KrakOff the Map
Our vision
KrakOff the Map is the result of a local certified tourist guide and a local expat historian joining forces in late 2025 to offer high quality, accurately fact-checked and entertaining guided tours around Cracow. Furthermore, KrakOff the Map wants to contribute to a greater level of undertanding and appreciation of Cracow's famous and less famous heritage, by visitors from around the world.
We want to offer the type of tours that most tour agencies in Cracow offer, meaning walking tours around the Old Town, Kazimierz Jewish quarter and Podgórze. However, we want to go beyond that and we are specialising in off the beaten track themed tours, generally within the limits of Cracow municipality, but not necessarily in the most touristy areas of the city. We would like you to discover less touristy quarters of the city such as Stradom, Kleparz, Debniki, Grzegórzki, Dabie, Zablocie etc.
In other words, we would like you not only to learn more, to go deeper in your understanding of Cracow and its history and to experience more than most tourists in Cracow, but also to see more, to discover extremely interesting, in some case even beautiful, places that most visitors in Cracow do not get to see.
Previous knowledge about the history of Cracow and Poland is not needed. Our KrakOff the Map Tours are open to anyone, not only to history geeks.
Once said so, nonetheless, it is important to highlight that we might also organise specific history-advanced tours for visitors with either a previous solid knowledge on the history of the region or a deep interest in military history.
Our team
Michał Maciuszek:
Cracow-based local certified and experienced guide. Michał took a 1 year course, including challenging guiding exams, to become a Cracow certified guide in August 2025.
He is a specialist in the symbology of architectonic elements in Cracow's Old Town and in the early Modern and Modern periods of the city's history. In addition, Michał knows all the most interesting corners around Cracow and is ready to share the city's deepest secrets with you.
Furthermore, Michał is great at making tourists laugh and his witty sense of humour is appreciated all around Cracow.
Ángel López Peiró:
Spanish historian (PhD) and experienced guide who has been living in Cracow for almost 15 years. He has been a passionate about Polish and Cracow history since he moved to Cracow and has published several articles on these subjects.
Ángel has been guiding around Cracow since 2019 and cannot wait to share his knowledge on 19th century Cracow, the Austrian Cracow Fortress, World War I, World War II among other topics with participants of KrakOff the Map's tours.
