Auschwitz-Birkenau Tour with Transport

This Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum day trip from Krakow allows you to visit the entire complex—including the camps, memorial, and museum—without feeling rushed. Save time with round-trip transportation and watch "The Liberation of Auschwitz" documentary along the way for additional context. Along with your admission tickets to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, you’ll also get a guidebook with the route and detailed descriptions to visit at your own pace.

Auschwitz-Birkenau — "Judenrampe"

The Judenrampe (Jewish Ramp) was a railway unloading platform used during the Holocaust between 1942 and 1944 at the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp. It was located between the Auschwitz I (main camp) and Auschwitz II-Birkenau camps.
Today, the Judenrampe is a memorial site with commemorative plaques honoring the victims.
Unlike the well-known "Gate of Death" at Birkenau, the Judenrampe played a critical but lesser-known role in the mass deportations.

Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau

First, we will take you to Auschwitz camp by walking through the gate of Auschwitz I, the first camp, initially established as a concentration camp for Polish citizens arrested after Germany annexed the country in 1939. You'll pass under the infamous sign "Arbeit Macht Frei" (Work Makes You Free). This portion of the tour typically lasts two hours, during which you'll use a headset to hear your guide clearly. The group size is limited to 30 people, as per the Museum's regulations, ensuring a comfortable and accessible experience for all participants. Explore the original wooden barracks, fortified walls, barbed wire fences, gas chambers, and
crematoria, which together leave a haunting impression and allow visitors to grasp the immense scale of the Holocaust.

Miejsce Pamięci i Muzeum Auschwitz II-Birkenau

After Auschwitz camp, we will take you to the second, larger camp —Birkenau (Auschwitz II), located just 3 minutes away from Auschwitz. Birkenau, the largest camp, was built and operated with the sole purpose of making Europe "Judenrein" (free of Jews). Your guide will continue the powerful narrative at Birkenau, located in the village of Brzezinka. Constructed in 1941 under the orders of SS commander Heinrich Himmler, the camp could hold around 90,000 prisoners. You’ll hear harrowing accounts of the brutal living conditions, the cruel selection process, and the pseudo-scientific medical experiments carried out by Nazi doctors, including Josef Mengele. The tour concludes with a story of liberation when soldiers from the 60th Army of the First Ukrainian Front opened the gates of Auschwitz on January 27, 1945, leaving you with a profound understanding that such genocide should never have occurred—and must never happen again.