Auschwitz and Birkenau Tour
Krakow, Poland
- 4 to 7 hours (approx.)
- Pickup offered
- Group discounts
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
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.
- Time-saving coach transportation to visit both Auschwitz and Birkenau
- Insights about the history of these camps with a guided tour
- Admission tickets to both sites included
- View original barracks, crematoriums, and gas chambers
What's Included
- TripAdvisor Experiences brokerage fee
- Driver/guide
- Headsets to hear the guide clearly
- Hotel pickup
- Hotel drop-off
- Transport by air-conditioned minivan
- Pickup and drop-off from designated meeting points
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
Meeting and Pickup
You can head directly to your preferred meeting point, or request pickup.
Itinerary
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Panstwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau
4 hours • Admission Ticket Included
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Not recommended for child aged 14 and under
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 30 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
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The tour was very sad and moving. The hardship experienced by the imprisoned and murdered was detailed by the guide who was respectful and informative. The information given was respectful whilst explaining the experiences of people who spent time in both camps.
An amazing experience. The story is told in such a way that you can really imagine what it was like.
We ordered lunch and payed for it. But we did’nt get it. They wrote at 2.44 om to tell us that we could get our lunch at some place, but the bus wars already gone. Now they don’t want to pay us back for food they did not deliver.
Yvonne who was showing around was the sweetest lady.
Expect an expansive description of the atrocities that took place there.
Our guide was excellent and passionate about his tour.
Lots of effort put into this, and organized. Tough subject. But covered objectively, with facts. We went in 33 degree heat and the tour guide was very professional, and seemed unbothered by it.
10/10
Everybody should Go and See this place once in their Lifetime. Our Guide was great and the Tour well organized.
Basic knowledge about WW II and german concentration camps is necessary to „feel“ it in the right way.
We where collected on time from the pickup point, this was my second visit to Auschwitz and the modernisation to some of the blocks was very noticeable.
It was likely a well-organized guided tour, but late in the evening before our scheduled departure, we received a call informing us that the English-language tour had been cancelled and that German was the only available option. As a result, we spent four hours on the tour without understanding any of the information provided.
They are quick to respond to emails; however, this offers little reassurance when no alternative solutions are available.
The guide is key and our guide was fantastic. H spoke clearly and did not get overely emotional but yet his delivery was heart felt.
I booked this tour and was very worried as I had seen online multiple negative experiences with tour operators that tickets are not guaranteed etc and you may have to queue on arrival and then be turned away. This was not the case. We we collected in a small shared car on time. Our driver was very friendly and informed us of the order of events. We met an English tour guide who explained everything with interesting facts and answer any questions. It was very well organised and we were so well looked after. Tickets had already been purchased ahead of time. You must visit !!!
Informative, historical makes us realize the sufferings of the Jews hard to imagine. Our tour guide was very good and knowledgeable.
However, the bus ride experience was not comfortable at all, when the aircon of our mini bus worked only for front seaters while the rest of passengers were sweating from heat. The 3 hours drive back and forth with sweating backs made many of us sick. Our whole vacation in Krakow was partly ruined when many of us got the coughing bug . Exhausted due to coughing bouts..
The fact I messed up thinking transport was included sorted out by Micheal at 10pm the night before. Great service
Driver was superb and the guide unbelievable and such knowledge and empathy for the place
Definitely worth a visit if you are in Krakow. We went mid week so less crowds. We were picked up and dropped back to our hotel by Michael. He took care of everything we needed. We had a guided tour room and both Auschwitz and Birkenau.
A must trip to do.
I was kept informed by WhatsApp on the lead up to the trip. Unfortunately our taxi dropped us at the wrong meeting point. I called the tour operator and was told not to worry, the guied would come to us. The tour guide had lots of knowledge and was happy to answer any questions.
Very knowledgeable tour guide. We really liked her, and unlike some other tours, you get headphones and she speaks into a microphone so you could hear everything. Unfortunately, the tour company reserve the right to change the time of the tour, which they did with us. It started 2 hours later than we had originally booked for, and we had something work-related later in the day that couldn’t be rescheduled, so we had to leave the tour early, missing all of the Birkenau part.
Attention! Don't book a tour at Royal Tours. The company changes the visiting hours at short notice and after the cancellation period has expired on Viator. Unfortunately, our visit to the historical monument was cancelled as a result, because this is 1.) too short-term and the journey is not possible 2.) you search for the company on Google Maps quickly find out that there is a system behind it and 3.) none of the statements made on Viator coincide with that of the company. Simply put, it's fraud.
Wow, from start to finish. After a computer glitch let me book the tour and pay the company reached out and apologized and asked to switch the day, which unfortunately due to scheduling would not work. They figured out a way to make it work and I'm so thankful they did. Very communicative through the whole process. The tour of Auschwitz itself was extremely moving. Tour was well organized, transportation was great, group was perfect size.
So much to see. Definately will leave an impact on you. Lots Of walking involved, wear flat shoes as uneven ground.
The driver was great. Being at the camp was an experience. However, I paid $60 USD and we could not hear the tour guide. She was a little old lady who spoke very quietly. When the other people asked her to speak up she said she couldn't and could only give out a pamphlet on where to go to get more information at the end. I would not recommend you book with this company. They need headphones and a guide that can speak louder so everyone can hear. The price I paid was not worth it as I did not get here anything from the tour guide.
Excellent. Would definitely recommend. Organised and informative. Can’t stop thinking about it. Everyone should visit this place so no one ever forgets the atrocities that happened there
Great tour great service..... should be compulsory .... thank you again!! If your thinking about booking do it !!!!
Great tour, the driver is the master of time because the tour is packed. Our French-speaking guide (Majda I believe) was brilliant, she knew how to convey the history of the places and the spirit of remembrance to us with emotion and conviction. The tour is extremely rich and interesting, sometimes very emotional.
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In fact, the part organized by Viator lived up to its reputation. But the guide provided by the Auschwitz concentration camp was frankly bad. He spoke in a low voice, and when he had a microphone, he spoke away from it. In short, we didn't hear him.
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It is a very interesting tour. The information was conveyed well. And you should be good on your feet. When booking, you must make sure that all persons are named. Personalized tickets are created. We were not informed of this by Viator and it was only thanks to the commitment of the local organizer that my fellow travelers were able to get in.
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A little too much facts in numbers, a little heated with the groups going in close succession.
But the experience was absolutely overwhelming.
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Very well organized. Small group of a very reasonable size. We were able to visit in good conditions.
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Very good guide who explained everything very well. We had booked this tour because of time but day before the tour was suddenly brought forward from 10:00 to 05:45!!! Really ridiculous. Afterwards it was okay but gave a set on the tour. Furthermore good mini of with enough legroom.
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Perfect end to end.
Top organization. Another app cancelled our visit at the last moment. Luckily Viator was able to offer us a visit to the top.
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Very interesting to see. Good organization since collection at a meeting point, transportation and visit of the 2 sites.
However, the guide in French was not very loquacious: no dialogue with the public, answered no questions (he only debited his comments). Too important a group, the guide did not wait for everyone to be there to start his explanations.
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