Puro Kazimierz — Krakow, Poland

Guest room at Puro Kazimierz hotel, Krakow, Poland
(Image credit: Anna Stathaki)

Quite without anyone noticing it, Kraków’s historic Jewish quarter of Kazimierz is having something of a moment, luring artists and other creative types with an attractive mix of art galleries, old-world workshops and millennial cafés.

Seizing the moment, the 228-room Puro stakes a prime spot in the medieval neighbourhood with a new building featuring architecture by ASW Architekci and slick mod-Euro interiors by Conran + Partners.

Amidst the roll-call of bold-faced furnishings and fixtures by the likes of Fritz Hansen, Gubi, &Tradition and Moroso, local artists proudly fly the Polish flag with Nawer contributing an eye-catching graffiti mural and Mateusz Szczypiński adding two modernist collages to the lobby.

At in-house restaurant Halicka, head chef Miłosz Kowalski serves up Polish standards such as trout, and smoked cottage cheese dumplings. We’re particularly partial to the bitter chocolate halva after a facial in the Prisma spa, the latter stocked with products by local beauty specialist, Alba1913.

Guest room at Puro Kazimierz hotel, Krakow, Poland

(Image credit: Anna Stathaki)

Guest room at Puro Kazimierz hotel, Krakow, Poland

(Image credit: Anna Stathaki)

Lounge space at Puro Kazimierz hotel, Krakow, Poland

(Image credit: Anna Stathaki)

Lounge space at Puro Kazimierz hotel, Krakow, Poland

(Image credit: Anna Stathaki)

Lounge space at Puro Kazimierz hotel, Krakow, Poland

(Image credit: Anna Stathaki)

Kitchen at Puro Kazimierz hotel, Krakow, Poland

(Image credit: Anna Stathaki)

Communal space at Puro Kazimierz hotel, Krakow, Poland

(Image credit: Anna Stathaki)

Communal space at Puro Kazimierz hotel, Krakow, Poland

(Image credit: Anna Stathaki)

Communal space at Puro Kazimierz hotel, Krakow, Poland

(Image credit: Anna Stathaki)

Halicka restaurant at Puro Kazimierz hotel, Krakow, Poland

(Image credit: Anna Stathaki)

Halicka restaurant at Puro Kazimierz hotel, Krakow, Poland

(Image credit: Anna Stathaki)

ADDRESS

Halicka 14 A
33-332
Kraków

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Daven Wu is the Singapore Editor at Wallpaper*. A former corporate lawyer, he has been covering Singapore and the neighbouring South-East Asian region since 1999, writing extensively about architecture, design, and travel for both the magazine and website. He is also the City Editor for the Phaidon Wallpaper* City Guide to Singapore.