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Auschwitz-Birkenau and Wieliczka Salt Mine: Combined Full Day Educational Tour
4.3
44 Ratings
Kraków
Experience a full day of educational exploration with a combined tour of Auschwitz-Birkenau and Wieliczka Salt Mine. Discover the history of Nazi concentration camps and delve into the underground world of the ancient salt mine.
Experience a full day of educational exploration with a combined tour of Auschwitz-Birkenau and Wieliczka Salt Mine. Discover the history of Nazi concentration camps and delve into the underground world of the ancient salt mine.
Duration:
11 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Panstwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau - Departure from Krakow (meeting point at Bus Stop located at Wielopole 2, Kraków). The trip to Auschwitz I takes approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes. Upon arrival, there will be a brief break before entering the Museum. The guided tour covers two camps: Auschwitz I (around 2 hours) and Birkenau (about 1 hour…
- Panstwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau - Departure from Krakow (meeting point at Bus Stop located at Wielopole 2, Kraków). The trip to Auschwitz I takes approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes. Upon arrival, there will be a brief break before entering the Museum. The guided tour covers two camps: Auschwitz I (around 2 hours) and Birkenau (about 1 hour and 30 minutes). After visiting the second part and a short break, we will head to the Wieliczka Salt Mine. The journey takes about 1 hour.
- Wieliczka Salt Mine - After an hour’s journey from Auschwitz, you will start your guided tour of the Wieliczka Salt Mine. The tour lasts around 2 hours. Following the tour, we will return to Krakow. The entire excursion, from pick-up to drop-off, lasts approximately 10-11 hours.
What's Included
- Entrance ticket to Auschwitz I & Auschwitz II (Birkenau)
- Professional, licensed English guide in Auschwitz-Birkenau and Salt Mine
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Entrance ticket to Wieliczka Salt Mine
- Entrance ticket to Auschwitz I & Auschwitz II (Birkenau)
- Professional, licensed English guide in Auschwitz-Birkenau and Salt Mine
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Entrance ticket to Wieliczka Salt Mine
Additional Information
Experience the dual historical events in a single journey. The Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial, the globally recognized immense graveyard without graves, and the cryptic Wieliczka Salt Mine. A tour to Auschwitz-Birkenau provides a realistic understanding of the functioning aspects of Nazi camps for concentration and extermination. Followed by an…
Experience the dual historical events in a single journey. The Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial, the globally recognized immense graveyard without graves, and the cryptic Wieliczka Salt Mine. A tour to Auschwitz-Birkenau provides a realistic understanding of the functioning aspects of Nazi camps for concentration and extermination. Followed by an extensive stroll in the subterranean world of the “Wieliczka” Salt Mine, offering a glimpse into the backdrop of mining and immerses you into the historic aura of this classic site with all its splendid structures and art forms. Everything in the “Wieliczka” Mine, from floors, walls, corridors to art forms, are all carved out of salt.
• Maximize your day by covering two incredible historical experiences.
• Experience a moving tour through the Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps.
• Navigate through the Wieliczka Salt Mine tourist path located 135 meters underneath the ground and be amazed by the 20 chambers of this antique subterranean city.
- Please bring warm clothing. Temperature underground ranges between 14° and 16° C.
- There are 800 steps to climb of which 350 at the beginning take you down into the mine. Wear comfortable shoes.
- Please note that the maximum size of bags and backpacks allowed to carry on the Museum grounds is 30 x 20 x 10 cm.
- 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.
- The time may change due to the availability of the guides in the museum so please consider this in your plans. The exact start time will be communicated the day before the tour via email or WhatsApp message from the activity provider
- The local partner will contact you by WhatsApp , email or phone on the day before your tour to confirm your pickup time and details
Location
Przystanek Turystyczny Kiss&Ride
Wielopole
Wielopole 2 (Kiss&Ride stop)
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Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.3
(44 Ratings)
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Kristine_k
Sep 4, 2024
A sad part of history followed by a beuatiful salt mine - Auschwitz-Birkenau is a sad part of history. It's very moving to see it and hear all of the history and stories. Jacek was a wonderful guide. There is alot of walking on this tour, so, if you have any kind of mobility issues, you need to be aware.
The Wieliczka Salt Mine was uplifting after such a deep tour like Auschwitz. It's beautiful! Again, if you have mobility issues, you will not be able to do this tour. You start off by initially taking hundreds of steps down. Lots of walking and more stairs when you get down. It's worth it if you don't have issues because it's interesting and beautiful.
Doing both tours in the same day makes for a long day, but it's so worth it! You could also arrange 2 separate tours. Regardless, you can skip your workout for the day because you will get plenty of steps in.
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Andrew_w
Jul 16, 2024
Great tours - Really good tour but a very long day. Tour guides and drivers were very nice. Communication was brilliant. Good value for money.
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Ffddzs
Feb 10, 2024
Comfortable ✨ - Was an amazing experience, was given plenty of information through WhatsApp from the driver on updated times and what the car description was waiting,
I had a comfortable journey to Auschwitz, burkenau and the salt mines the journey time was extended due to protesters in the city and the driver found the quickest route possible. ✌🏼
The driver provided us with all information on times to return, lunch times and when our tour was, we was provided with the group number and English tour guide and headphone at Auschwitz.
All together this was a very comfortable day and would recommend to anyone. ✨
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Claire_m
Feb 5, 2024
Great for short visit - A great all day trip. Pick up was earlier than advertised, however everyone had a nap on way to first stop. Coach trip to first two sites then smaller group on minibus to salt mines. A lot of walking involved, be prepared. Tour guides very informative at all sites. Lunchbox was delicious. Would recommend this trip if only away for weekend. Fell asleep at 19.30 back at hotel after all the walking.
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Joany
Jan 5, 2024
Well organiser very informative trip - What a wonderfully organised trip. Very informative. Thanks very much. Bus operators were exactly on time and everything ran like clockwork
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Sharon_w
Jan 28, 2024
Long but enjoyable day, well worth it - Well organised trip at Auschwitz with headsets but due to the size of the group (31) and the amount of walking, we sometimes missed the guides explanations as she'd started b4 we arrived, same at the Sallt Mines, great day overall though 👍
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Ana_s
Jan 22, 2024
Got to see everything, but not the best organised trips - We got to see the 2 promised locations, and transported there and back. But the “tour” itself is more just a transportation service.
It lacked a little organisation, and we were stood around at times wondering what’s happening. The driver was just that - a driver who handed out tickets and gave very little information in hard to understand english sometimes.
The only opportunity to have lunch is on the actual bus after the first tour, by which time you are starving. (You have to bring your own or order it from them before.) The bus was full of crumbs already from previous tours already so it just seems like a flawed system.
We got to Auschwitz an hour early and were waiting around having “free time” in freezing cold in their poorly equipped parking lot which only had one working coffee vending machine. (So you spend all your free time queuing with nowhere to sit). Not the tour company’s fault - but such a strange choice.
On the way back to the salt mines the bus stops and we had to move to a mini-van to go to the salt mines. The announcement to move from the bus to the van was so vague that we were a bit confused, so I totally see why the previous reviews said that they missed it. But the drivers did seem to check and double check that the right names/people got on the van after.
For both locations, an in-house tour guide takes over and we meet the drivers back at the buses, so overall it seems like the only benefits of booking the trips this way is to get transported there and back and have someone book and hand over the tickets.
Be sure to bring snacks. The entire day lasted about 11-12 hours, and the quick breaks are usually not enough to get anything more substantial than a hot drink and quick bite (other than the lunch on the bus that’s on the way to the salt mines).
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Lara_s
May 9, 2024
It's just a transfer more than a tour - Pickup was booked at 8:00 and the day before the tour was told it would be at 04:50. We arrived to Auschwitz at 6:00 and didn't enter until 09:30, so this early pickup didn't make sense as we had to wait for way too long outside the camp.
Also, even if tickets are included, they were not booked in advance (hence why we couldn't get earlier tickets than 09:30am).
The tour itself was provided by the Auschwitz and Salt Mine guides (not by this tour). So in reality what you're getting is just a drive from Krakow to the sites and back.
No fault to the driver though, he was excellent.
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Katherinelucy_m
Jan 6, 2024
Avoid 'Cracow Visit' - terrible organisation - Both places are definitely worth visiting, but the lack of organisation by the tour provider was horrendous. We were informed the day before (less than 24 hours so no refunds at this point) that our start time was being changed from 8.30am to 6.10am. I understand a slight change, but 2.5 hours is ridiculous. The tour was two full buses of 60 people so the company was definitely aware of ticket availability more than 24 hours before. Way too many people on the buses for Auschwitz so getting everyone back on time was problematic at every stop.
The Auschwitz/Salt mine joint tour didn't actually exist - they just linked two independent tours.The 15 or so of us who were doing both were left at a petrol station and told to wait for another minibus/driver. He arrived after half an hour and told us we had to wait a further half hour for another bus to drop more people off who were joining us.
Worth visiting both places, but avoid 'Cracow Visit' as a tour company - terrible organisation, constant waiting around in the freezing cold, and zero customer service. The whatsapp telling us of the time change also clearly stated that failure to turn up at that time would mean no refunds. Complete scam.
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Jacob_s
Jan 8, 2024
Unpleasant staff - Tour guide was a bit of a smug.
Driver/ tour guide of salt mine group didnt care to give any details. Just handed out the ticket.
Everything was rushed so the salt mine group can catch the salt mine tour
Turned out that the salt mine tour is at 17:00
Given that time, the departure time should be an hour later so more time to see Auscwitchz 1 and 2 or at a slower pace.
Lack of coordination of the tour guide/s and drivers.
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