Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum Tour from Krakow: Visit the Infamous WWII Concentration Camp

Experience a haunting tour of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum from Krakow. Explore the infamous WWII concentration camp and pay tribute to the millions of innocent lives lost. Book now!

Duration: 7 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Panstwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau - We will pick you up from your accommodation in Krakow, then travel by bus to the site of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oświęcim, a small Polish town, approximately 1,5 hour away from Krakow.
    When you arrive at your destination, you will be met by your professional guide and enter the site at Auschwitz I. Walk through the famous gate to the camp, bearing the inscription, “Arbeit macht frei”, meaning “Work sets one free”, and take the same route as the prisoners that were brought here during the Nazi Holocaust.
    After exploring the Auschwitz I complex, your driver will meet you again and take you by bus for the short journey to nearby Birkenau (Auschwitz II) where your tour will continue. Here you will see the original fences and crematoriums as well as the remains of the colossal gas chambers.
What's Included
  • Local guide
  • Headphones to hear the guide clearly
  • Driver/guide
  • Admission ticket
  • Transport by air-conditioned van
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities ( optinal)
  • Food and drinks
Additional Information

Take a journey through history by visiting the notorious Auschwitz-Birkenau museum and memorial, a city that captures a harrowing illustration of war, widespread suffering, and the lives of millions of innocent people who perished. Approximately 1.1 million individuals of 28 different nationalities are believed to have died there.

Essential notice:

  • the dimensions of bags and backpacks permitted to bring into the museum should not exceed 30x20x10 cm. To ensure safety, every visitor is subject to a security inspection, which may include the use of electronic devices to scan for hazardous materials and objects. Those who decline to be checked will be denied entrance to the museum’s premises.

Please maintain a respectful attire.

  • Please note, large bags cannot be brought inside the museum
  • ID/ passport is necessary for that tour
Location
Przystanek Turystyczny Kiss&Ride
Wielopole
Parking Kiss&Ride (2 Wielopole street) next to the Main Post Office /Poczta Glowna.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Sarah_g
Oct 30, 2022
A must-do trip! - What a moving experience-We were shown pretty much everything there was to see and there were some very graphic artefacts which are quite shocking, especially when our guide explained what was going on behind them. We were able to enter many of the buildings, the crematoria that were left and at Birkenau the barracks. Our guide was fantastic by the way and very knowledgable, she literally didn’t stop talking.- So informative! You need to keep up with your group or you can easily get lost amongst other tours, but the headsets they provide you with allow you to hear your guide clearly even when you can’t always see them. Everybody should see Auschwitz and Birkenau- it’s a very real, stark and haunting reminder of recent history. If we don’t learn the lessons, it could so easily be repeated.
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Julie_l
Oct 24, 2022
An absolute must… everyone should do this trip - From start to finish this tour was very well organized. This is the second time we’ve done this tour with the same company. It was even better this time. Michal who took us to Auschwitz kept us well informed of timings. Our guide around both sites was incredibly knowledgeable. I learnt even more this time.
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Claire_a
Jun 4, 2022
Highly recommend - Highly recommend this trip. Great communication from the driver for collection. Clean vehicle for travel. The tour itself was very informative and well led.
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Natalie_l
Dec 3, 2020
Well Organised Tour 5* - Perfectly organised tour. Pick up on time with a friendly driver and comfortable transport. The tour guide was fantastic. Highly recommend. Communication prior with the tour agency was responsive and helpful. Highly recommended agency/tour.
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Chapman175
Feb 11, 2020
A must see for everyone - Very moving experience not so much what you see as how it makes you feel. Viator was brilliant excellent taxi pick up and very informative guide
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Wandatumi
Feb 7, 2020
Recommended - Our guide was compassionate, informative and we enjoyed hearing about the non-Jews as they are so often neglected in this historical event. Wanda
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Christopher_b
Feb 2, 2020
Auschwitz Museum tour - From pick up to drop off it was a great experience The guide at the museum was really passionate about the subject matter it made the day
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Thomas_f
Jan 9, 2020
Auswitch visit - I could not recommend our visit highly enough. The booking itself was easy with a choice of dates and times. We were picked up from our hotel at the allotted time which was confirmed as per booking, the day before. Our driver Matt was knowledgeable, courtious, friendly and on time. Our guide for the visit was Anya. She was amazing, enthusiastic, spoke very good English and she enthused the history of Auswitch.She brought to life the emotions that the victims of Auswitch went through. It is our third visit with Viator and would highly recommend them
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Jane_e
Feb 24, 2020
Very moving experience - We’re collected from hotel on time and transferred to Auschwitz in a small minibus. Very good tour of Auschwitz- lots to see and guide was very informative. Very moving. Could perhaps have spent slightly longer but we were guided through all the main areas. Went onto the second site of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Unfortunately weather was appalling so tour here was shorter also a bit difficult to hear the guide properly. It was definitely rushed which is a real shame as the scale of the place is hard to believe.
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Andrea_b
Oct 12, 2021
Disappointed in my tour guide at Auschwitz-Birkenau tour - Two years ago I visited the Dachau and Sachsenhausen concentration camps in Nazi Germany, and was impressed by the outstanding guide. But I was very disappointed with my guide at the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp in Poland in September 2021. She was a native of Osviecim, the Polish city where the camp is located. She was so soft-spoken that it was difficult to hear her at Birkenau, where there was no audio recording. She recited the correct facts at each stop on the tour, but showed little emotion about the extermination of 1.1 million people there. She also did not appreciate anyone asking her questions, it appeared as if she was there for a pay check and nothing else. There should be better screening of applicants for guide positions. Viator and your local partner should pay more attention to which guide works with the people on your tours.
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