Krakow Trip Overview
Visit the infamous museum and memorial site of Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, a city whose name is a burning symbol of the unimaginable wartime tragedy, suffering, and deaths that affected millions of innocent souls. Some 1.1 million people of 28 nationalities are estimated to have died there. Private transfer to Auschwitz-Birkenau for your group of either 2-8 travelers. Choice of various languages for your guide.
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Duration: 8 hours
Starts: Krakow, Poland
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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Visit the infamous museum and memorial site of Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, a city whose name is a burning symbol of the unimaginable wartime tragedy, suffering, and deaths that affected millions of innocent souls. Some 1.1 million people of 28 nationalities are estimated to have died there. Private transfer to Auschwitz-Birkenau for your group of either 2-8 travelers. Choice of various languages for your guide.
Itinerary
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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
Your tour to Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum will begin in the city center or in your hotel in Krakow. The museum is located about 65 kilometers west of Krakow.
After a 1.5-hour drive you will arrive and begin your 3-hour tour of the museum. Visit Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau, where you’ll find crematoriums and gas chambers, as well as loading/unloading ramps and wooden and brick barracks, the former of which is entered through the iconic gate inscribed with Arbeit Macht Frei (Work Sets You Free). Visitors can see some surviving barracks and the ruins of gas chambers and crematoriums.
At the end of the route is where you’ll encounter the Monument to International Victims of Fascism.
Private transfer to Auschwitz-Birkenau, but the tour in the museum is shared with other people in a group of up to 30.
We have English speaking drivers, but guides supervising tours in Auschwitz- Birkenau speak various languages. Time of pick up from hotel or apartment depends which language you choose.
Duration: 3 hours
