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Auschwitz Birkenau Guided Tour from Krakow & Skip-the-Line Access

By Krakow Tours by KrakowDirect
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Free cancellation available
Price is RM 228 per adult
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 7h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

Discover the somber history of World War II at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum, the largest of the Nazi concentration and extermination camps. This 7-hour guided tour from Krakow includes visits to both Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau, where you will gain insight into the harrowing past through expert narration. Learn about the lives lost and the memorial efforts that followed the camp's liberation. With skip-the-line access, you can focus on reflection rather than waiting in line. Participants are advised to bring valid ID and comfortable shoes for the visit.

  • 7-hour tour from Krakow to Auschwitz-Birkenau
  • Live guided tour included
  • Skip-the-line tickets for a more streamlined experience
  • Documentary film provided during transit to Auschwitz

Activity location

  • Panstwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau
    • ul. Wiezniow Oswiecimia 20, Entrance to the Museum is located at Stanisławy Leszczyńskiej Str. no. 11
    • 32-603, Oswiecim, Poland

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Floriana Straszewskiego 17
    • 17 Floriana Straszewskiego
    • 31-101, Kraków, Województwo małopolskie, Poland

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Auschwitz Birkenau Guided Tour from Krakow & Skip-the-Line Access

  • Activity duration is 7 hours7h
    7h
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
RM 228.48 x 1 AdultRM 228.48
Total
Price is RM 228.48

What's included, what's not

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    Headsets to hear the guide clearly
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    Hotel pickup (If hotel pick up option selected)
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    Professional and licensed guide
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    Key historical sites - the former gas chamber and crematorium
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Live guided visit of Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Documentary movie "Liberation of Auschwitz"
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    Round-trip transportation from Krakow
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Skip-the-line entry to Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau Memorial and Museum
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Insurance

Know before you book

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Panstwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau

  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
Begin your tour 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.

Panstwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau

  • 1h 30m
  • Admission ticket included
After visiting the first camp, you'll have a short break of up to 15 minutes. Following this, we will take you to the second part of the tour—Birkenau (Auschwitz II), located just 3 minutes away. 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.

Location

Activity location

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    Panstwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau
    • ul. Wiezniow Oswiecimia 20, Entrance to the Museum is located at Stanisławy Leszczyńskiej Str. no. 11
    • 32-603, Oswiecim, Poland

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Floriana Straszewskiego 17
    • 17 Floriana Straszewskiego
    • 31-101, Kraków, Województwo małopolskie, Poland
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Floriana Straszewskiego 17
    • 17 Floriana Straszewskiego
    • 31-101, Kraków, Województwo małopolskie, Poland

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