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Save time figuring out which local buses go to Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, and opt for this hassle-free day trip instead. Private transportation is included from Krakow—ensuring a direct journey without any stops. Then, after arriving, explore the site with a guide to learn about one of the most poignant chapters in Poland’s history—when it was occupied by the Nazi Party during World War II.

Start the trip by picking up you from any place in Krakow. Head to Auschwitz and visit the most famous concentration camp. Travel in time to II World War and see what it brought. After Auschwitz the next stop is Salt Mine. Get under the ground and the Salt Mine. Then head back to Krakow.

Save yourself the hassle of organizing logistics when it comes to visiting Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, with this convenient day trip from Krakow. Once you arrive, benefit from having prebooked admission, which helps you avoid the hassle of waiting in long ticket lines. Then, to get the most out of your experience, a guide shows you around the exhibits, with commentary to expand your knowledge of the site’s poignant history.

Get more out of a visit to Krakow by making time for a day trip to a UNESCO World Heritage Site—Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum. After being collected from your Krakow accommodation, travel in a minivan to the site of a former concentration camp that operated when Poland was occupied by Nazi Germany. To help you get the most out of your visit, a guided tour is included, so you can learn about the area’s poignant history.

Visit two of Europe’s most powerful historic Holocaust sites in a single day with this tour that includes time-saving transportation from Krakow. Learn about the significance and history of the infamous Auschwitz and Birkenau death camps from your guide as you visit the former barracks, crematorium, and gas chambers. Pause at the memorial to the more than 1 million victims who died here before the return ride to Krakow.

The audio guide is a convenient mobile companion for a self-guided tour of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum. The tour is specially designed to help you get acquainted with the site in a short time (1–1.5 hours). Follow the route on the app's map to discover the most consequential locations of the former camp. You will see the Crematorium, Firing squad wall, Medical block, Prison block, Arrival platform. The tour features 20 points of interest. All stories are written by professional journalists and historians and include quotes from the memories of surviving prisoners. Once you download the tour, the app works offline. The audio guide is always clear in your headphones. Listen to the stories at your own pace, without having to follow a group. You can pause to rest or skip the most difficult exhibits and continue whenever you wish. If you prefer not to visit museums alone, let the audio guide accompany you.

We'll pick you up at the meeting point we previously agree on and once in Auschwitz you will meet your official tour guide for a group guided tour (they do not allow private tours inside). Actually Auschwitz, comprises three concentration camps in all its extension. The first was built for the purpose of housing political prisoners, but this was changing over time, as your private guide will explain in more detail. This complex is where the so-called “hunger cells” are located, where hundreds of prisoners died of starvation. Auschwitz II- Birkenau, is the second complex to which we will arrive after traveling a short distance, it is still today the site of the crematoriums and the gas chamber. This complex was created with the aim of being “the final solution to the Jewish problem”, and in reality it is a complex of death. Auschwitz III- Monowitz practically no longer exists, but it was a forced labor prison. At the end of the tour, your private driver will take you back to Krakow.