Krakow: Guided Auschwitz Birkenau Tour
- This experience is non-refundable.
- English-speaking driver/tour leader
- Please mind that drinking alcohol during the tour is forbidden
- Local guide in your chosen language
- Pickup from your meeting point (if option selected)
- Round-trip transportation (if option selected)
- Skip-the-line tickets
- Food and drinks
- Hotel drop-off service (for every option including hotel pickup)
- English-speaking driver/tour leader
- Please mind that drinking alcohol during the tour is forbidden
- Local guide in your chosen language
- Pickup from your meeting point (if option selected)
- Round-trip transportation (if option selected)
- Skip-the-line tickets
- Food and drinks
- Hotel drop-off service (for every option including hotel pickup)
Your experience begins at the meeting point of 14 Straszewskiego Street. From Krakow, you will travel directly to the Auschwitz Birkenau Museum.
Your local guide will maintain your interest for 3.5 hours as you visit both concentration camps. You'll also tour exhibitions which sit in remaining prison blocks, as well as prisoner rooms, the death wall, the gas chambers, crematoria buildings, remaining barracks, the railway ramp in Birkenau, and many other original objects presenting everyday camp reality and the treatment of imprisoned people.
The UNESCO-listed Auschwitz Museum and Birkenau are located in Oświęcim, and are two of the most significant places in Europe. The site is the symbol of the Holocaust, one of the greatest crimes against humanity in world history. At the conclusion of your experience, you'll be returned to Straszewskiego 14 in Krakow.
- Learn about the history of the camps from a professional guide
- Use skip-the-line tickets to enter
- Visit the Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II Birkenau Camps
The meeting point may vary. Always check the tickets we sent you to confirm the final details before the activity.
Not suitable for
- People with mobility impairments
What to bring
- Comfortable clothes
- Passport or ID card
Not allowed
- Luggage or large bags
Know before you go
- As per the requirements of Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, all participants are required to bring an ID. Entrance may be refused if the name provided on the booking is not identical to the name on the ID
- If minimum numbers for a tour in a certain language are not met, the activity provider will give the tour in English
- It is possible to join the group directly in the museum, but please contact the supplier at least 12 hours beforehand
- Owing to the requirements, all tickets to the museum are non-refundable. Please consider your purchase carefully
- Please note that the maximum size of hand luggage is 12x8x4 inches (30x20x10 centimeters), larger luggage must be left on the bus during the visit
- The pace and duration of the tours are determined by the memorial's visitor service
- The start time of the tour may change based on the decision of the Auschwitz Museum. Save the whole day for this activity
- The tour always ends at Straszewskiego 14
