Auschwitz Birkenau Guided Tour from Krakow/Tickets included
Recommended by 99% of travelers
Krakow, Poland
- 7 hours (approx.)
- Pickup offered
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum is a place devoted to the memory of those who lost their lives there during World War II. This tour will help you understand more about when the site was a concentration camp. After a morning pickup, you’ll travel in an air-conditioned minivan to Auschwitz-Birkenau. You’ll avoid crowds as you’re guaranteed to skip the long lines. A guided tour will enrich your experience as your guide will explain the history of the area in more depth.
- Hotel pickup and drop-off is included
- Get more out of your time in Auschwitz-Birkenau with a guided tour
- Travel in a comfortable air-conditioned vehicle from Krakow
- No waiting in crowds—guarantee to skip the long lines
What's Included
- Professional English speaking guide tour in Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Headphones to hear the guide clearly
- Round-trip shared transfer
- Transport by air-conditioned minivan
- High quality, friendly and helpful English-speaking drivers
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
- Headsets at the museum for child and infant tickets
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
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Pickup details
Enjoy convenient hotel pickup directly from your accommodation in Krakow between 6:00 AM and 7:30 AM. Your exact pickup time will be confirmed by message or text 1–2 days before the tour. Please bring a valid ID, passport, or credit card, as all Auschwitz-Birkenau entry tickets are personalized and identity verification may be required before entering the memorial site.
Arranged start time
Confirm time with the local provider in advance of your experience.
- 06/05/2026 - 03/31/2027
Monday - Sunday : 6:00 AM - 7:30 AM
- 04/01/2027 - 04/01/2027
Thursday : 6:00 AM - 7:00 AM
Itinerary
Krakow's Rynek Glowny Central Square (Pass By)
1
Panstwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau
2 hours • Admission Ticket Included
2
Brzezinka
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
Krakow's Rynek Glowny Central Square (Pass By)
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless booked within 2 days of travel. In this case confirmation will be received within 48 hours, subject to availability
- Wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- The maximum size of backpacks or handbags brought into the Museum can not exceed dimensions: 30x20x10 cm.
- Share the tour and transfer with other people (max 14 people in a car)
- Exact pickup times will be given at time of reconfirmation
- Please provide information at time of booking.Pickup from hotels located in the city center requires hotel name and address.
- Museum is closed on the following dates: 1st of January, first day of Easter, 16th of April and 25th of December.
- Please do not forget document like ID or passports).
- Minimum age recommendation is around 14 years old.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 25 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Reviews
4.9
based on 105 reviews
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Emma_L, Jan 2026
Booked to be collected at one time (8am) and multiple messages getting earlier and earlier so ended up two hours earlier than originally scheduled. This seams to be a theme.
Driver … “drove it like he stole it” with all passengers commented on hazardous driving in inclement weather.
Although the guide was knowledgeable on facts and figures, felt rushed around each area in Auschwitz too large a group crammed into small areas at a time making visibility to displays poor at times so by the time you were trying to look at one , guide was heading to next area and already started commentary… There were people with disabilities who could not keep up with guide at multiple points making whole trip not very disability friendly. No chance to read any displayed informational fact boards in attempts to keep up with information.
I feel like another trip there was needed to see what was missed.
Auschwitz its self is very thought provoking and I feel it’s a place that everyone should visit.
Kathryn_K, Feb 2025
A moving and emotional day - I had been before but my husband had not. Our guide Magda was very knowledgeable, respectful and caring.
Deborah_A, Jan 2025
It’s a long day but well worth the trip. So sad but we should never forget the details being told. Excellent guide
nick_e, Nov 2024
How easy is was organised , great price too for what was given. Was so well organised with pickup and skipping the line was great as it was busy. Very informative .
Rupal_P, Jun 2024
Anna was an amazing guide. Explained everything with such compassion. Well organised Igor was timely and chatty and even organised lunch for us. Everything happened just as described in your information of the tour.
Maxine_H, Aug 2023
It's all memorable. I'm glad I've been and witnessed the horror of it all but once in a lifetime was enough
John_E, Mar 2023
Great visit, very well organized tour.
Our driver Konrad was caring and made sure it all went smoothly.
Ashley_J, Sep 2022
This is an absolute must see when I’m Krakow. We would highly recommend booking through this operator. Everything went like clockwork. Picked up on time. Travelled in comfort with a very nice driver Michał. We decided to get the packed lunch. Well worth the money and would recommend as difficult otherwise to get time to eat. Our tour guide Barbara was not just a tour guide she was an educator and very passionate about what she was telling us. She was excellent. We enjoyed from start to finish. Nothing negative to say. Excellent service. Book with these guys you won’t be disappointed.
Janet_H, Jul 2022
The massive extent and size of Birkenau; the Birkenau memorial; confronting gas chamber and oven.
Our driver helpful and friendly.
Tour guide on site knowledgeable but hard to hear, monotone and rushed
Wilhelmus_G, Mar 2022
Very impressive excursie with an excellent guide and driver, good organisation. Recommended to do if you are in Krakau.
Petra_D, Aug 2021
The service from Viator and the driver was excellent and pleasent. The driver picked-up from our hotel on time with a pleasent mini-van. The tour was also well arranged.
Chris, Mar 2020
David from krakowdiscovery.com is a real gentleman for whom nothing was too much trouble.
The trip to Aushwitz was informative and somethihg everyone should do when in Krakow. The whole experience was very tastefully done
wttycz, Nov 2019
And not in a good way. The magnitude of Auschwitz-Birkenau is far too much to even begin to grasp what happened there. You know it's real, but because it doesn't fit into any societal mores, it is mind boggling. There aren't words to describe the reality of this camp, let alone the 600 or so others. The tour is absolutely excellent, the tour guide was fabulous and it was a very quiet drive back to Krakow.
Traveler221841, Sep 2019
Our tour guide was amazing - unfortunately I cannot remember his name!!! But he was a wealth of knowledge, passionate about what he was sharing and gave us important instructions on how to behave in such an emotional place. I highly recommend that you bring a lunch with you (athough you can't take it in, you can eat it in the bus between places) and remember to NOT bring large backpacks or you'll have to leave it in the bus. Fantastic tour - don't miss it!
delia04, Aug 2019
I've wanted to go to Auschwitz for a long time now and I finally got to visit. It was a very moving and humbling experience to see first hand all the atrocities the Jews went through. I learnt so much more that I didn't know had happened.
Louise_W, Aug 2019
Our pick ups from the hotel were very smooth and the care when we were arrived was good and organised.
Joanne_C, May 2019
The tour was Amazing from being picked up from Hotel , everything was organized. The Tour guide at Auschwich was very good clearly spoken and would answer any questions you wished to ask
Jessica_L, Aug 2018
I received several messages from Slawek ahead of the tour and on the day of he was right on time. The van was clean and comfortable and it was nice to have a small group rather than a big van. The tour guide was great and we have no complaints. I would definitely recommend this tour.
Matthias_K, Dec 2025
Very well organized, prior good coordination. Our driver was friendly and drove very considerately.
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Jeroen_C, Jun 2022
Interessante trip. Gids is heel prettig. Vervoer top geregeld!
Fijne bus en chauffeur. Op tijd en voor de deur opgehaald en teruggebracht. Aanrader!
Sandra_V, Feb 2022
Wauw wat een ervaring in Auschwitz en Birkenau.
Met een gids erbij hoor je enorm veel over de gruwelijkheden uit het vernietigingskampen. Zonder gids zou ik er niet aan beginnen!
Onze gids was geweldig! En ook onze begeleider Andrew was erg goed. Sowieso zijn alle mensen in Polen erg behulpzaam en enorm vriendelijk! Een dikke 10!
TenAKem, Apr 2019
Geweldig georganiseerd.. Super driver. Ondanks het enorme grote aantal bezoekers, verliep alles
zeer stijlvol , waardig en respectvol. Onze gids nam voor alles de tijd en ook zij deed dit op een rustige, en respectvolle wijze. Diep onder de indruk.
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