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Tourist tax in Kraków

In Kraków each municipality sets its own tourist tax, so what you pay depends on the town your accommodation is in, not the airport you fly to. Towns with a tax: Uzdrowisko Swoszowice. Anywhere else in Kraków: no tourist tax found.

Today: one adult, one night
none, except Uzdrowisko Swoszowice: 1.60 PLN per adult per night

Across every type of stay. Your exact stay depends on dates, star rating, children and night limits: the calculator works it out.

The next 12 months
  • Until 31 Dec 2026: 1.60 PLN per adult per night.
  • From 1 Jan 2027: no tourist tax charged.
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Quick answers

How do you pay the tourist tax in Kraków?

Paid at the property, usually at check-in or check-out. Because it is paid at the property, it usually comes on top of what you paid the booking site.

Every rate and rule

No general tourist tax

No tourist tax applies across Kraków; the local exceptions are listed below.

Source: official page, checked 24 Oct 2026.

Kraków spa fee, Swoszowice spa area only (Opłata uzdrowiskowa (Uzdrowisko Swoszowice))

Set by Uzdrowisko Swoszowice (Gmina Miejska Kraków) · 1 rate Our reading of the official text Until 31 Dec 2026
Note: Applies only inside the Swoszowice spa area, not central Kraków; the resolution lapses on 31 Dec 2026 by national law.
Type of stayRate
All types of stay1.60 PLN per person, per night

Paid at the property, usually at check-in or check-out.

Who pays less or nothing

  • Medical stays: people staying in hospitals; ustawa art. 17 ust. 2 pkt 2
  • Disability: blind people and their guides; art. 17 ust. 2 pkt 3
  • Other: organised school groups; art. 17 ust. 2 pkt 5
  • Other: local holiday-home owners; pkt 4

Source: Uchwała nr XXX/490/15 Rady Miasta Krakowa z dnia 18 listopada 2015 r. w sprawie opłaty uzdrowiskowej; ustawa z dnia 12 stycznia 1991 r. o podatkach i opłatach lokalnych (Dz.U. 2025 poz. 707) art. 17 ust. 1a, 2, 2a; lapses under art. 8 of the ustawa z dnia 18 września 2026 r. (Dz.U. 2026 poz. 1354) from 1 January 2027, checked 24 Oct 2026.

Checked 24 Oct 2026 · next check due by 23 Nov 2026.