Auschwitz Birkenau Private Day Trip

Learn about the dark past of World War 2 with this private day trip to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp from Krakow.

Description

When making your booking, you can choose from two private day trips from Krakow:

Auschwitz Birkenau Day Trip

We'll pick you up from your hotel in Krakow and travel to Auschwitz-Birkenau, arriving in just over 1 hour. This site has been a World Heritage Site since 1979. The tour will start in the prison blocks, featuring exhibitions on the treatment of prisoners. You will then visit the gas chambers and cremation area, learning about the extent of the regime's cruelty. The tour includes seeing the train tracks used to transport thousands, leading to selections for extermination or experimentation. The site also has barracks, latrines, and remains of crematoriums.

At the end of the visit, you'll have 45 minutes for lunch before we return to Krakow, arriving back at your hotel after six and a half hours.

Auschwitz Birkenau, Krakow Ghetto and Schindler's Factory

This option also begins with a hotel pickup. After visiting the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp and its tragic history, we will stop at the Judenrampe. At around 1:30 pm, we'll return to Krakow for lunch at a traditional Polish restaurant. After lunch, around 2:45 pm, you'll enjoy a private tour in English of the Krakow Ghetto, then visit Oskar Schindler's Factory. Finally, we will take you back to your hotel in Krakow.

Full Auschwitz-Birkenau Trip

This option includes a hotel pickup in Kraków, with an English-speaking guide. The first stop will be at Auschwitz I, accompanied by a Polish-speaking guide and an English-speaking interpreter, followed by a guided tour of Auschwitz II-Birkenau. We will also visit the Judenrampe of Auschwitz II-Birkenau and the town of Oswiecim. The tour concludes at the Auschwitz III-Monowitz memorial, returning you to your hotel in Krakow after a duration of 7 hours and 40 minutes.