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Auschwitz-Birkenau: Self-Guided Tour with Transport from Krakow + Guidebook Loan

Explore the largest Nazi concentration camp by yourself from Krakow

  1. Duration: 8h

Registered address: Orzeszkowej 8, 32-300, Olkusz, PL
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Included

  • Entrance to Auschwitz I and II (Birkenau)
  • Official Auschwitz Museum guidebook loan
  • Pickup and drop-off from Krakow meeting point

Not included

  • Live guide in Auschwitz camps
  • Food and drinks

Itinerary

Duration: 8.0 hours
  • 08:45 - Meeting point
    Meeting point: 18a Pawia Get directions
  • 09:00 - Travel to the small town of Oświęcim
    • 90 mins
  • 10:30 - Receive guidebooks on loan
    • • Admission ticket included

    Receive guidebooks on loan in requested language at arrival and all necessary information from the English-speaking driver

  • 10:30 - Explore Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II- Birkenau
    • 120 mins
    • • Unguided
    • • Admission ticket included
  • 12:30 - Visit the barracks for prisoners, infamous gas chambers and crematoria
    • 90 mins

    See the wooden and brick barracks for prisoners, infamous gas chambers and crematoria

  • 14:00 - Travel back to Krakow to the starting point
    • 90 mins
  • 16:00 - Drop-off at the starting point
    Drop off point: 18a Pawia Get directions

For reference only. Itineraries are subject to change due to weather, traffic and other circumstances.

Go on an eight-hour tour from the center of Krakow to visit the historical site of the Nazi concentration camp complex at Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Travel by comfortable transport to the town of Auschwitz, 70km from Krakow, and receive a detailed account about the site from the English-speaking driver. Upon arrival, your driver will provide you with an official guidebook, available in 17 languages, which you can loan for the tour.

Spend almost two hours at Birkenau, visiting the former barracks, the railroad ramp, and the ruins of the gas chambers. Then, proceed with your driver to the Auschwitz Museum where you will have 2 hours to see the permanent exhibitions.

Pass through the infamous camp gates that remain standing to this day, a solemn reminder of all that occurred there.

  • Guidebook language option: English / Dutch / Italian / German / Spanish / French / Portuguese / Norwegian / Finnish / Swedish / Czech / Turkish / Greek / Hungarian / Korean / Japanese

Itinerary (Departure times may change by 2 hours but you will be informed the day before the tour):

  • Travel to the small town of Oświęcim (1.5 hours)
  • Receive the loaned guidebook in your requested language upon arrival
  • The English-speaking driver will provide you with all necessary information
  • Explore Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II- Birkenau (2 hours)
  • See the prisoners' barracks, gas chambers, and crematoria (1.5 Hours)

  • Return to the pickup location in Krakow (1.5 hours)

  • Due to entrance procedures onsite, waiting times can be up to 30-45 minutes, in some cases this affects the time at the location
  • Cancellation is possible until 24 hours before your visit date.
  • Rescheduling is possible until 24 hours before your visit date.

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