Auschwitz-Birkenau Guided Tour: Explore UNESCO Heritage Site with Transfer from Krakow

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Experience a guided tour of Auschwitz-Birkenau, a UNESCO Heritage Site, and learn about the atrocities committed during the Holocaust. Includes transfer from Krakow.

Duration: 8 hours

Highlights

Stare Miasto - Start your trip from a convenient meeting point near the Krakow Old Town.
Select an option with hotel pickup if you wish to start the trip from your local accommodation.
Panstwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau - Begin your visit with a guide at the first part of the memorial the former mother camp known as Auschwitz I. Here you will walk through the camp grounds, go into the prisoner blocks and visit the first crematorium. You will see the historical documents, photos and material evidence prepared by the museum in the original buildings of the former camp.
Brzezinka - After the visit at Auschwitz I, you will have a short break about 15 minutes. Then your driver will take you to the parking by Auschwitz II Birkenau. From here you will walk to the historical Birkenau Gate to meet you guide for the second part of your visit.
Krakow - You will return to a central drop off location near the Market Square in Kraków.

What's Included

Professional English-speaking drivers/hosts
Convenient meetup locations as per selected options
Guided tours in your chosen language
Hotel pickup available for selected options
Comfortable round-trip transfers in air-conditioned vehicles

What's Not Included

Food and drinks

Additional Information

Auschwitz-Birkenau is presently recognized as a symbol of the horrendous terror, genocide, and crimes against humanity. Constructed by the Nazis in 1940 around the periphery of Oswiecim, it is estimated that this camp witnessed the brutal extermination of over 1.5 million individuals comprising 28 different nationalities. Since 1979, this location has been a part of the UNESCO Cultural and Natural World Heritage list.

The guided tour covers both sections of the camp, Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau, narrated by a live tour guide.

Private tours are facilitated in 20 languages: English, Italian, French, Spanish, German, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Romanian, Serbian, Swedish, Ukrainian, Hungarian and Polish.

Maximum luggage/bag/purse/backpack size is 30x20x10cm (A4 sheet size)
Due to the character of this place it is expected to dress in a modest way.
We will contact you the evening before the trip to convey the exact time of departure.
Departure time is approximate and may change.

Location

Wielopole 2

Wielopole

Cancellation Policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

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Barrytas

Aug 12, 2024

Last resorts if regular tickets are sold out - High season, so all regular tickets sold out. Via google search found an option. We were a little sceptical if all would be ok, however it was excellent. Pjiotr/Peter was very knowledgeable driver. Also tickets and guides all worked out well.