Krakow Trip Overview
We offer a unique opportunity to explore in one day Wieliczka Salt Mine and Auschwitz – Birkenau. If you are visiting Krakow just for short weekend, it may be perfect option for you.
Important notice:
– maximum size of bags and backpacks allowed to bring into the Auschwitz museum is 30x20x10 cm. For safety reasons, each person entering the grounds of the Museum will be subject to security checks, including using electronic devices to detect dangerous materials and objects. Those who refuse checks will not be allowed on the grounds of the Museum
– to reach the first level of the mine (64 metres underground), you have to descent a wooden stairway which has 378 stairs. After the tour, you will be taken up to the surface with a lift.
Additional Info
Duration: 11 hours
Starts: Krakow, Poland
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Krakow, Southern Poland, Poland
We offer a unique opportunity to explore in one day Wieliczka Salt Mine and Auschwitz – Birkenau. If you are visiting Krakow just for short weekend, it may be perfect option for you.
Important notice:
– maximum size of bags and backpacks allowed to bring into the Auschwitz museum is 30x20x10 cm. For safety reasons, each person entering the grounds of the Museum will be subject to security checks, including using electronic devices to detect dangerous materials and objects. Those who refuse checks will not be allowed on the grounds of the Museum
– to reach the first level of the mine (64 metres underground), you have to descent a wooden stairway which has 378 stairs. After the tour, you will be taken up to the surface with a lift.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Pass By: Poland Active Travel Agency – Krakow sightseeing – Local Tours in Cracow, Mikołajska 5, 31-027 Kraków, Poland
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Stop At: Panstwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau, ul. Wiezniow Oswiecimia 20 Entrance to the Museum is located at Stanisławy Leszczyńskiej Str. no. 11, Oswiecim 32-603 Poland
Oświęcim is a town located some 31 miles (50 km) west of Krakow. It’s where the former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau is located, and as such has become known as a place of martyrdom, suffering and death.
You will be taken to Auschwitz I, where you will join an English tour – provided by the Museum’s guide – for about 2,5 hours. After that, we will transfer you to Auschwitz II – Birkenau, which is about 2 km away. You will spend there about 1 hour with the same guide.
Duration: 4 hours
Stop At: Wieliczka Salt Mine, Jana Mikolaja Danilowicza 10, Wieliczka 32-020 Poland
Wieliczka is one of the most beautiful places in close proximity to the city. The famous UNESCO World Heritage Site, the salt mine, is visited every year by thousands of tourists.
You will be transferred to the Salt Mine in Wieliczka, which happens to be one of the oldest working Salt Mines in the World – it has been producing table salt for over 700 years! You will be attending an English guided tour. Your guide will take you up to 140 meters underground for a 2,5-hours journey through over 2,5-kilometres long tourist route full of chambers with amazing carvings and statues, where everything is made of salt.
Duration: 3 hours
