Sheraton Krakow Hotel

The Sheraton Krakow Hotel is a contemporary city establishment featuring a central glass-ceiling atrium, located 500 metres from Krakow's medieval Rynek G?ówny market square. The hotel's 232 air-conditioned guestrooms, over five floors, have warm, contemporary interiors featuring dark wood furnishings and soft lighting. All have outsized windows with river and castle views, coffee/tea makers, minibars, safes, direct-dial phones, high-speed Internet access and satellite television with pay movies. Bathrooms have bathrobes, slippers, hairdryers and makeup mirrors.

Guests can peruse complimentary newspapers over breakfast, and plan travels and sightseeing with the help of multilingual concierge staff at the 24-hour front desk. Active travellers can swim laps in the heated indoor pool, work out in the gym and unwind in the sauna. The hotel's light and airy Olive Restaurant features high ceilings and olive trees. It serves a Mediterranean menu, including Polish specialties, with live piano music, and is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. There is also a laid-back Mexican eatery, or guests can drink in the Qube Vodka Bar in the hotel atrium, which serves coffee, cakes and light snacks throughout the day, and unusual vodka mixes by night. Corporate guests can use the business centre and meet in seminar rooms, while those with laptops can take advantage of wireless Internet access in public areas. Other practical amenities include a gift shop, a massage-treatment room, all-hours room service, computer rental, currency exchange, dry cleaning and parking for those arriving by car (surcharge). The hotel is well placed for exploring historic Krakow; Wawel Castle is just 300 metres from the hotel, while the Church of Our Lady is 900 metres away. The city's historic Old Town and Jewish District are a kilometre away. Further afield are Pieskowa Skala Castle and Ojcow National Park, 20 kilometres drive and Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, roughly 80 kilometres away. Krakow- Balice International Airport is 13 kilometres from the hotel, a 25-minute drive away.