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Krakow: Auschwitz-Birkenau & Wieliczka Salt Mine with Lunch

Visit both Auschwitz-Birkenau and the Wieliczka Salt Mine on a tour with entry tickets, skip-the-line access, a licensed guide, transportation from Krakow, and an optional lunch. The first part of your tour takes you to Auschwitz. Here, learn about the horrors of World War II and the German occupation of Poland. See the former concentration camp with its barracks, gas chambers, and chimneys. See the exhibitions and photos throughout the camp that show what the prisoners had to endure.

Group

11 hrs

Group size up to 40 persons

Mobile ticket

English

What is included in activity

Hotel pickup

Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum entry tickets

Wieliczka Salt Mine entry tickets

Licensed tour guide

Headsets to hear the guide

Lunch box (ham/vegetarian/vegan)

E-book in English for each participant (preparation eBook)

What is not included

Hotel drop-off

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Important Information:

• It is mandatory to provide the full names of all participants of the tour when booking. If the name provided on your booking does not match the name on the identification document you present at the entrance, you may be refused entry
• While you can select a preferred time, please be aware that it is not guaranteed
• The pace and duration of tours at the memorial are determined solely by the museum's visitor service
• During the tour, you will get no more than 10 to 30 minutes of break time
• The transfer between Wieliczka and Krakow takes approximately 40 minutes, while the transfer between Krakow and Auschwitz takes 1 hour and 15 minutes. The transfer between Auschwitz and Wieliczka also takes 1 hour and 15 minutes
• The temperatures inside the salt mine range between 14-17 °C
• All visitors must pass through airport-style security

What awaits you:

Visit both Auschwitz-Birkenau and the Wieliczka Salt Mine on a tour with entry tickets, skip-the-line access, a licensed guide, transportation from Krakow, and an optional lunch. Explore artifacts of the concentration camp before venturing 700 steps underground at the mine.

Arrive at Auschwitz Museum for an approximately 3.5-hour visit. The tour is divided into two parts: Auschwitz I (2 hours) and Birkenau (1 hour), with transportation between the camps included. See the main gate with the inscription Arbeit Macht Frei (work sets you free) as you enter inside.

Contemplate the brick barracks, prisoner artifacts, photographs, reconstructions of the complex, and the remaining gas chambers and crematories. Continue to Birkenau to see the wooden blocks and the ruins of the chambers and crematoria while learning about the history of Nazi Germany.

The Wieliczka Salt Mine visit will be approximately 3 hours. The underground journey involves descending 700 steps and covers a distance of 3 km. Renowned as one of the most beautiful mines in the world, the mine features two lakes and the Chapel of the Blessed Saint Kinga.

Hear explanations, stories, and myths related to the mines to get a comprehensive understanding of one of the oldest operational mines in the world. At the end of the tour, get dropped off at one of the designated drop-off locations.

What to bring:

• Comfortable shoes
• Passport or ID card

Not allowed:

• Pets
• Alcohol and drugs
• Luggage or large bags

Excellent, smoothly run trip. Our coach collected on time with fantastic communication. Very informative and reassuring host on the coach. The tour guide at Auschwitz was extremely knowledgeable and set the perfect tone for a harrowing but important visit. Couldn’t recommend highly enough. Thank you.

Mitra

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Auschwitz & Salt Mine: Guided Tour from Krakow (Optional Lunch)

Visit the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps with a guide to learn the tragic history of the camp. Continue on with a tour of the fascinating Wieliczka Salt Mine before returning to Krakow by bus.

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Price

Children (Age 2-12)

€100.01

per person

Infant (Age 1 and younger)

€81.60

per person

Student (with ID) (Age 12-99)

€102.28

per person

Adult (Age 13-99)

€104.55

per person

For any payment method you must book a ticket through the booking form below and receive confirmation by e-mail and (or) SMS.

What places you will see

• The Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial
• Wieliczka Salt Mine

Activity book period

You can book tour up to 6 hours in advance.

Languages in what activity is performed

English

Directions to meet your guide

Krakow

How long your tour will be

11 hrs

Photos

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Reviews by travellers

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Felix

What a trip! Those two places are well worth visiting. Whether it's worth the money paid to the provider it's debatable. But definitely saves the hassle of organizing the trip. Easy to follow instructions from the driver, great guides in Auschwitz and Salt Mines. I do recommend this one day trip.

1 day ago

Bruna

Well organized tour. They picked us up at the hotel at the scheduled time. Very comfortable vehicle. We went to Auschwitz, then had a snack on the way to the Mine. There we still have time to walk around before entering the Mine. Get ready for a good walk.

6 days ago

Merethe S.

When buying the tickets for the tours we thought it would be great but actually experiencing it exeeded all our expectations. Visiting Auschwitzs was a tough experience but we thought it was an important thing to do to make sure we never forget. We also had a wonderful guide who showed empathy for the ones who lost their lives and to the once who suffered on the grounds, while doing a great job giving us lots of information.

11 days ago

Zoey

The trip itself was really interesting and not normally my kind of thing but even I enjoyed it. We got picked up from our hotel and then taken everywhere and could leave our stuff in the car while we went to different parts of the trip. Highly recommended.

13 days ago

Javiera

A really thought provoking trip to Auschwitz which was really well organised though I would have appreciated a bit more time at the 2nd camp to explore independently. Salt mine trip was really interesting too. Lots of walking involved, clocked up 8 miles overall during the trip

14 days ago

Geoff

it was a really early start (06:30 pick up) & I was dubious about the timing... we arrived at Auschwitz & it was fairly quiet. After the guided tour of Auschwitz I i figured out why the early start. Iwas very pleased we started early, there were thousands of people beginning their tour. We then proceeded over to Birkenow to tour that camp. It was chilling to realise the scale of the genocide that happened here. it is so important that the world NEVER forget what happened here & that we learn from it. i was very impressed with the way the guide & the museum cinvey the facts of what went on here. i would highly recommend this tour.

15 days ago

Marek

It is worth the money. Not being anxious about the tickets, the transportation and the hours from one visit to the other (many Polish people do not speak English very well). The drivers and the guides were really helpful and nice people. Good snack on the break.

22 days ago

Cora

Very well organised tour and great communication leading up to it. We were travelling to Krakow the same morning as the tour and they arranged to pick us up as near to the station as possible which was helpful. The bus was modern with A/C which was needed in the 35'C heat we had that day! Guides were all very knowledgeable and there was a good balance of seeing the sites with short breaks in between. Didn't feel rushed at any point and plenty of photo opportunities. It's a long day, but definitely worthwhile!

27 days ago

Ida

In few words - Perfect tour. Starting from the driver Simon and ending Salt mine. Auszwitz in general very interesting place, guide told a lot with no rush. Lunch was pretty simple, but very delicious: sandwich, salat, fruits. Salt mine guide was funny person. Only positive vibes about this trip.

about 1 month ago

Katarzyna

Pick up on time & in comfortable mini van. Driver was funny and helpful. Salt mine first and first group in so had time and space to view without crowds. Lunch was tasty buns, fruit, water & chocolate. Onto Auschwitz & Birkenow the guide took us round and had excellent knowledge as did guide from salt mine. Dropped off outside hotel

about 1 month ago

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