Auschwitz-Birkenau Guided Tour from Krakow opt. with Hotel Pickup
Description
Visit the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum on a guided tour from Krakow with convenient hotel pickup. Travel in a small, comfortable vehicle and explore the site with a licensed professional guide. All transportation, entrance tickets, and assistance are included for a smooth, respectful visit. Come with us on an extremely interesting journey and learn about the sad pages of the history of the former Auschwitz and Birkenau camps. A trip with us will bring you closer to the history of the Second World War as well as make you aware of the pain and suffering of people who ended their life journey there. The Auschwitz I Museum has been inscribed on the UNESCO list and is the main tourist attraction for tourists visiting Poland. The trip with us takes about 7 hours from the moment of pickup from the hotel to the return to it.
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Itinerary
The entire trip, including pick-ups from the hotel, takes approximately 7 hours. The journey from Krakow to the Auschwitz Museum takes about 1.5 hours. We always take a 20-30 minute break for our guests before starting to visit the museum. Visiting the Auschwitz I museum takes about 1.5 hours. Then drive to the Auschwitz II Birkenau museum about 5-10 minutes. Visiting the Auschwitz II Birkenau museum takes about 1 hour. Visit UNESCO World Heritage Site, a former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, where more than a million Jews and other prisoners were oppressed or killed during World War II. The flower strewn Death Wall, national memorials, gas chambers and crematoriums, preserved ruins, the remains of hundreds of barracks, watchtowers, the railway line and ramp - all this forms a moving testimony to the number of those who lost their lives. The tour is led by a sensitive, licensed and local guide which helps to understand the cruel things that happened there.
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Pickup Locations & Times
Please wait at the address for the pickup point steering wheel
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Can pets enter the camp site? No
- Can a person in a wheelchair participate? Yes , we must be informed immediately. A place will be prepared in the trunk for this person's wheelchair.
- 1. In accordance with the requirements of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, all participants must provide their full name and contact information as part of the booking process.
- 2. The created offer gives a 100% guarantee of visiting the museum on the day specified by the client. If it is not possible to book a guide online, the tour operator registers participants manually at the ticket offices. sometimes the wait for the start of the tour can be up to 3 hours - these are sporadic situations throughout the year
- 3. The pick-up time is subject to change (possible start of the tour between 5:00am and 13:30pm Clock), so please take this into account in your planning. You choose a desired date, which is not guaranteed. The exact start time will be communicated the day before the tour by email from the activity provider
- 4. Admission may be denied if the name given on the booking does not match the name on the ID card
Reviews(163)
The tour was outstanding. Our guide was incredibly knowledgeable, professional, and genuinely passionate about his work. As a Polish guide, he shared the history with great care and respect, helping us connect with the experience on a deeper level. A special thank you also to our driver, who was exceptionally kind and patient throughout the day. He made the journey comfortable and stress-free, and his positive attitude was greatly appreciated. Overall, it was a moving, well-organized, and memorable experience. Highly recommended.
Pick up at the hotel was prompt. The van was a bit small for the number of passengers but every one was polite and courteous. We did get a stop at a gas station where we could get a drink or snack. You might want to ask driver ahead of time. That would have been nice to know. The tour by the museum guide was fantastic. We could hear very well on headphones and he walked at a comfortable pace. Would highly recommend tour. However taking larger bus at cheaper price would have probably been fine.
Great experience at Auchwitz, the tour guide was very knowledgeable although in some parts we felt a bit rushed around, but I understand there are lots of tours there. We did get our time slot changed last minute from 10am to 5:50am! However this was not fault of the tour operator it was the museum who changed the time. The tour operater was very informative and updated me with everything I needed the day before and driver Tomas very friendly too.
Great and humbling experience; I came to Auschwitz to understand what happened all those years. I came away with learnings of the horror but not understanding the failure of appalling leadership
Great experience. Only thing I will say is the pick up company changed the times to an unreasonable time at short notice and they also said that no cafes are open so they encouraged us to buy a packed lunch off them as there will be nowhere to eat but this was a lie because they stop in a cafe on the way and there are cafes and other places to eat through out the day.
The tour was fine and the guide was good. Only downside is that we were told the day before that the departure time had changed from 10.10 am to 5.50 am.
We went to Zakopane and the Poronin Skywalk on Sat 27th Dec. This is the 2nd time we have used Krakowtogether (last year for Auschwitz) and ended up with the same driver, Arek, both times! A brilliant company to use. Great communication, you know exactly where, when and what car you are being picked up in. Then throughout the day communication by WhatsApp ensure you know exactly where to be and when. And if plans need to change (traffic was a nightmare so timings had to move a little) then it is all dealt with in a timely manner. We also enjoyed the option of doing the Skywalk instead of the Thermal baths. Would definitely do the same again. All in all a fab day with a great company. Thanks to Arek (and Matteus who was training I believe!) Don't hesitate to book with them!
We booked our Auschwitz tour with Kraków Together and had a very smooth experience. They picked us up directly from our Airbnb, with a scheduled pickup at 5:55am to arrive for the 7:50am tour, which worked perfectly. Everything was well organised and stress free. The only queue we had to wait in was the security queue, as they had already acquired our tickets for us. Having seen some other reviews beforehand, we were a little unsure, but we personally had absolutely no issues with this company. The pickup was punctual, the timing was spot on, and the whole process ran as expected. We would highly recommend Kraków Together.
Picked up bang on time by our lovely driver Arek, he looked after us making sure we were set up with our tickets and met our guide. He gave us information on breaks and pick up spot. The day went very smoothly and he got us back to hotel effortlessly.
Brilliant company. Heard many stories of people been cancelled on and started to worry about the trip some people were picked up at 02.30 am and still didnt manage to get into Auschwitz birkenau. I sent a whats app to these guys and they replied reassuring me they had my tickets 😀. We recieved a message the day before the trip with a confirmation of what time we would be picked up which was earlier than originally planned. We realised this was down to the sheer volume of people visiting Auschwitz and our time slot had been moved to an earlier time to guarantee our admission which we didnt mind the main thing was we were going. We recieved a message off our driver Arek on the morning introducing himself and he picked us up on the time agreed the day before. Arek was a great guy who spoke really good English and made our trip enjoyable. He was enthusiastic and always happy to answer any questions any of our group had. We got to auschwitz and seen the huge queues of people waiting. We went straight to the front and were handed our tickets by Arek. Within 15 - 20 minutes we were in Auschwitz with our tour guide. Once we had finished the Auschwitz tour we had a 15 minute break to go to the toilet and grab a coffee. Arek was outside waiting for us to then take us to birkenau. Once again straight into Birkenau with our guide from Auschwitz ready and waiting. Once we had been around Birkenau we recieved a message off Arek telling us he was ready and waiting for us to be taken back to Krakow. Arek gave the group some great recommendations on where to go for traditional polish food and where to visit in Krakow. Krakow together were brilliant from the girls in the office ready to answer any questions and keeping us upto date with what was happening to the driver Arek providing us with a informative journey to and from Auschwitz birkenau. We used this company for our saltmine trip and city tour which was also a great experince with both drivers being informative and made the trips enjoyable. Thank you for making our trip to Krakow an enjoyable one i will be recommending you to all my friends and family that are planning to visit Krakow.
