About this experience
Visit Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps with a professional guide to learn about its inhumane history. Spend the day at this site to learn the fate of the millions of victims of the Holocaust.
Highlights
- Comfortable air-conditioned transport
- Licensed historian guide for deeper insights
- Skip-the-line entry to Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial
- Hotel/Meeting Point pickup & drop-off in Krakow included
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours in advance
What's included
- Hotel/Meeting Point pickup and drop-off (depending on the option selected)
- Transportation by Air-conditioned bus
- Licensed Guide in Auschwitz and Birkenau
- Skip-the-line entry ticket to Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial & Museum
- Lunchbox (if add-on selected at checkout)
How to use
- Show Mobile Ticket
- At Redemption Counter
What to expect
Tour Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest former concentration camp, and learn about its history with a local guide.
Begin your tour by departing Krakow to head to the museum and memorial on the outskirts of Oświęcim, approximately 60 kilometers west of Krakow. Upon arrival at the museum, your guide will take you into a world of the past.
Before exploring the Auschwitz-Birkenau camps, watch a film in a specially prepared cinema room at to help you gain an understanding of the history of the camp. Learn about the functioning of the camp during World War II.
After the film, pass through the gate marked "Arbeit macht frei" and enter the grounds of Auschwitz I, where your guide will show you around the preserved area and tell you about the history of the place.
Then, visit Birkenau, where the mass extermination took place as part of the Nazi's "Final Solution to the Jewish Question." This will be the last hour of the tour, after which your driver will take you back to Krakow.
The Auschwitz-Birkenau camp, which was established in 1940 by the German Nazi party, became a symbol of human suffering as well as physical and mental torment years later. As the largest concentration camp in operation, it has become the final resting place for millions of people, especially Jews.
There is no doubt that this is a place that leaves a permanent mark on visitors. It is an important monument in honor of the victims of extermination.
Note: You choose a preferred start time when booking, which is not guaranteed.
Terms & conditions
The pickup time may change (the possible start of the tour is between 5:00 AM and 1:30 PM), so please consider this in your plans. You choose a preferred time, which is not guaranteed. We will communicate the exact start time the day before the tour.
The museum determines the tour's pace; guides' behavior and pace are not under our control.
During Last Minute tours, waiting time in the queue may last between 1-4 hours. Info on whether queuing will be necessary may be sent after the usual 24-hour cancellation period. The queue may take place in various weather conditions, so prepare accordingly.
You are not permitted to enter the museum with large bags or backpacks (the maximum size allowed is 20 x 30 cm)
The tour leader may not speak your chosen language; it applies only to the museum tour itself.
The museum tour may sometimes be translated from other languages into your chosen language
In rare cases when no guide will be available, the tour may be cancelled with a full refund.