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Visit in November

For the exhibitions open as part of ‘Free November’, admission will be on the basis of free entry tickets, available:

on the day of your visit at the ticket offices (open 8:45 am–4 pm)
online – available one week in advance of the visit date (On Mondays, free tickets are available only at the ticket offices, from 8.45 am until they run out)

Offer subject to availability and time restrictions.
One person may collect admission tickets for up to 5 people.
Other exhibitions are accessible with tickets purchased in accordance with the current price list.

1 November: The Castle is closed
11 November: The following will be open from 9 am–5 pm:

Castle Second Floor and temp. exhibition ‘Ecstasies. Bernini at Wawel’
last admission at 4 pm
The Armoury, last admission at 4:30 pm

Ticket offices closed; free admission tickets available online; other exhibitions closed

MONDAY | 10 am–4 pm
Free admission to the Castle First Floor:

Royal Private Apartments, last admission 3 pm
Wawel Recovered, last admission 3:30 pm
Between the Walls, last admission 3:30 pm

TUESDAY – SUNDAY | 9.00–17.00
Exhibitions open free of charge as part of ‘Free November’:

Castle Second Floor: State Rooms, Ottoman Turkish Tents
last admission 16:00
This ticket grants access to the following temporary exhibitions: ‘Anna Jagiellon: All the Faces of the Queen’, ‘Ecstasies. Bernini at Wawel’ (from 6 November), and the exhibition of J. Vermeer’s ‘Woman with a Pearl Necklace’ (from 27 November)
Castle Underground:
The Lost Wawel, The Lapidarium; last admission 16:10
Between the Walls, last admission 16:30

Audio guides are available free of charge for the above exhibitions; there is no audio guide for the exhibition ‘Ecstasies. Bernini at Wawel’

Other exhibitions – admission fee applies:

Castle First Floor: Royal Private Apartments, Wawel Recovered
last admission 4 pm; tickets: regular 57 zł, reduced 43 zł
This ticket grants access to the following temporary exhibitions: 'Lares and penates. On building a sense of security in architecture' and from 20 November: 'Silk and Splendor: Kontusz Sashes', 'Enlightened: The Art of Light'
Crown Treasury
last admission 16:10; tickets: regular 47 zł, reduced 35 zł
The Armoury
last admission 16:30; tickets: regular 47 zł, reduced 35 zł

Groups and bookings

Groups need to book their tours in advance.

Individual and group bookings for exhibitions offered as part of the Free November campaign are available on a limited basis and only for guided tours; bookings are handled by the Bookings Office via e-mail: rezerwacja@wawelzamek.pl

The number of available dates for bookings is limited.

The payment terms for individually booked guide services remain unchanged.

Visit in December

MONDAY | 10 am–4 pm
free admission to selected exhibitions (pick up a free admission ticket, number of tickets is limited)

Castle Second Floor (State Rooms, The Ottoman Turkish Tents) and Enlightened: The Art of Light temporary exhibition, last admission 3:10 pm
Crown Treasury, last admission 3:20 pm

TUESDAY–SUNDAY | 9 am–5 pm

Castle / 1st & 2nd floor
tour includes: rooms on the 1st floor of the Castle, The Porcelain Cabinet; rooms on the 2nd floor of the Castle – representative chambers and rooms where the collection of Ottoman Turkish Tents is presented; with this ticket you also visit: Wawel Recovered exhibition

- last admission 120 min prior
- regular 95 PLN, reduced 71 PLN, ticket price includes audio guide

Castle | First Floor
tour includes: rooms on the 1st floor of the Castle, The Porcelain Cabinet; with this ticket you also visit: Wawel Recovered exhibition
- last admission 60 min prior
- regular 57 PLN, reduced 43 PLN
Castle | Second Floor

tour includes: rooms on the 2nd floor of the Castle – representative chambers and rooms where the collection of Ottoman Turkish Tents is presented
- last admission 50 min prior
- regular 57 PLN, reduced 43 PLN
Castle Underground

with this ticket you visit The Lost Wawel, The Lapidarium
- last admission: The Lost Wawel - 60 min prior, The Lapidarium - 30 min prior
- regular 47 PLN, reduced 35 PLN, ticket price includes audio guide
Crown Treasury
- last admission 40 min prior
- regular 47 PLN, reduced 35 PLN,
The Armoury
- last admission - 30 min prior;
- regular 47 PLN, reduced 35 PLN

Between the Walls| 3 November-30 December
- last admission : 30 min prior
- regular 29 PLN, reduced 22 PLN, ticket price includes audio guide

Temporary exhibitions:

Lares and penates. On building a sense of security in architecture | 24 September, 2026 – 6 January, 2027
- last admission - 20 min prior
- regular 5 PLN, reduced 3 PLN, free with tickets: Castle, Castle First Floor
Anna Jagiellon. All the Faces of the Queen | 23 October, 2026 – 14 February, 2027
- last admission - 30 min prior
- regular 47 PLN, reduced 35 PLN, free with tickets: Castle, Castle First Floor
Ecstasies. Bernini at Wawel | 6 November, 2026 – 6 January, 2027
- last admission - 30 min prior
- wntry with Castle or Castle Second Floor tickets

Tickets and special routes

Wawel for Enthusiasts | combined ticket
regular 199 PLN, reduced 149 PLN
This is a special ticket for Wawel aficionados, who would like to spend the day visiting all of the exhibitions (open on visiting day) at Wawel Royal Castle, selected areas of Pieskowa Skała Castle and Stryszów Manor House
Wawel – The Most Precious | guided tour
regular 155 PLN, reduced 116 PLN
Tuesday-Sunday, sightseeing according to an individual schedule