Auschwitz tour from Krakow

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7 hours (Approx.)

Hotel pickup offered

Offered in: English and 4 more

Overview

The Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps were the largest and most notorious of the Nazi regime and this full-day tour from Krakow visits both. Take a moving tour of the preserved ruins, museum, and memorials at Auschwitz-Birkenau, and uncover the harrowing truths of Poland’s WWII history and Nazi occupancy. Hotel pickup and drop-off is included.

Full-day tour of Auschwitz and Birkenau from Krakow
Tour the Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps and memorials
Learn more about Poland’s WWII history from a knowledgeable guide
Great-value tour includes hotel pickup, entrance fees, and round-trip transport.

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What's Included

Hotel pickup and drop-off - if option with hotel pick up selected

Transport by air-conditioned minivan, with Wi-Fi

Professional guide

Headsets to hear the guide clearly

Documentary movie "Liberation of Auschwitz"

Guaranteed skip-the-line entrance tickets

Food and drinks

Hotel pickup and drop-off - if option with meeting point selected

Departure & Return

Departure Point

Straszewskiego 17, 31-101 Kraków, Poland

Departure Time

9:00 AM

Times are subject to change due to local traffic conditions.

Hotel pickups commence prior to this time, you must contact the local service provider to verify your exact pickup time.

Departure Point

31-072 Kraków, Poland

Departure Time

9:00 AM

Times are subject to change due to local traffic conditions.

Hotel pickups commence prior to this time, you must contact the local service provider to verify your exact pickup time.

Departure Point

Dajwór 69, 31-052 Kraków, Poland

Departure Time

9:00 AM

Times are subject to change due to local traffic conditions.

Hotel pickups commence prior to this time, you must contact the local service provider to verify your exact pickup time.

Departure Time

9:00 AM

Times are subject to change due to local traffic conditions.

Hotel pickups commence prior to this time, you must contact the local service provider to verify your exact pickup time.

Return Details

Straszewskiego 17, 31-101 Kraków, Poland

Departure Time

9:00 AM

Times are subject to change due to local traffic conditions.

Hotel pickups commence prior to this time, you must contact the local service provider to verify your exact pickup time.

Return Details

31-072 Kraków, Poland

Departure Time

9:00 AM

Times are subject to change due to local traffic conditions.

Hotel pickups commence prior to this time, you must contact the local service provider to verify your exact pickup time.

Return Details

Dajwór 69, 31-052 Kraków, Poland

What To Expect

Your tour begins with pickup from your central Krakow hotel in time for a 9.15am departure. Traveling by air-conditioned Mercedes Benz vehicle, set out on the around 1-hour 10-minute journey to Auschwitz and watch the documentary ‘The liberation of Auschwitz’ along the way. On arrival, use your prepaid skip-the-line tickets to head straight inside and follow your guide on a tour of the vast complex.

Explore the various buildings of the Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau camps, passing beneath the ‘Arbeit macht frei’ sign at the main entrance, and visiting the original wooden barracks, the bathhouse, and the watchtower, as well as seeing the crematorium, gas chamber, and the Death Wall. Along the way, learn more about the history of the camp and how it became one of the most notorious of the Nazi Regime, hear about life in WWII-era Poland, and visit the on-site museum, which displays a moving collection of photographs, documents, and personal items belonging to the prisoners.

At the end of the visit, return to Krakow, where your tour ends with drop-off at your hotel around 4.15pm.

Itinerary

Stop At:

Panstwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau

Visit the former Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz and Birkenau on this 7-hour trip from Krakow. By June 1940, Jews and over 700 political criminals had been sent to Auschwitz and the atrocities had begun. Birkenau was built by Auschwitz prisoners and by October 1941 was used as an extermination camp. Between 1 and 1.5 million were killed, and approximately 90 percent of those killed were Jews. Before Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated in January 1945, the SS attempted to blow up the camp and destroy the documentation. They were only partially successful, and the Polish government decided to restore the site as a memorial to the victims. Auschwitz Camp - exhibition in buldings Crematory Death wall Birkenau Camp (Auschwitz II) - exhibition outside Former barracks where prisoners lived Death Gate

Duration: 3 hours 30 minutes

Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Wheelchair accessible
As it is mandatory in Auschwitz Birkenau museum to confirm your personal details, you are required to take with you passport or ID to be presented at the entrance to museum. Please do not forget it, otherwise you may be not allowed to enter museum.
While in the camps, visitors are required to behave appropriately and respectfully.
Visitors are generally allowed to take pictures with a few, clearly indicated exceptions.
The maximum size of your carry-on can not exceed the following dimensions: 30 x 20 x 10 cm. You can leave your larger luggage in the car.
Please note that in the camps there are mostly dirt tracks, which may cause minor difficulties for wheelchair-users.
Some spaces are not accessible by wider wheelchairs or strollers. For the comfort of visitors with mobility problems, the museum provides substitute wheelchairs of size allowing to move around the grounds and buildings. Our driver will help you arrange the substitute wheelchair.
Stroller accessible
Infant seats available
Most travelers can participate
A visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau can prove traumatic, therefore we recommend that visitors were at least 13 years old.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 30 travelers
OPERATED BY Krakow Tours by KrakowDirect

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience. Learn more about cancellations.

Frequently Asked Questions

The answers provided below are based on answers previously given by the tour provider to customers’ questions.

Q:

What is the policy on face masks and attendee health during Auschwitz tour from Krakow?

A:

The policies on face masks and attendee health are:

Face masks provided for travelers
Temperature checks for travelers upon arrival

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What is the policy on sanitization during Auschwitz tour from Krakow?

A:

The policies on sanitization are:

Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
Gear/equipment sanitized between use
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized

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What is the social distancing policy during Auschwitz tour from Krakow?

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The policy on social distancing is:

Social distancing enforced throughout experience

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What measures are being taken to ensure staff health & safety during Auschwitz tour from Krakow?

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The policies on staff health & safety are:

Guides required to regularly wash hands
Regular temperature checks for staff

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Q:

What is the maximum group size during Auschwitz tour from Krakow?

A:

This activity will have a maximum of 30 travelers.

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tommyweir84

, Feb 2020

This was an excellent trip. The tour guide was very informative and very professional in her knowledge. Would recommend to everyone. Also a special mention to our driver and guide Thomas. Who was excellent through out trip.

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Tour guide with 20+ years experience had little to say

wanderer1104

, Dec 2019

Our tour guide might have been having a bad day but she was of very little help and offered practically no information or annecdotes. There was so much potential while walking for hours to tell a tremendous amount of information but she, instead, repeated walking directions multiple times with long pauses of silence in between. She was also very heavily one-sided in her description by minimizing the Jewish autrocities and speaking nearly entirely about the Polish impact both during and after the war. Again...I hope she was simply having a bad day. She claimed to have been a guide for 20+ years...so, I hope she was more knowledgable than what she shared.

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Moving experience

aandybev

, Dec 2019

Did not disappoint. Happened exactly as described. Excellent transport and guide. Guides very friendly and knowledgeable.

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Awesome Auschwitz

ruth784

, Nov 2019

A very moving day - good guides with lots of information and at a good pace. The only criticism is about the poor selection of food at the car park in Birkenau which is not the fault of viator!

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Tour was enlightening and unimaginable

Dona T

, Oct 2019

We went for a tour of Auschwitz-Birkenau the pick up point and service was excellent from start to finish The company Krakow Direct were excellent throughout our Tour arrived at the stated time from the meeting point the driver very obliging very good manners The Tour of the Camps was so sad and would recommend taking a bouquet of flowers as we did to place at the Death Wall . We went as a family of 6 including 2 young boys aged 9/11 years and they were intrigued by what they saw and they think everyone including School Trips should be made to see the reality of the way things were and how these poor people suffered just to make people grateful for what they have now and lucky at the way things are in their lives now. The Tour Guide was excellent about everything she was very good. We would recommend this trip highly this was our 2nd trip and we are still dumfounded at the reality of it all, you get the real information when you see it in front of you as the films do not give you the true unimaginable events that took place you need to visit do not forget your flowers in memory of those poor people

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Everyone should see this

Deirdre M

, Oct 2019

Excellent tour, well organised, punctual and efficient. Would have liked a bit more time at both sites as there is so much to take in but gained a lot of insight to what happened in the camps, guide was very good. Driver was very pleasant and helpful as well.

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jonathan s

, Sep 2019

Time of pickup was altered from 8.45 to 10.15 which I thought was better as less rushed in morning Let us know day before. Pick up arrived on time Driver was good informative etc and the mini bus was comfortable etc eventho full. Provided video re camps which was useful. We had a guide that took us round both camps. Cannot remember Polish name but he said could call him Michael (I think) He was brilliant. When speaking to him realised that his family had suffered from the German occupation. His grandfather had been shot and family lost property. He therefore spoke with passion trying to convey the scale of what had taken place and it was all very moving and frankly upsetting.Over all a well run well delivered trip and a special thank you to Michael

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Great tour, friendly driver

Ritchie Z

, Sep 2019

We were driven in a comfortable van with 5 guests total. Charles, the driver, was professional and friendly.

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Korey V

, Aug 2019

Must attend this piece of history to remember can never attend again. Tour guide was knowledgeable. A small pitty it was a warm day and the Birkeneau tour was shortened but it was satisfying enough what we got. Driver Luca was great and reliable. Always on time at every meeting point said.

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mark1Alloa

, Mar 2019

Everything went as planned sad tour but very informative ,a part of our history we should never forget

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