About this hotel
General information
Hotel Copernicus is an intimate five-star house on Kanonicza Street, the oldest street of medieval Kraków, winding down to the foot of Wawel Hill. Among its Renaissance neighbours it stands out for a broad brick Gothic façade: a fifteenth-century palace raised from two earlier houses, once home to the cathedral canons. Small stone windows and surrounds, Renaissance windows and a carved mid-sixteenth-century portal still mark the front.
Inside are twenty-nine rooms and suites, each furnished individually. The palace keeps nine wooden beamed ceilings from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, wall paintings from several periods and nineteenth-century panelling, with modern comforts fitted carefully around them. A Relais & Châteaux member, the hotel has the Copernicus restaurant, a bar, a summer roof terrace and a L’Occitane spa in the Gothic cellars, while the Chimney Room, home to a collection of old manuscripts, hosts meetings and small celebrations for up to 20 guests.
Location
The hotel sits on Kanonicza Street in the heart of Kraków’s Old Town, below Wawel Hill and its royal castle; the Main Square, museums, galleries and concert venues are an easy walk away. Kraków Airport is 15 km off, and the hotel arranges transfers for a fee. The street lies in a pedestrian zone: cars may pull up at the door from 20:00 to 09:30, while during the day guests stop at a marked bay nearby, from where the car is taken to a paid, guarded car park and brought back on request; taxis can reach the door around the clock.
Spa
Copernicus Spa by L’Occitane occupies the vaulted Gothic cellars: a small, boutique space with a pool, a dry sauna, a relaxation area and two treatment rooms, one for a single guest and one for couples. Treatments use L’Occitane products – Immortelle facials with gua sha stones, aromachology massages, an almond massage, a Provençal deep-tissue massage, a head and neck massage, and a body scrub made with almond oil and salt from the nearby Wieliczka mine. Half-day spa programmes come with a three-course lunch. Hotel guests use the spa free of charge.
Sports & leisure
The spa pool and sauna cover swimming and unwinding. The hotel arranges guided walks around Kraków as well as trips out of town with transport and a guide – to the Wieliczka Salt Mine, the Tatras and Ojców National Park.
Restaurants & bars
Dining moves between the Renaissance rooms and the roof:
- Copernicus – the restaurant, set in Renaissance interiors, serving Polish court cuisine in a modern reading: mushrooms, quail, game, crayfish, asparagus; a three-course lunch on weekdays, five- or seven-course tasting menus in the evening, and breakfast in the morning
- Copernicus bar – the hotel’s intimate bar
- Roof terrace – a summer bar pouring drinks and wines from the well-stocked hotel cellar, with an unusual view of the royal castle on Wawel Hill, open in season
The restaurant also hosts private dinners, and room service is available.
Swimming
The pool is part of Copernicus Spa by L’Occitane and is free for hotel guests.
Pets
Small pets are welcome for an additional fee.
Rooms
Twenty-nine rooms and suites in nine categories, from the 21 m² Single Room to the 64 m² Deluxe Suite with Frescos. Period-style furniture and fine drapery suit the historic interiors, bathrooms are finished in marble and travertine, and many rooms keep painted beamed ceilings and wall paintings.
Every room has air conditioning, a safe, a minibar, an LED TV with satellite channels, free Wi-Fi, a desk, a hairdryer, towels and slippers, L’Occitane toiletries and a shoe-care kit, with daily housekeeping, room service and laundry.
Single Room
A room for one on any of three floors, with windows onto Kanonicza Street or the picturesque courtyard, or set into the roof for a view of the stars on a clear night. Shower room.
Double Room
A double on any of three floors, with one double bed or two singles as guests prefer; bathroom with a bath or a shower, and windows onto the courtyard or set into the roof.
Twin Room
A room with two single beds on any of three floors; shower room, with windows onto the courtyard, over the rooftops of old Kraków or set into the roof.
Double Room Deluxe
A larger room on the first or second floor with a wooden ceiling and wall paintings; most have a double bed, one has two singles. Shower, with windows onto Kanonicza Street or the courtyard.
Twin Room Deluxe
The only room of its kind, on the second floor: two single beds, a bathtub, a wooden ceiling and wall paintings, with windows onto Kanonicza Street.
Standard Suite
A suite with a separate living room and a bedroom with a double bed; white marble bathroom with a shower, and windows onto the hotel courtyard.
Panoramic Standard Suite
One of two suites on the top floor: one looks out to Wawel Hill with its castle and Gothic cathedral, the other to the Romanesque towers of an ancient church and a Baroque dome. Marble bathroom with a bathtub; a specific suite can be requested through reception.
Deluxe Suite
One of two historic suites on the ground floor, with windows onto Kanonicza Street as it winds towards Wawel; the marble bathroom is built into the bedroom under a glass roof, with a bath and shower in one and a spacious bathing room in the other.
Deluxe Suite with Frescos
The most historically precious suites, on the first floor above Kanonicza Street: a living room and a bedroom with a bed on a raised platform, and a glass-roofed marble bathroom with a bath and shower. One has an early sixteenth-century fresco of the four Church Fathers, the other a painted beamed ceiling and sixteenth-century polychromy; the sofa can be made up for a child under 14.
Photos are for illustrative purposes only. Actual room layout, furnishings, décor, views and amenities may differ from those shown and may vary between rooms of the same category. Hotel and room descriptions are based on information provided by the property and are believed to be accurate at the time of publication, but are not guaranteed. The hotel may renovate or change its rooms, facilities, restaurants and services at any time without notice. The final details of your stay are confirmed at the time of booking. See our Terms of Use.