Auschwitz-Birkenau Tour: WWII History Half-Day Trip

Explore Auschwitz-Birkenau with an expert guide. Witness history, learn about WWII atrocities, and return to Krakow. Book your unforgettable, educational half-day tour now.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights

Panstwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau - When you visit the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, you can see the authentic place where the Nazis committed unimaginable crimes against millions of people, mostly Jews, Poles and Roma. This place is a symbol of terror, the limits of humanity and the Holocaust. By visiting the two camps, Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau, one can better understand the history, memory and significance of this place for Europe and the world. When visiting the Museum, be sure to conduct yourself with due solemnity and respect, and familiarize yourself with the rules of visiting.

What's Included
  • Friendly and helpful English-speaking drivers
  • Round-trip shared transfer
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Headset to hear your guide clearly
  • Guided tour in Auschwitz-Birkenau in English
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
Additional Information

Take a deep breath and go on a half day trip to the real historical place from the World War II -Nazi Germany’s Concentration Camp Auschwitz Birkenau. Learn about the murderous Nazi campaigns against Europe,s Jewish populations.

The English guide tells the story about conditions and live of prisoners and show the remains of barracks, watchtower, railway ramps, gas chambers and crematorium. After completing the sightseeing, return back to Cracow and finish the tour at the reception of your hotel.

  • VISITING PACE: Please note that there are hundreds of people visiting the Auschwitz Museum every day and keeping your own pace of sightseeing is not possible.
  • DEPARTURE TIME: You will be picked up from your selected location between 5:30am to 1:30pm depending on museum’s availability to start the tour. Select your most favorable timeslot and we will try to fit you in, but it is not a guarantee. We will inform you the final pickup time at least 12 hours prior to pickup time so you can make plan to arrive at pickup location.
  • LUGGAGE SIZE: Each traveller is allowed a maximum size of any baggage allowed in The Auschwitz Birkenau Museum is 30x20x10 cm. This is more or less the size of an A4 sheet. It’s okay to have a small handbag or wallet with you. If your luggage is bigger, you can leave it in the locked bus parked next to the museum. Our driver will look after your luggage while you are away.
  • WEATHER: We operates in all weather conditions, during this tour, you will spend up to 70% of the time outdoors, especially during the second part at Birkenau Memorial Place. Please bring weather appropriate clothing.
  • HOTEL PICKUP: Some of the hotels located in Kraków Old Town are in traffic restricted area and no direct pickup is available. In that case we provide a pickup from closest possbile pickup point.
  • In order to enter the Auschwitz Musuem customer must provide tour provider with full names of all participants. Otherwise customers won’t be allowed to enter.
  • ID DOCUMENTS: Every visitor has to bring ID to verify. Otherwise the security might refuse enter the Musuem
Location
Floriana Straszewskiego 14
Floriana Straszewskiego
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Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Globetrotting606854
Sep 22, 2024
Horrific - Without our tour tickets, we would have been waiting for ever to get in -- crowds are huge. Had a great guide, easy to follow with headphones and full explanations of the exhibits and horrors. Not too big a group either
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Norahkeye6
Sep 19, 2024
An interesting part of history which humans should learn from .... - It was a very interesting tour of Auschwitz and Birkenau. Our guide was amazing and very knowledgeable of the history of which he had a personal interest. It is sad to see what humans can do to other humans, but it is really what they did, and I hope that going forward other humans learn from this so that history does not repeat itself. There is even evidence of the people that did not survive this tragedy which is rather shocking to witness.
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Wylliem2024
Sep 18, 2024
Auschwitz - we had a fantastic trip with Karl he was so helpful and gave us great advice also helped with tickets and where to go we then asked him to organise a taxi to airport great personal treatment
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Joannemz2018
Sep 17, 2024
Very moving and intense - This was a most intense and thought-provoking experience and we were very happy with the whole thing! Lucas was marvelous, but a little too quick for these older legs, but he did wait when needed! I very much recommend your tour, pick up and drop off were seamless
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Kevin_h
Sep 16, 2024
Very thought provking - The tour guide was very informative, told a lot of things about the camp and treatment of the prisoners, which were horrendous.
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R7209eicarolinel
Sep 14, 2024
Day trip Krakow to Auschwitz - Had a well organised trip to Auschwitz. Driver arrived early. Transfer was very comfortable. Lukasz our guide was excellent. Very knowledgeable Great trip
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Emmajane_p
Sep 16, 2024
Auschwitz tour - Booked tour for 8am hotel pick up. However got a message 5pm night before to say pick up would be 6.40am and at 8 min walk from hotel. The transport and tour was great. Would recommend. Definitely take your own drinks and snacks if you can. Just be prepared for an early start!
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Janeelizal
Sep 15, 2024
A trip worth taking - A visit everyone should take at some point in their lives. We had a great driver and tour guide and the trip was well worth the price, but have given 4 stars because there was a last minute change to our pick up time which meant we had to completely re- organise our day.
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Marianna_k
Sep 24, 2024
Attention!!! - The company cheated. They didn’t pick up me at my location. They didn’t respond on my phone calls and email. NO refund !!!
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X9247ngstuartd
Sep 15, 2024
Total Mix up - We booked through you to go on a trip to Auschwitz-Birkenau on 12 th sept our pick up time was changed from 10am to 7.15. I had my phone on charge and a text came through about the changed time so we didn’t receive this message. Also on the morning we were due to go you text us to remind us to be at the pick up point for 10 am telling us to enjoy our day which we obviously missed! We did email you and Viator and got no reply from either of you! We would really like a refund as none of this mix up was our fault! The main reason we came over hear was to do this tour! The last thing I want to do is give trip adviser a bad review. Many thanks Stuart Denton
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