From Krakow: Auschwitz-Birkenau Guided Tour & Pickup Options

Visit Auschwitz on a day trip with a pre-booked ticket, enjoy a hotel pickup from Krakow or start from chosen meeting point. Learn about the history of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps during a guided tour with a certified historian and guide. Your guide will show you around the preserved area and explain the history of the site.
Group
7 hrs 30 min
Group size up to 40 persons
Mobile ticket
English
Full refund for cancellations up to 24 hours
Cancel up to 24 hours in advance to receive a full refund

Details

Important Information:

• The pickup time may change (departure is possible between 6:00 AM and 11:00 AM), so please consider this in your plans. You choose a preferred time which is not guaranteed. The exact start time will be communicated the day before the tour via email from the activity provider
• As per the requirements of Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, all participants must provide their full name and contact details as part of the booking
• You are not permitted to enter the museum with large bags or backpacks (the maximum size permitted is 20 x 30 centimeters)
• It is recommended to bring lunch and drinks with you
• The pace and duration of the tours are determined by the memorial's visitor service. Unfortunately, your guide have no influence on the duration of the break time
• For reasons beyond the operator's control, the tour may be canceled. In this case, the customer will always receive a full refund

What awaits you:

Visit Auschwitz on a day trip from Krakow. Learn about the history of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps during a guided tour with a certified historian and guide.

Auschwitz-Birkenau was founded in 1940 by Nazi Germany and was the largest concentration camp operated by the Nazis. It became the final resting place for millions of people, mostly Jews and Poles, who were murdered in gas chambers.

Pass through the gate with the inscription "Arbeit macht frei" to enter Auschwitz I, where your guide will show you around the preserved area and explain the history of the site. Then, visit the second camp at Birkenau, where mass killings took place as part of the Nazi "Final Solution to the Jewish Question."

What to bring:

• Passport or ID card
• Comfortable shoes

Not allowed:

• Luggage or large bags
• Smoking
• Pets
• Short skirts
• Oversize luggage
• Sleeveless shirts
• Backpacks



This was an excellent and well organised trip. Picked up directly from our hotel, we also had the add on of lunch (sandwiches, drink, snack and fruit) which was very handy. The tour it's self was at a good pace and the guide was very good, knowledgeable and easy to follow. Slight issue - when the group had to walk single file, the people at the rear would lose signal and be unable to hear the guide. I would highly recommend.
Nicola
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What is included in activity

Round-trip transportation by air-conditioned bus
Pickup and drop-off from your hotel
Skip-the-line entry ticket to Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial & Museum
Licensed guide

What is not included

Toilets (fee is in local currency - pln)
Lunchbox

Tour program

• Starting/pickup location
• Bus / coach (1.5 hours)
• Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau
• Auschwitz I Guided tour (2 hours)
• Break time (10 minutes)
• Auschwitz II-Birkenau Guided tour (1.5 hours)
• Bus / coach (1.5 hours)
• Drop-off

What places you will see

• The Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial

Activity book period

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Languages in what activity is performed

English

Directions to meet your guide

Your hotel in Krakow city center

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Reviews by travellers

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Veeti
Michal made our tour absolutely perfect! He arrived on time right outside our hotels doors and couldn’t do enough for us, he was so polite and helpful. When we arrived we had to queue for the tickets but Michal sorted all this out for us so the tour got through together and without waiting! Our tour guide (Magda) was so passionate and really made the experience for us, she was so so knowledgeable and we honestly couldn’t have had a better tour guide. Michal was waiting for us after our tour and although there was so much traffic, he still dropped us at our hotels front door which is really appreciated. If any one’s having doubts on which tour to book - this is the one!!!! Couldn’t recommend it enough - thank you all for the tour
4 days ago
Clelia
The guide very very good but having canceled the tour the day before and having to pay the difference, I absolutely do not accept it !!
11 days ago
Sophie
The price was cheaper compared to others. We started tour earlier as they sent an email to me and followed by calling for further confirmation. Driver arrived on time to pick up me and he speaks english very well. The overall was good and I recommend to others as well. Thank you
12 days ago
Lauren
Communication with the company is very good - use What’s App. Transportation to and from is comfortable and punctual. The English speaking guide was well informed. She actually is from Oswiecim the town where Auschwitz-Birkenau complex is located. Her presentation was thorough and respectful.
12 days ago
Ashley
Well worth it. A surreal experience. Don’t plan on doing anything after, make this the one thing you do in the day. Just so much to process.
19 days ago
Simon
The tour was well organised and ran on time. The transport was very nice and comfortable. The guide was very knowledgeable and smoothly ran us through everything. There was a good pace to the information which was important given the context, it would have been easy to get upset by what was being witnessed, but the steady flow of commentary prevented us from reflecting too much and getting distracted in misery.
20 days ago
No n.
We we're told it was a hotel pick up. It wasn't. But only had to walk 8 mins down the road. The trip was really good the lady who did the tour was excellent. After the tour finished it was all back on the bus this is when we we're told that everyone would be dropped of at the same place. Hotel Radisson blue. Very compitant driver even though the weather was very bad. So of the bus and a 25 min walk back to our hotel. Really enjoyed the day but could have done with more information about travel arrangements. But thanks for a very memorable trip
20 days ago
Jenny
The day before the trip, we received a call and they confirmed the pickup time. Our driver Peter arrived on time and took us straight there. Was great to skipped the security queue, there were many school parties that day. Finally the tour was conducted by a fluent English speaker. Happy to recommend.
23 days ago
Jenny
The day before the trip, we received a call and they confirmed the pickup time. Our driver Peter arrived on time and took us straight there. Was great to skipped the security queue, there were many school parties that day. Finally the tour was conducted by a fluent English speaker. Happy to recommend.
23 days ago
Markus
insanely well organised. I was called + got a message the day before for the exact pick up location and time (we had to walk like 4 minutes). The bus then left on time, our guide picked us up in front of the bus, we visited Auschwitz first, then a short bus drive to Birkenau. 20 minutes after we left back to Auschwitz and around 7.5 hours later we were back home.
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Select your preferred departure time. Your preferred time is not guaranteed. Departure is possible between 6:00 AM and 11:00 AM. You will be informed about the exact departure time the day before the tour.