Expert reviews
“Quite possibly the best hotel in Krakow, the Stary is a converted merchant’s house, originally built in the 15th century. The company that owns it, the Likus group, has really gone to town in restoring it—a glass lift, marble, silk, exotic woods, and Oriental carpets, two heated pools, a salt cave, Finnish and steam saunas, and yoga among the many treatments.”
“Rooms and suites have been created with sensitivity inside this 19th-century palace, which lies within sight of the main market square. A gastronomic restaurant lies under vaulted ceilings while a sky bar and summer restaurant offer magnificent views from the rooftop.”
What guests liked
- Central location
- Boutique style
- Swimming pool
- Free Wifi
- Friendly staff
All you need to know
Nestled in the historic district’s core, this age-old residential building has undergone a complete luxury makeover, transforming its majestic historic chambers into fifty-three elegant rooms and suites.
The mix of traditional and contemporary elements is remarkable: cutting-edge installations blend with classic decor and historical details — one suite features a contemporary freestanding white bathtub in the sleeping area, complemented by original frescoes and timber-clad walls. The rooms at Hotel Stary offer generous dimensions, and ambiance abounds — modern additions are thoughtfully selected and minimally applied.
A historic basement, complete with curved brick entryways, provides an exceptional setting for the comprehensive fitness facility, while the spa’s water features meander through vaulted brick passages.
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Recent guest reviews
20 March 2026
Fantastic Spot
Nothing to fault - friendly staff, nice comfortable and quiet room, fantastic spa facilities.
20 March 2026
Exceptional
beautiful hotel in perfect location near the main square
14 March 2026
Hotel Stary is a unique hotel, full of character, with lovely staff.
Gorgeous view from the rooftop bar . Perfect location for visiting all round the old town sires, bars and restaurants.
Unfortunately there was a small bar at the top of the street that stayed open late into the next morning- the noise from the customers kept me awake on 2 of our 4 nights as our room looked into the street. Double glazing in the bedroom would solve this.
12 March 2026
Fantastic stay, relaxing and comfortable with great location
Spa, bed, bathroom, decor
Size of cups in bedroom which weren’t big enough for tea
9 March 2026
Great hotel, but some design elements lacked practicality
This is a beautiful hotel, in an old building that has been modernised and designed really well. It is also in a perfect location right in the heart of the old town, within walking distance of all the main sites of Krakow. The staff were also great and very helpful. Finally, the spa was lovely!
There were some aspects of the hotel that were design over practicality. For example, the shower had two open sides, with only one pane of glass, and every time you turned on the shower it flooded the entire bathroom - there was no way to avoid this. We also had a long thin pane of window glass running along both the ceiling and wall of the bedroom, with a thin, light grey material blind, which did not block out any light and meant the room was always bright when it was bright outside - this was already not ideal in March and definitely won't be come summer.
8 March 2026
Very good, we would stay again.
The room was large and well equipped. The location was great and the staff were very pleasant.
The pool was a few degrees too cold. No milk in the room to go with the tea and coffee. Netflix on the TV would be nice as there were no English channels except news and sport.
8 March 2026
Exceptional
Stunning hotel, amazing location , very helpful and friendly staff
More choice in room service menu - but food was delicious
8 March 2026
Exceptional
Amazing and stylish! Also great stuff!
7 March 2026
Exceptional
Spacious room , staff , location
1 March 2026
Architecturally unique
Just off the main square of Krakow old town. It was a perfect place to explore the restaurants bars and culture. The modern style mixed artfully with the ancient architecture was delightfully unique. The Spa was very relaxing after long days out.
No complaints
25 February 2026
Will stay again
Very beautiful and comforting
Nothing
20 February 2026
Very good
Location and pool
No staff to book massage or no availability when you found a member of staff
19 February 2026
Exceptional
Gorgeous. Spa area was beautiful. Relaxing. Perfect location. Grocery right around the corner. Steps to main square.
15 February 2026
Comfortable stay great location
Clean, rustic and modern design. Great central location with spa and gym. Helpful staff.
7 February 2026
Very good location and very comfortable.
Downstairs restaurant was not the best
1 February 2026
A wonderful stay at Hotel Stary, combining a perfect location, outstanding service, and superb spa facilities.
Hotel Stary is perfectly located in the heart of Kraków, making it an ideal base for exploring the city. The service was excellent throughout our stay, with all staff being attentive, professional, and genuinely welcoming. We especially enjoyed the pool and spa facilities, which were a real highlight and provided a relaxing escape after a day of sightseeing. Overall, a wonderful hotel that we would happily recommend and return to.
Nothing
30 January 2026
Fabulous
Great Service, polite Team.
27 January 2026
Exceptional
Everything- excellent location, gorgeous interiors, friendly staff, comfortable rooms, relaxing spa, delicious breakfast
I noticed that our bedding was only changed once during our stay (we stayed for 3 nights in total) which I found disappointing given the high spec and price of the hotel
25 January 2026
Ultra Top
Ultra Top
25 January 2026
Amazing staff, beautiful hotel, great location! This is our go-to hotel every time we visit Kraków!
Amazing staff, beautiful hotel, great location! This is our go-to hotel every time we visit Kraków!
24 January 2026
Fabulous hotel in great location
Fabulous space and facilities
No (advertised) option for a light breakfast
24 January 2026
An exceptional hotel in the heart of Kraków’s Old Town.
Set in the heart of Kraków’s Old Town, Hotel Stary is the most beautiful hotel we have ever stayed in. The rooms are exquisitely designed, the spa is incredibly relaxing, and there is such a calm, luxurious atmosphere throughout the hotel. We cannot wait to return once again.
20 January 2026
Exceptional
Excellent hotel in a great location.
20 January 2026
Excellent stay would recommend to anyone
Location and cleanliness
Pillows on bed weren’t too comfortable
18 January 2026
It was something we will remember for life
Old school feel
16 January 2026
The location was perfect for the square with plenty of restaurants and sight seeing. The staff were friendly and profess
Excellent location. Gorgeous design. The spa was lovely too. Bedrooms spacious with comfy beds.
Nothing !
14 January 2026
Stunning hotel in perfect location.
The hotel really is as stunning as it looks in the pictures. Staff are very attentive and cannot do enough for you. It’s perfectly located off the main square. Cannot recommend enough.
14 January 2026
Great rooms, excellent location
Rooms were incredible, heated floors in the winter were life savers. Can throw a rock to main square where the Christmas markets are.
Nothing.
12 January 2026
Fabulous
Design, architecture, comfort, location, attentiveness of staff are definitely wonderful. I've stayed here more than 8 times already.
Room has been absolutely wonderful, but at night there's noise from the streets (partygoers screaming and yelling), but this isn't anything the hotel has control over. I recommend earplugs or others - the rooms and their view (if towards the street) are definitely worth it.
10 January 2026
Fabulous
Beautiful property in outstanding location
10 January 2026
Very good
Excellent location, near the main square and all key sites.
All was good
9 January 2026
Absolutely amazing in everything, will go back definitely!
We just loved everything from the beginning to the end. Recommend for families
All was great.
5 January 2026
Excellent hotel
Everything! Fabulous room, lovely bar area with good choice of drinks, amazing spa, super friendly staff. New years eve was super with roof top drinks and views of the fireworks in the square with live music downstairs afterwards.
3 January 2026
Fabulous
Great location interesting pool nice bar in lobby
3 January 2026
Would stay there again
Location, spa, service
None
3 January 2026
Amazing would stay there again.
Loved this place. So different and the pool and spa area was fantastic 😍. Location was in quiet street but right next to the centre of everything.
Nothing was fab.
1 January 2026
A stunning stay, would highly recommend to anyone going to Krakow.
A stunning property that had beautiful interior design and architecture. For the price we paid, to have access to the Spa was just amazing and open so late so it meant we could have our full day out sight seeing and then go to the spa to relax in the evening.
Our only thing we could moan about was the pillows…very uncomfortable to sleep on
29 December 2025
Perfect stay worth every penny
Stunning
Perfect location
24 December 2025
Overall, it was excellent.
The room is well decorated, very unique as well. The location of the hotel is excellent, right next to the main square. I did use their sauna and pool which is very relaxing.
They didn't have any coffee in my room during my stay..! Also, I find the bath tub and the floor are very slippery, not easy to get out. Please do look into it because nobody want an accident
23 December 2025
Boutique luxury in the middle of old town Krakow.
This is a beautiful boutique hotel. It is very quaint and luxurious. It is about 100 feet from the town square and the Christmas markets. Staff was great, room was great, I can't recommend highly enough.
Nothing
21 December 2025
That was a very nice stay for our family of 2 adults and 2 kids (we ordered two rooms).
The location is excellent! It's about 50m from the main Old Town square. There are plenty of restaurants, shops, mini-markets, etc. no matter which way you start to walk from the hotel. The hotel has two nice saunas and a small but special look and feel pool. The spa complex (pool, saunas, small gym) is available from about 08:00 till 23:00 (if remember correctly ). Two slightly different restaurants inside the hotel.
The inside-hotel restaurants and the bar are closing a little bit earlier for my taste - 22:30 for the restaurants, 23:00 for the bar. The check-in starts from 15:00.
21 December 2025
Would definitely recommend it's really beautiful hotel and staff very helpful
Outstanding hotel architecture is amazing
21 December 2025
Excellent location, Service and rooms
Excellent location and service from the staff, the breakfast girls were especially good. room and shower were fantastic as we were in the new part. I think the price for a breakfast is a bit excessive but that was my only gripe - otherwise highly recommended.
21 December 2025
Fabulous
Original design, good overall condition and good maintenance.
Slow wifi
20 December 2025
Great hotel in a great location.
Everything was great from the staff to the room to the breakfast to the location.
18 December 2025
Great place to stay and very reasonable
The hotel was really clean and staff very friendly And the positioning to the main square was ideal . We rarely revisit a hotel but we will be back To this one ..
Nothing calmed to mind so all good
18 December 2025
Brilliant Hotel. Great location Most welcoming staff.
Excellent
13 December 2025
Hotel Stary, Old Town Krakow
Great location, well appointed room and beautiful spa
We thought that the food was very expensive and a bit limited
12 December 2025
Exceptional
Location is the best, spa exceptional
Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Bar
- - Breakfast in the room
- - Special diet menus (on request)
- - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
- - Fruits (additional charge)
- - Coffee house on site
General
- - Room service
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Facilities for disabled guests
- - Family rooms
- - Lift
- - Safety deposit box
- - Car hire
- - Heating
- - Allergy-free room
- - Non-smoking throughout
- - Air conditioning
- - Shuttle service (additional charge)
- - Airport shuttle (additional charge)
- - Pet bowls
Business facilities
- - Meeting/banquet facilities (additional charge)
- - Business centre
- - Fax/photocopying
Reception services
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Express check-in/check-out
- - Luggage storage
- - Concierge service
- - Private check-in/check-out
- - Invoice provided
Activities
- - Sauna
- - Fitness centre
- - Spa and wellness centre
- - Massage (additional charge)
- - Hammam
- - Indoor pool
- - Indoor pool (all year)
- - Spa facilities
- - Steam room
- - Spa lounge/relaxation area
- - Fitness
- - Fitness/spa locker rooms
Outdoors
- - Terrace
Entertainment & family services
- - Babysitting/child services (additional charge)
Cleaning services
- - Laundry (additional charge)
- - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
- - Ironing service (additional charge)
- - Trouser press
- - Daily housekeeping
Transport
- - Airport pick up (additional charge)
- - Airport drop off (additional charge)
Pool and wellness
- - Swimming pool
- - Swimming pool
Miscellaneous
- - Key card access
- - Security alarm
- - Smoke alarms
- - CCTV in common areas
- - CCTV outside property
- - Fire extinguishers
- - Breakfast takeaway containers
- - Delivered food is securely covered
- - Thermometers for guests provided by property
- - Face masks for guests available

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23 March 2026
Fabulous