forget to call our cab so we were an hour late getting picked up for the airport. But still - for the price I'd defenitely stay there again.

Krakow was beautiful and there are so many cute shops along all the side streets that you could spend days and not see them all. The castle area was o.k. - the salt mine is a must (take the $2 cable car - not the overpriced bus tour - get there early if you don't want a long wait) - and of course, Aushwitz is such a part of history that it is worth the long bus ride. St. Mary's church on the square is one of the most beautiful I've ever seen in Europe - inside and out. Krakow is a wonderful place to relax and spend a leisurely few days to shop and people watch.