Itinerary
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Stop At: Panstwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau, ul. Wiezniow Oswiecimia 20 Entrance to the Museum is located at Stanisławy Leszczyńskiej Str. no. 11, Oswiecim 32-603 Poland
After pickup from the central meeting point, start the 1.5-hour drive by minivan to Auschwitz-Birkenau, located outside the town of Oswiecim. During the ride, watch a documentary film about the former Nazi concentration camp. When you arrive, meet your tour guide at the visitor center, and then proceed into the barbed-wire encampment through the gate that still reads “Arbeit macht frei" (Work sets you free).
Established in 1940, the Auschwitz complex saw the deaths of more than a million people, most of whom were European Jews. The complex, today a UNESCO World Heritage-listed museum, comprises the Auschwitz I camp and the Birkenau (or Auschwitz II) camp with a total of about 150 buildings and 300 ruins.
You’ll also see Birkenau, once home to 300 prison barracks and four large gas chambers.
When your Auschwitz-Birkenau tour ends, you'll be driven back to the original meeting point.
Duration: 5 hours
Stop At: Brzezinka, Brzezinka, Lesser Poland Province, Southern Poland
Second part of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Tour. Birkenau.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Krakow, Krakow, Lesser Poland Province, Southern Poland
After visiting Auschwitz you wiil have a break for 1 hour in Krakow and then enjoy your trip to Wieliczka Salt Mine at 2:30pm
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Wieliczka Salt Mine, Jana Mikolaja Danilowicza 10, Wieliczka 32-020 Poland
Wieliczka Salt Mine Half-Day Trip (4 hours)
Your tour begins with meet-up at the central meeting point followed by a 30-minute drive to the Wieliczka Salt Mine, southeast of the city. The 700-year-old mine and UNESCO World Heritage Site houses nearly 200 miles (300 km) of eerie tunnels, all carved by hand from salt blocks, and you’ll see the section that’s open to the public.
With your guide, visit the three upper levels of the mine, at depths of 209 to 443 feet (64 to 135 meters). Begin with a descent down the stairs to the first level, where you’ll be led through chambers and shown underground lakes, shrines and salt monuments. Admire the showstopper – the Chapel of St. Kinga – and marvel at how every one of its features, from chandeliers to the altar, is made of salt! Hear from your guide about the chapel’s history and how it took more than 30 years for two men to complete the wonder, which required more than 200,000 tons of rock salt.
Then head to the Eram Baracz Chamber to see another mine highlight, the salt lake whose water contains 11 ounces (320 grams) of salt per liter. You’ll also see a collection of mining equipment, some of which dates back to the Middle Ages. By the time your tour ends, you’ll be 443 feet below ground!
Take an elevator back up, and then head back to Krakow by minivan.
Duration: 4 hours
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Pawia 18b, 31-154 Kraków, Poland
08:00 AM
12 hours(approx.)
Returns to original departure point
Not wheelchair accessible
Near public transportation
Infants must sit on laps
Most travelers can participate
The salt mine stays at a temperature of approximately 57 degrees F (14 C); please wear warm clothes and comfortable shoes
Please note that the tour is offered in English
Be aware that in the Salt Mine there are 800 steps on the way, including 380 right at the start
Please note, that the maximum size of backpacks or handbags brought into the Auschwitz Museum & Memorial can not exceed dimensions: 30x20x10 cm
Please note that the time of departure might change due to availability of the guides at the museum. The change in time of departure does not qualify for a refund.
Please make sure to bring with you ID or passoprt. Because before the entrance to Auschwitz Museum seciurity will ask about it.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 30 travelers
Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Posted By : Tamsin_S
We got there early - picked up at 5am! Waited in the que and got a spot at 10.30.
Only downside was at the end of the tour waiting nearly 2 hours on the coach because people left without advising the coach!
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Posted On : 2024-04-02
Posted By : Daisy_L
Fantastic, your guide was very informative. Make sure to take food and drinks. Also Id as we were never told this. Quite rushed but to be expected for such a large area
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Posted On : 2024-03-28
Posted By : 483susieb
Overall a good experience. Our initial pick up time was changed from 6:30am to 05:45, good communication via whatsappp to arrange, pick up was on time and transport was clean and comfortable. However when we arrived at Auschwitz we had to hang around for 2 and a half hours until our tour time. Tickets weren’t previously booked (not sure if this was the museums fault) so meant we had to hang around outside for a while until our driver and discover Cracow guide kindly took us to the nearest McDonalds until it was time for our tour. Due to this we weren’t able to complete the Salt Mine on the same day as we missed pick up but again great communication to rearrange this for the following day. Pick up for this was was on time and discover Cracow gave all the information needed.
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Posted On : 2024-03-20
Posted By : G5837PIclarem
Good information given re pick up for Auschwitz, bus was on time and good tour of Auschwitz- Birkenau with the guide. Everything organised and no waiting around - we were able to go straight in.
Less information given about the time for the salt mine tour pickup as you are dropped back in Krakow between tours. We had to ask our driver who then phoned to check for us. The bus for the afternoon was half an hour late due to bad traffic but we received no information from the company which would have been helpful. We only found out because someone else phoned up. However, a great tour of the salt mine.
Overall, a very good day and excellent value for money but it is long and tiring.
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Posted On : 2023-10-22
Posted By : Costantino_T
Not a great day. We visited Auschwitz & Birkenau and the whole trip was rushed to the point that we had no time at all for a drink, to look at things properly or to take in the place at all. Whilst i do understand that the place was busy, i feel that we missed so much. The day was booked thinking that we would go straight to the salt mines afterwards but no, despite asking the tour guide who had no idea what was happening, the driver wanted to drop us at a random hotel in Krakow and insisted that we wait on the street outside for almost 2 hours to be collected for the Salt Mine visit. We refused that and asked that we be taken back to our hotel. We did get dropped off at our hotel. Later that day we got a call from the driver of the Salt Mine visit as he was waiting at the random hotel. We explained what had happened and he was nothing less than brilliant. He came to our hotel, collected us, provided us with a bottle of cold water and took us to the salt mines. This guy was exceptional, the mines were brilliant and the driver waited for us but kept telling us not to rush and to take our time and see everything. He literally sat and waited in his car the whole time. He then offered to drop us off anywhere in Krakow. Salt Mines themselves were exceptional and i would highly recommend them to anyone but if you are going to Auschwitz, DONT book a guide just buy a guide book and go alone.
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Posted On : 2023-03-28
Posted By : Jamie B
Never got too salt mine because driver never turned up in morning other than that was good and overall a experience thanks
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Posted On : 2023-03-17
Posted By : Claire G
My dad and I have been talking about doing this tour for years. We are both massive history buffs particularly WW2 history.
To say we loved it would be the wrong words.
It was life changing.
Sombre, informative, reflective and sad. Our guide Sophie took us through with such respect for the many horrific atrocities that occurred over the two sites.
Very well organised and so respectful. Everyone should go and see this in their lifetime.
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Posted On : 2022-09-24
Posted By : I4013NGchristopherd
Our guide was excellent. She spoke with gravitas, had an emotional connection with the victims and answered all of my many questions.
Unfortunately the salt mine was closed, by government directive, because of the corona virus.
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Posted On : 2020-03-14
Posted By : tennisne12016
I've seen enough documentaries regarding ww2.....as well as the Holocaust museum in Washington DC (USA)....so it was quite meaningful to walk the grounds in person. The tour guide was well informed and took approx 3 hours to see.
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Posted On : 2018-08-27
Posted By : bhanu r
Auschwitz concentration camp was a network of concentration and extermination camps built and operated by the Nazis. It is a poignant story of the past and hits you straight at your heart. As I went up and down the various buldings and the a few streets of the yester years, along with my guideprovided by Viator i shrivelled inside me. How can humans turn to animals? i went to the town centre,at 7 AM for my pickup and travelled in a comfortable mini van with 18 others.I came back around 1.30 PM, had a quick lunch in the nearby Polish restaurant and was back at the pickup point at 2.45PM/ The afternoon tour was just the opposite-exhilarating to see the preserved salt mines and to hear the story of the miners in a very telling way. It was not tiring and was well worth the day spent.
