Full-Day Tour to Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum from Krakow

Auschwitz- Birkenau, Poland

Auschwitz- Birkenau Concentration Camp, Poland

Auschwitz- Birkenau Camp, Poland

Auschwitz- Birkenau Concentration Camp, Poland

Highlights

Visit the infamous Nazi concentration camp and memorial site, Auschwitz-Birkenau

Travel comfortably by bus from Krakow to Oświęcim in about 1.5 hours

Learn from a professional guide about the site's tragic history and significance

Explore Auschwitz I and Birkenau, witnessing original structures and remains

Cracow, Oswiecim

educational, historical, museums

Private Tour

8 Hours

Easy

English

Description

Visit the infamous museum and memorial site of the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau, a city whose name is a burning symbol of the unimaginable wartime tragedy, suffering, and deaths that affected millions of innocent souls. Explore the museum on this full-day tour.

Itinerary

Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum Tour
- Pick up from your accommodation/hotel in Krakow. Travel by bus to the site of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oświęcim, a small Polish town, approximately 1.5 hours away from Krakow.
- Arrive at your destination and meet your professional guide.
- Enter the site at Auschwitz I.
- Walk through the famous gate to the camp, bearing the inscription, "Arbeit Macht Frei", meaning "Work sets one free", and take the same route as the prisoners that were brought here during the Nazi Holocaust.
- Meet your driver and board a bus for the short journey to nearby Birkenau (Auschwitz II) where your tour will continue.
- See the original fences and crematoriums as well as the remains of the colossal gas chambers.
- Head back to Krakow.

What's Included

Driver

English-speaking Auschwitz-Birkenau tour guide

Free hotel pickup and drop-off

Transport by air-conditioned van

Headphones to hear the guide clearly

What's Excluded

Food and drinks

Know Before You Go

ID/passport is necessary for the tour.

The maximum size of bags and backpacks allowed to bring into the museum is 30x20x10 cm. For safety reasons, each person entering the grounds of the Museum will be subject to security checks, including using electronic devices to detect dangerous materials and objects. Those who refuse checks will not be allowed on the grounds of the Museum.