Auschwitz-Birkenau & Wieliczka Salt Mine: Day Tour & Lunch from Krakow
Important Information:
• As per the requirements of Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, all participants are required to provide their full name and contact details as part of the booking
• Entrance may be refused if the name provided on the booking is not identical to the name on the ID provided when entering
• Owing to the requirements, all tickets to the museum are non-refundable. Please consider your purchase carefully
• The Salt Mine tour begins at around 16:00. Your English-speaking guide will take you on a tour of 2-2.5 hours, to 140 meters underground on a journey of over 2.5 kilometers of tourist routes
• To reach the first level of the mine (64 meters underground), you have to descend wooden stairs with 378 steps. After the tour, you will be taken up to the surface by a lift
• 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 times
What awaits you:
Take part in an 11-hour combination tour. Visit Auschwitz-Birkenau for a tour of the museum and site, and then continue later on with the opportunity to explore the Wieliczka Salt Mine.
First you’ll stop at Auschwitz I, where you will join a 2.5-hour English tour, provided by the museum’s guide. After that, the tour continues at Auschwitz II-Birkenau, which is about 2 kilometers away. You’ll spend about an hour with the same guide and explore the site while hearing about its history.
During the second half of your full-day program, you’ll travel to the Salt Mine in Wieliczka, which is one of the oldest working salt mines in the world. It has been producing table salt for over 700 years!
Enjoy a delicious packed lunch set (at 14:30) with the best Polish products.
The English-speaking tour of the Mine will begin at 16:00 or 17:00 (depending on road conditions). Head 140 meters underground on a 2.5-hour journey along more than 2.5 kilometers of tourist routes and see chambers with amazing carvings and statues, with everything made of salt.
You should arrive back at your hotel not later than at 19:30.
What to bring:
• Passport or ID card
Not allowed:
• Luggage or large bags
• Pickup
• Transfer (1.5 hours)
• Auschwitz I (2 hours)
• Free time (10 minutes)
• Auschwitz II-Birkenau (1 hour)
• Transfer (1.5 hours)
• Wieliczka Salt Mine (2.5 hours)
• Transfer (45 minutes)
• Arrive back at: Kraków
• The Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial
• Wieliczka Salt Mine
Your hotel