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From Krakow: Auschwitz-Birkenau and Wieliczka Salt Mine Tour

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    From Krakow: Auschwitz-Birkenau and Wieliczka Salt Mine Tour

    4.8

    46 reviews

    From US$ 101.28 per person

    Learn more about the horrors that took place at the Auschwitz concentration camp and visit an underground city at the Wieliczka Salt Mine.

    About this activity

    Free cancellation
    Cancel up to 24 hours in advance to receive a full refund
    Covid-19 precautions
    Special health and safety measures apply. Learn more
    Mobile ticketing
    Use your phone or print your voucher
    Duration 12 hours
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    Skip the ticket line
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    Live tour guide
    English
    Pickup included
    Your accommodation in Kraków. From April 1, 2020, pickup for the trip will take place between 6:30 AM–1:30 PM. This is due to new regulations in the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum. The local partner will inform you at least 6 days prior to the tour about the exact pickup time (between 6:30 AM–1:30 PM).
    Private or small groups available

    Experience

    Highlights
    • Learn about the history and horrors of the infamous Nazi concentration camp
    • Stroll through gas chambers and prisoner barracks
    • Visit one of the most important monuments of Polish heritage, Wieliczka salt mines
    • Marvel at the 20 chambers of a historic underground city
    Full description
    After getting picked up at your hotel in Krakow, head to the notorious Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Here, explore the grounds in the company of a licensed tour guide. Skip the lines at Auschwitz I and enter directly into the camp where you will experience the living conditions of the prisoners and feel the enormity of the atrocities perpetrated upon them. Afterwards, head to Auschwitz-Birkenau II. Embark on a guided tour of the site and visit gas chambers, barracks and the railway platform where prisoners were unloaded. Later, drive to Wieliczka and break for lunch before beginning your tour of the salt mines. Enjoy a guided tour of the historic underground chambers of this UNESCO World Heritage Site. Walk along the 3-kilometer tourist route located 135 meters underground. Experience the health benefits of its special climate and its micro-element filled air. See the chapels made of salt constructed by the miners, as well as the spectacular salt chandeliers before returning to Krakow in the evening. Please note that from April 1, 2020, pickup for the trip will take place between 6:30 AM–1:30 PM. This is due to new regulations in the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum. The local partner will inform you at least 6 days prior to the tour about the exact pickup time (between 6:30 AM–1:30 PM).
    Includes
    • Hotel pickup and drop-off
    • Transportation by air-conditioned car to/from Krakow
    • Entrance tickets to the Auschwitz Museum and Birkenau Camp
    • Entrance tickets to the Wieliczka Salt Mine Museum
    • Licensed English-speaking guide and driver
    • Food and drinks
    Not suitable for
    • People with mobility impairments
    • Wheelchair users
    Covid-19 precautions
    Safety measures in place
    • All areas that customers touch are frequently cleaned
    • The number of visitors is limited to reduce crowds
    Traveler requirements
    • You are required to bring and wear a mask

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    What to bring

    • Passport or ID card
    • Comfortable shoes

    Not allowed

    • Pets
    • Luggage or large bags

    Know before you go

    • As per the requirements of Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, all participants are required to provide their full name and contact details as part of the booking
    • Entrance may be refused if the name provided on the booking is not identical to the name on the ID provided when entering
    • Owing to the requirements, all tickets to the museum are non-refundable. Please consider your purchase carefully
    • Baby prams are not permitted inside the museum
    • Bags larger than 30x20x10cm are not permitted inside the museum
    • Please note that from April 1, 2020, pickup for the trip will take place between 6:30 AM–1:30 PM. This is due to new regulations in the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum. The local partner will inform you at least 6 days prior to the tour about the exact pickup time (between 6:30 AM–1:30 PM)
    • The pace and duration of the tours are determined by the memorial's visitor service. Unfortunately, GetYourGuide and your guide have no influence on the duration of the break times
    Customer reviews

    Overall rating

    4.8 /5

    based on 46 reviews

    Review summary

    • Guide
      4.5/5
    • Transportation
      4.6/5
    • Value for money
      4.6/5

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    This tour was so hassle free. We got picked up at our hotel and brought straight to the Salt Mines where our guide gave us our tickets and we joined an English speaking tour line. The guide was very knowledgeable and the tour was interesting. Then our guide met us back at the car and drove us to Auschwitz where we had a guided tour with an excellent tour guide called Agnes. Its a very sobering experience. Overall we had a very positive experience on this tour.

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    March 8, 2020

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    Emma – Ireland Verified GetYourGuide customer

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    Would definitely recommend this trip, you get picked up and dropped off at your hotel, the van was spotless and very comfortable and the driver was very friendly. There is no waiting about to be picked up after the tour the driver is always waiting for you before you are finished. The sites themselves are definelty worth visiting.

    January 13, 2020

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    Anonymous – United Kingdom Verified GetYourGuide customer

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    Bart our driver was at the top and pleasant waits for us in front of the hotel door, drives us, takes us to the access of Auschwitz with skip-the-line tickets join a group and our guide, waits for us to take us to Birkenau and then drives us to the mines where he leaves us free time by advising us on restaurants while he gets the tickets for the mine And takes us in the line for the visit of the mine and brings us back to Krakow in front of our respective hotels! Info given beforehand I registered late but To very responsive who warned me of the pickup time. Our guide in Auschwitz very well, the mines also but hearing reception worse. So it is certainly more expensive than going there by yourself but 1 / qd there are no more tickets available at Auschwitz, this is THE solution 2 / possibilities to do more in less time 3 / vans of 8 people 4 / "private" excursion 5 / total comfort Perfect!

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    January 8, 2020

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    Sandrine – France Verified GetYourGuide customer

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