About this experience
Visit the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum, the largest of the Nazi concentration and extermination camps. Learn more on a either self- or live-guided tour from Krakow with shared transportation.
Highlights
- Visit the Judenrampe & see the original camp train car
- Pickup and drop off in Krakow
- Use an informative guide book with maps, descriptions and suggested tour route
- Visit Auschwitz-Birkenau on a Self- or Live-Guided Tour (depending on option)
- Documentary film about Auschwitz on the way to the camp
What's included
- Pickup from from a meeting point in Krakow
- Round-trip transportation by a modern vehicle
- 5-hour guided tour of Auschwitz-Birkenau (only if one of Guided options selected)
- Skip-the-line tickets (only if one of guided & skip-the-line options selected)
- Brochure in your chosen language with maps, sightseeing route and detailed descriptions (if one of Booklet options selected)
- A documentary film on the way to Auschwitz
- Assistance of an English-speaking tour host throughout the whole trip
- Professional guide (only if one of Guided options selected)
- Insurance
How to use
- Show Mobile Ticket
- At Redemption Counter
What to expect
Visit the former Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau on this 7 to 11 hours (depending on a selected option) trip from Krakow. By June 1940, Jews and over 700 political criminals had been sent to Auschwitz and the atrocities had begun.
Our tour begins in Krakow where we will pick you up from the central meeting point. On the way to Auschwitz, which takes around 75 minutes, we show an educational documentary about liberation of Auschwitz - Birkenau to give you some insight about the history of the camps.
Upon arrival to Auschwitz our tour leader provides you with all the essentials, rules and procedures which takes place at the Museum and takes you to the Judenrampe.
The Museum is divided into two parts: Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II - Birkenau.
In Auschwitz I camp, where you will start your visit, the Nazis established the first camp for men and women, where the first experiments with killing using Zyklon B took place. It was here that they murdered the first mass transports of Jews, conducted the first criminal experiments on prisoners, and carried out most of the executions by shooting. Additionally, the central camp prison was located here in block 11 for prisoners from all parts of the camp complex, along with the main camp commandant's office and most of the SS offices. From here, the camp authorities directed the further expansion of the camp complex.
After the first part you will have an opportunity to take a short break and next you will go to the second camp, Auschwitz II Birkenau.
In the Birkenau camp, the Nazis built most of the facilities for mass extermination, where approximately one million Jews were murdered. Birkenau was simultaneously the largest concentration camp (with nearly 300 primitive, mostly wooden barracks), housing over 100,000 prisoners in 1944, including Jews, Poles, Roma, and others. Across nearly 200 hectares, ruins of gas chambers and sites filled with human ashes, primitive prisoner barracks, and kilometers of camp fencing and roads have been preserved.
When the tour is done, after a short break we will take you safely back to Krakow.
Things to note
- Passport or ID card
- Comfortable shoes
Terms & conditions
• As per the requirements of Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum, all participants are required to provide their full name and contact details as part of the booking
• Your pickup time might be changed and will be between 5:00 AM - 02:00 PM but we usually adjust it by only 30-60 minutes (sometimes a more significant change is necessary)
• If the above change is necessary then the start time will be different than the one presented on your voucher and you will be informed via email and/or What's App 12-24 hours before the amended start time
• Entrance may be refused if the name provided on the booking is not identical to the name on the ID provided when entering
• Maximum group size is 30 visitors per 1 guide
• The pace and duration of the tours are determined by the memorial's visitor service & regulations so the duration of the trip should be considered as approximate.
• The offer is written in English so the organizer is not responsible for any inaccuracies in translation into another language