Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial: Independent Tour from Cracow with Guidebook

Embark on an independent tour of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial from Cracow. Explore the camps at your own pace with guidebooks available in 19 languages. Experience the comfort of an independent tour and have time for reflection and exploration.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Panstwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau - The excursion commences from the heart of Cracow. Journey in a climate-controlled vehicle for an estimated 90 minutes to the quaint town of Oświęcim. Upon reaching, collect guidebooks in your chosen language and receive all essential information from our English-speaking chauffeur. Traverse the historic German…
What's Included
  • guidebooks in requested language
  • Admission Ticket for the museum
  • round-trip transfer from Cracow
  • English speaking host
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
  • Dinner
  • live guide
Additional Information

Embark on an 8-hour independent tour from Cracow to Auschwitz-Birkenau, crucial memorials of the atrocities committed by the Nazis against Jews and other European communities. Navigate both camps independently, your journey aided by handbooks available in 19 languages, inclusive of all key information about must-visit spots. Allocate around two hours…

Location
Pawia 18a
Pawia
The starting point is located in the center of Cracow outside Mercury Hotel at Kiss and Ride bus stop.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Abbie_l
Dec 8, 2024
Auschwitz visit - We had a local pick up, approx 10min walk from our hotel. Quite busy there with different groups and guides but our guide Mary ticked us off the list and onto the coach we went. Nice coach, comfy seats. Mary was great at making sure we were all ok, had all the information we needed and gave a great history with lots of info. Having a non guided tour allowed us to take things at our own pace and see what we wanted. Highly recommend
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L7437channaz
Dec 7, 2024
Granie Pavel Travel - It was an unforgettable journey. Very emotionally difficult. Our driver and guide were professionals. A quick but safe journey. The guide explained everything in great depth and gave us some tips to visit the museum independently.
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Patrick_d
Dec 10, 2024
Bad ticketing process - Given the nature of the site visited, it is difficult to criticize, but please see this as positive: the ticketing process is absolutely archaic and I waisted 3 hours in-line outside to obtain a printed paper ticket to let me in. There are only 4 windows to serve you and on the busiest day, only 3 were open…. This is 2024: give digital tickets with QR codes, make this easy for folks to visit. The site needs to be seen & lived so people understand what took place there and prevent this from happening again. You HAVE TO make it better.
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Marcus_t
Dec 6, 2024
Not quite what it says on the tin - Collection point is listed as Pawia 18a this address is a business with nothing to do with this tour. It was a little confusing as there were several tours leaving from the same location. Self guided tour was fine so really you’re paying for a lift to the camps and the loan of a guide book as it’s returnable.
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Claire_c
Dec 10, 2024
We had to wait for 3... - We had to wait for 3 hours just to recieve our tickdets with a time slot to come back. It then all felt very rushed and we didn't have anywhere near the time required to get the most from our experince. We were also supposed to recieve a guidebook which we didn't.
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Tomas_l
Dec 11, 2024
Viator lied to us - Terrible service and terrible information from the viator team. They lied to us that we were to get a Guided tour. When we arrived we were left to our own devices and didn’t even get a guidebook. Use getyourguide.com instead.
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Amanda_r
Dec 11, 2024
Don't use this app for Auschwitz! - I booked a trip from Krackow to Auschwitz for four. The day before I received a text from Paul from Pavel travel who changed the departure time from 8 am to 6:15 am I continued to chat over text with Paul about length of tour, expected arrival time back at Krackow and food options The next morning we arrived at the meeting point to complete chaos as hundreds of people were trying to find their buses to Auschwitz. Eventually, when all the buses had gone, we were left with five other groups of passengers who had all booked through Pavel travel and we had no bus. We all messaged Pavel travel with no success, so agreed to wait until 8 am the original departure time in case there had been a mistake with the driver no bus came. We stood in freezing temperatures for two hours with no communication from Pavel travel. I am absolutely disgusted That I have been charged over £200 for a tour that did not happen especially as we travelled such a long way to visit just a special place. Do not book Auschwitz tours through this app! book direct with a reputable local tour guide!
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John_m
Dec 11, 2024
Nightmare trip - Having to cue for over two hours at 6.30 in the morning just to receive our tickets, then to be told there were no tours available until 1.00. We were then told that we would have to cue up for another 2 hrs just to get in.
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Caroline_n
Dec 8, 2024
Would not recommend unless you want to wait in the cold - Unfortunately we were really disappointed with our day. This trip doesn’t provide a fast track entry. We were originally told and hour wait, however ended up queuing outside for 3 hours to get our tickets, while other groups went ahead of us. Our host started the day fairly pleasant, however got progressively sharp and rude when we asked questions on where to find the bus etc. Guide book was not provided until the second part of the tour - so spend first half of tour with no information on what we were seeing. Wouldn’t recommend to friends if going again.
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Piia_d
Dec 7, 2024
We got a message the... - We got a message the night before that the trip starts at 6.45am instead of 8am. We were queuing in the cold for 2 hours for the entry pass. There was not enough English books for us. They gave 1 book/2 people and didn’t still have enough books. Host was shouting for some other host, the bus driver was rude. They didn’t answered for any questions about the trip we asked. Minimum instructions about the day, just rushing through. Arrived back in Krakow at 6pm instead of 4 pm.
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