Auschwitz-Birkenau: Day Trip & Transfer from Kraków

Visit the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum on a day trip from Krakow and choose between a guided tour or a self-guided visit. Travel in comfort by air-conditioned minibus or coach. With the guided option, join a licensed museum guide and explore the original grounds of Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau while learning about the camp’s tragic history and the victims of the Holocaust. See preserved barracks, watchtowers, fences, and gas chamber ruins, all explained with dignity and accuracy. The self-guided option includes transportation and admission, allowing you to explore both sites at your own pace with a map and visitor instructions. Whichever option you choose, this experience offers a powerful and respectful insight into one of history’s darkest periods.
7 hrs
Group size up to 30 persons
Mobile ticket
English
Full refund for cancellations up to 24 hours
Cancel up to 24 hours in advance to receive a full refund

What is included in activity

Round-trip transportation from Krakow in a air-conditioned vehicle
Entry tickets and official guided tour of Auschwitz I & Birkenau
Friendly and knowledgeable tour leader/escort for the entire trip

What is not included

Food and drinks

Details

Krakow
Start your tour with a pickup from Pawia 18b, bus stop Kiss and Ride (K+R). Then relax in 1.5-hour minivan drive to Auschwitz-Birkenau. 

Panstwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau
After a 1.5-hour journey, you will get to Birkenau near the town of Auschwitz. Upon arrival, have a short break. Before you start your tour, collect informational booklets in your language and receive all essential information regarding what you must see from the driver. Explore the biggest Nazi extermination camp on your own. Spend at least one and a half hours seeing the remnants of living barracks for prisoners and the notorious gas chambers. From the Birkenau Memorial, make your way to the Auschwitz Museum.

Panstwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau
Before you enter Auschwitz I, receive guidelines from the tour leader and spend up to 2 hours in the Museum visiting numerous permanent exhibitions intended to provide an account of the horror of the camp.

Krakow
Finish your tour and go back to Kraków to the starting point, seeing various landmarks on the way. Travel back to central Krakow and finish with a drop-off in town.

Important Info

• Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
• Not wheelchair accessible
• Near public transportation
• Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
• VISIT️️: During the tour, we kindly ask for solemnity and respect due to the tragic nature of this place. Smoking, eating, and loud behavior are prohibited in the Museum.
• Not recommended for children aged 14 and under
• PICKUP : Some hotels in Krakow are located in a restricted traffic zone. In such cases, your pickup will be arranged from the nearest available location. You will be informed about this one day before the tour.
• BREAKS ⌛️: Breaks during the tour are no longer than 10 minutes. We encourage you to wear comfortable footwear as there will be a lot of walking during the tour
• DEPARTURE TIME ️: The start time of the tour may change due to the limited number of guides available at the Auschwitz Museum. Please contact the supplier to confirm your exact departure time the day before the tour. If you not specify your hotel adress we will be waiting for you on our pick-up place: Pawia 18b, kiss and ride stop, next to Mercure hotel.
• DOCUMENTS : Please make sure to bring with you ID or passoprt. Because before the entrance seciurity will ask about it.
• WEATHER CONDITIONS⛅: Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately. The tour mostly takes place outdoors, so we encourage you to bring an umbrella or a raincoat in case of bad weather.
• REFUND: You'll receive a FULL REFUND, if for any reason, the guide or transportation is not provided.
• This tour/activity will have a maximum of 30 travelers Operated by Discover Cracow
• This tour/activity will have a maximum of 30 travelers
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Price
Adult (Age 26-100)
€84
per person
Child (Age 5-15)
€84
per person
Infant (0-4)
€84
per person
Youth (Age 16-25)
€84
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

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

Hotel pickup

How long your tour will be

7 hrs

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