Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum Guided Tour: Experience History with Certified Guides
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413 Ratings
Kraków
Professionally guided tour of Auschwitz Birkenau by a certified museum expert. Travel comfortably between Krakow and Auschwitz in modern Mercedes Benz vehicles, fitted with TV screens, air conditioning, WiFi, and charging facilities. Assured assistance from the tour leader at every stage of the trip. Highest quality service guaranteed.
Duration:
6 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- 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.
During this guided tour you will see both death camps Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II - Birkenau. Each part is guided by a professional and certified guide provided by the Auschwitz Birkenau Musuem
- Krakow - Attend the 1h free walking tour provided by a professional Guide in Krakow Old Town. It starts at Plac Matejki Square and ends by the dragon scuplture by the Wawel hill. During this walking tour you will hear the most importan facts about Krakow Market Square and see Krakow’s Old Town Highlights
Walking Tour starts daily at 7pm by Grunwald Monument at Plac Matejki Square. Auschwitz Birkneau voucher is required to attend the tour.
What's Included
- Headsets for clear audio from the guide
- Air-conditioned minivan transport with Wi-Fi
- Hotel pickup and drop-off in a Mercedes-Benz
- Expert guidance from a professional guide
- Skip-the-line tickets for fast track entry
- Inclusive of ‘Liberation of Auschwitz’ documentary movie
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
Additional Information
- 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.
- A visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau can prove traumatic, therefore we recommend that visitors were at least 13 years old.
- Your exact pickup depends on your accommodation place. Check your email a day before the tour!
Location
Radisson Blu Hotel, Krakow
Floriana Straszewskiego
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
(413 Ratings)
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Michael_d
Mar 11, 2024
Quality service - Outstanding tour. The museum guides
Was knowledgeable and did a great job answering the questions. With this organization you’re getting quality transport- we had I believe it was 17 in the van so it was very comfortable since it is more than an hour each way.
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William_r
Mar 7, 2024
Excellent. Especially for people without a car or who can’t reserve a ticket on the official website - I highly recommend this trip. Tickets for Auschwitz are actually free to reserve on the official website but can be hard to get sometimes due to high demand. Having the tickets reserved for you is great.
The hour and 15 minute travel is also included in the price as well as a tour guide who gave us a comprehensive and respectful tour.
The guide keeps you moving at a perfect pace and this totals for a day outing of about 7 hours including travel.
Because you have to keep with the group, there are places that you don’t explore but you have to take into consideration that, unfortunately, Auschwitz is a horrifyingly large place with lots of buildings. But you do get a pretty comprehensive tour and you get an understanding for what has taken place.
I recommend this trip for people without a car or are unable to reserve a ticket.
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Markbv5887xt
Mar 1, 2024
City break - My wife and I went to Auschwitz - Birkenau with Krakow direct.
Our guide and driver were very informative and professional.
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G7601nwmickc
Feb 27, 2024
Excellent tour to a very humbling and interesting place. - Krakow Direct were recommended by the hotel we stayed in. It was easy to book, and they have excellent communication.
They picked us up from the hotel and dropped us back there after.
Our tour guide and driver, Michael, was excellent , spoke perfect English and was very knowledgeable.
Make sure to book ahead as our tour mini bus was full.
Highly recommended.
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Eirini_t
Feb 24, 2024
An unforgettable experience - The tour was great an unforgettable experience you shouldn t miss. They contact me by email and by phone message. The driver was very friendly and the tour guide very informative.
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Rosemary_m
Feb 13, 2024
Auschwitz day trip - Had a lovely time
Well worth the trip only sorry I couldn't complete to burkenau due to limited mobility
The tour guide was lovely and had no problems undyher through the microphone and headset
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Michael_s
Feb 5, 2024
Very satisfied - This was a very worthwhile trip. Our driver was right on time. The tour guide at Auschwitz did a very good job. Be prepared for a lot of walking. Krakow Tours did not disappoint.
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Lorna_p
Mar 20, 2024
Very moving and the... - Very moving and the reality of the awful things that the people were put through is horrific.
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817deel
Mar 4, 2024
Excellent Tour company - Very professional and well organised tour wirh Krakow Direct. Our driver Pawel was so nice and friendly amd very informative. We were picked up on time and had a very comfortable trip in a mercedes benz! The whole trip from pick up to drop off lasted almost 7 hours and was very good value for money.
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Catherine_b
Mar 8, 2024
Good tour, bumpy process - The tour guide was very knowledgeable and the Auschwitz tour was appropriately paced. Unfortunately she rushed us through Birkenau at a breakneck pace, perhaps because the entire tour started later than planned so it was nearly 5p when we were at Birkenau. Recognizing that the tour co has some lack of control on timing based on licensed guide availability, it was nonetheless a bumpy process with pickups, including a vehicle switch, and the drop off included a 20+ minute stop at a hotel to handle a payment dispute while the rest of us sat waiting in the van. I’m sure everyone was doing their best, and the operators were very kind, so hope they can iron out these sorts of kinks in the future.
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