Sofia Bed & Breakfast

Sofia B&B is a really beautiful house, both inside and out, in a quiet and peaceful area. The décor and ambience were amazing! It is only about 10-15 minutes drive from Krakow centre (so maybe not very convenient if you do not have a car, although I think it is on a bus route) and very close to the airport. There is free parking for several cars on the drive. It has a big garden which is a lovely place to sit out and relax with a drink in the evening after a long day sightseeing. The hostess was fantastic, a really lovely lady who welcomed us like family with coffee and homemade cakes. She didn’t speak much English but we managed to understand each other fairly well. The daughter came one day who could speak excellent English. We only had breakfast one day but it was very good value with a huge selection of cheese, meat, bread, salad, fruit etc and freshly made scrambled egg. They also said we could make sandwiches etc and take them with us for the day which was a really nice gesture. Our room was spacious and very clean with plenty of storage and the double bed was comfortable. The bathroom was nicely decorated and clean; it had a big shower with plenty of high pressure hot water. Our room was one of three guest rooms in a separate part of the house with its own entrance, so you didn’t feel like you were disturbing the hosts by going out early or coming back late. There was a small kitchenette shared between the three rooms with fridge, microwave, kettle, hob, sink and a selection of crockery, utensils and pans - nothing fancy but perfect for a few days stay. The hostess did offer us to use her kitchen if we wanted but the kitchenette was good enough for us! Our only complaint was the wifi as we couldn’t get any signal in our room. This is a big problem for me as I often need to work when we are away and cannot do this without wifi to my laptop. We also wanted to plan routes and activities each evening. As we were there for 4 nights with no wifi it meant we used up all the data on our phones and got extra charges. The owners were very apologetic and offered us to go through to the living room in the main house so we could get wifi - on the night we were back early we did this which was fine, but the other nights it was too late to go through as the door was already locked. However this may not be a big problem for most people. This would not stop us returning but next time we would ask for a room in the main house to be sure of getting a wifi signal.