Tour to Auschwitz Birkenau and Wieliczka Salt Mine with Private Transportation

12 Hours
Pick-up time - 6 AM
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Hotel Pick-Up within Krakow Area
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What's included in the price?

  • Easy booking and instant confirmation
  • Return Transport from Krakow by comfortable air-conditioned sedan / van
  • Private car only for your group (up to 7 people)
  • Professional Auschwitz Birkenau and Salt Mine tour guide in both locations
  • Hotel Pick-Up and Drop-Off within Krakow City
  • All Entrance fees included
  • Lunchbox for each passenger
  • 1-Hour break between the locations in Wieliczka town (perfect for having a tasty polish lunch)

The Tour Itinerary

Pickup from any hotel in Krakow
While booking this tour you will get the advantage to be picked up from your hotel by a private driver. Please be at the chosen pick-up point 10 minutes before the departure time.
Transfer to Auschwitz by an air-conditioned car (~1,5 h)
Travel with your private English-speaking driver to Oświęcim which is located ~70km from Kraków. After approximately 1.5 hours, you will reach the Museum, where our guide will be waiting for you. Bear in mind that this is the shared tour (group of up to 30 people)
Auschwitz I Tour (~2 h)
The official Auschwitz tour guide will share the heartbreaking story in the English language. Auschwitz I was a concentration camp, used by the Nazis to punish and exterminate political and other opponents of their regime.
Transfer to Auschwitz II Birkenau (10 min)
After visiting Auschwitz camp you will get a lunchbox (sandwich, cake, fruit, water) and proceed to Birkenau camp, with the same car that you arrived with.
Auschwitz II Birkenau Tour (~1,5 h)
Continuation of your tour in Birkenau camp. Birkenau is where the greatest murder the world has ever seen took place. Over a million people died here.
Transfer to Wieliczka Town from Auschwitz (~2 h)
It's time to go further so there will be a 1,5-hour transfer to Wieliczka, where you will see the legendary salt mine
Lunch Break in Wieliczka Town (~1 h)
After arrival to the town, you'll be given a 1-hour break for a good polish lunch before proceeding to the Salt Mine. Your driver will recommend you best places around!
Visiting Wieliczka Salt Mine (~2,5 h)
With a licensed guide you'll go underground to visit famous Salt Mine. The tour will take approximately 2 hours.
Back to Krakow (~1 h)
You can be dropped off in the place of the pickup or next to the Main Market Square. Enjoy Krakow City!

About the Tour

Get the most of your stay in Krakow and choose an exceptional one-day package to must-see UNESCO listed sites: Auschwitz Birkenau Museum Memorial and Wieliczka Salt Mine. As first, we will take you to the Auschwitz-Birkenau - one of the concentration camps in the world. During the 3-hour guided tour you will visit both parts of the Museum: Auschwitz I, the administrative centre of Auschwitz death camp and Auschwitz II, designed and constructed as an extermination facility you will experience. This tour will let you see how Auschwitz remains as a living monument to death.

After the Auschwitz-Birkenau Guided Tour, there will be an 1 hour break in Wieliczka town. Your next destination will be one of the most amazing underground cities in the world - Wieliczka Salt Mine. During the 3-hour guided tour you will be led through a number of chambers, shown underground lakes, shrines and salt formations including the stunning Chapel of St. Kinga what will let you feast your eyes of the original beauty of this place. After both tours, you will be dropped off to your hotel or to the main meeting point.

Additional information

  • It is obligatory to take ID or Passport with you. Documents will be checked at the entrance
  • The allowed dimensions of a bag you can take with you for the exhibition are 30x20x10 (A4 size).If your bag is bigger you will be asked to leave your bigger belongings in a car (don’t worry, they will be locked and supervised by our driver)
  • Please make sure to show up on time. Being late might prevent you from taking part in the tour.

Terms & Conditions

  • Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of the tour
  • Please be at the designated pick-up point minimum 10 minutes before the departure time
  • Minor delays (circa 20 minutes) are possible due to traffic conditions           

Faq

How long the whole tour lasts?

The whole tour will last around 12 hours:

  • Transfer to Auschwitz 1,5 h
  • Visiting Auschwitz-Birkenau - 3,5h
  • Transfer to Wieliczka - 2 h
  • Lunch break - 1 h
  • Visiting Wieliczka - 2,5 h
  • Drop Off - 1 h
I am using a wheelchair, can I participate in Auschwitz Tour?

Yes, you can visit Auschwitz with an assisting person. Bearing in mind that the wheelchair should be capable of folding so it would fit into a vehicle (please contact us beforehand if you have any difficulties with moving). However, some sites in Auschwitz are available only through steps so you may not be able to see some of them. Sightseeing in a wheelchair is difficult due to the historical aspect of the buildings (no driveways, large steps, and stairs, pebbly ground).

What luggage size can I take to Auschwitz?

The dimensions are 30x20x10 cm and you will not be able to enter with any luggage that exceeds those. These are strictly followed and controlled. You can leave your bigger luggage in our minibus, it will be locked and supervised by the driver.

I am interested in WWII history - what others tours can I take to enlarge my knowledge about this subject?

The History of World War II in Krakow is such an interesting and tragic subject, no wonder why you want to learn more about it. We highly recommend taking Schindler's Museum Guided Tour - it will not only teach you about the story of Oscar Schindler but also the conditions of living in Krakow through the wartime. 

Another place where you can learn more about War and particularly Krakow Ghetto is the Eagle Pharmacy. You will discover the story of Tadeusz Pankiewicz, a pharmacist that volunteered to be locked inside Krakow Ghetto in order to help Jewish people survive in the ghetto. The Eagle Pharmacy is included in a list of museums allowed to visit for free with our Krakow City Pass.