Popular Tickets in Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau

It feels strange to leave a review for such a place. The tour started by going to the pick up location, this got a bit cramped as there are multiple tours departing at the same location at the same time, however the guide was great at guiding everyone to the right bus. Issues began when arriving at Auschwitz, the queue was horrendous due to an event taking place that morning, we ended up waiting over 2 hours in line before entering. This was absolutely no fault of the guide as they were not aware of the delays and tried to do everything they could to make the time pass. I was really disappointed inside the camp by the behaviour of other tourists, people taking selfies in prohibited areas and generally acting with a lack of respect. Please if you are thinking of visiting Auschwitz, remember to act appropriately! Sadly we only had 1.5 hours in the camp due to the wait, but the guide still got us to Birkenau even though we were behind on time! Thank you to the guide and the driver

I really enjoyed how it was set up with a self guided tour so you could take it at your own pace but you still had transportation. My only complaint is that I did not feel I had adequate time at Auschwitz2-Birkenau in particular. We had a few hours for Auschwitz 1, but only about 90 minutes for A2-B. In order to see all the buildings you had to power walk very quickly, so it felt very rushed. Other than that it was an excellent program. Only reason I would not recommend is because of the time crunch.

The trip itself to Auschwitz-Birkenau was a very worthwhile visit and I am very glad that I did it. I will never forget the sights that I saw there or the suffering that the prisoners endured. The only negative comment is that the driver had agreed to drop us at our hotel which we tipped him extra for, then dropped us at a street an hour and a half’s walk from our hotel insisting that it was the right place. It wasn’t, so we had to get another taxi home.

We had 90 minutes in Auschwitz-Birkenau and 120 minutes in Auschwitz at our disposal. I would have appreciated to have a little bit more time to see all the exhibits in Auschwitz. A 45 minute documentary of a Russian soldier/reporter at the time of the liberation of Auschwitz was shown on the bus on the way to Auschwitz, which was definitely worthwhile seeing and prepared one for the visit of these memorial sites.

My friend had been to Auschwitz before, and said we could probably get by without a guide to save a bit of money. Although I'm sure a guide would provide extra detail, due to the descriptive nature of Auschwitz I especially, it did not seem necessary. With this tour they provided a guidebook with maps which was perfectly adequate to understand the layout and organisation of the camps.