SIGHTS AND LANDMARKS OF KRAKOW

The ancient Polish city of Krakow will host at the time of journey of the chess train the 82nd Chess FIDE Congress, so that president of FIDE Kirsan Iljumzinov can also become the train driver for a while. Parks and squares of this beautiful city are decorated by four-meter chess rooks for several months and they remind to all visitors the chess game. It is worth to visit Wawel - the castle and the Cathedral, from where Pope John Paul II went to Vatican, and also alleys of old town and markets in the Jewish Quarter.

Castle and Cathedral on Wawel, the most important place of Krakow

Market Hall in the old town offers dozens of different chess sets, often bizarre ones

Four-meter chess rooks decorating many parks and squares of Krakow