Day Trip: Auschwitz-Birkenau and Wieliczka Salt Mine from Krakow
Description
100% guaranteed entry tickets booked in advance! We do not cancel the tours, and secure tickets and guides in advance. Not enough time to visit all of Krakow’s must-see places? On this tour, you'll visit two of Poland's most important UNESCO World Heritage sites, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Wieliczka Salt Mine, in one day. Your day will start early, but this way you will manage to visit Auschwitz-Birkenau, the former Nazi concentration camp, explore the Mine, and be back in Krakow by dinner time.
Tour Options
Itinerary
The pickups are provided between 5:300 and 7:30, depending on the entry time, your accommodation, and our schedules. The pickup time is always confirmed by text and email the day before the tour. The tour is operated in a group of a maximum of 30 people. During the trip, you will watch a documentary movie about the history of the Nazi concentration camps.
Guaranteed entrance tickets! We do not cancel the tours. Firstly, You will be taken to Auschwitz I, where you will join an English tour – provided by the museum’s guide – for about 2 hours. After that, we will transfer you to Auschwitz II-Birkenau, about 2 km away. You will spend there about one hour with the same guide. After Camp Auschwitz II-Birkenau, you will have time to eat our freshly prepared lunchboxes (which include chicken pasta salad, sandwich, sweet bar, fruit, and water). We also provide vegetarian, vegan, gluten, and dairy-free options. Please add a remark in your booking if you have any special requirements. Please note that the tickets are titular. Make sure the information in the booking is correct. Change of this data is possible for an additional fee paid to the supplier.
In a second part of the day, you will be transferred to Wieliczka Salt Mine, which happens to be one of the oldest working salt mines in the World: it has been producing salt for over 700 years. You will be attending an English guided tour at 4pm or 5pm (depending on road conditions). Your guide will take you up to 140 meters underground for a 2.5-hours journey through over 2.5-km tourist route full of chambers with amazing salt carvings and statues.
After the tour, you will be dropped off at your accommodation or in the Krakow city center. If your hotel is located within the Old Town or Jewish Quarter, we will drop you off at the closest meeting point.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
The pickups are provided between 5:30 and 7:30, depending on your accommodation and our schedules. The pickup time is always confirmed by text and email the day before the tour. If your hotel is not listed, please add a remark, and we will pick you up from any accommodation (also Airbnb) located within Krakow City limits. You can also choose one of our pickup points. Failing to provide the pickup location 24 hours prior to the service will result in assigning the meeting point, which might not be close to the customer's accommodation. Please note that if your hotel is located in the city center or Jewish Quarter, the pickup will be directly from the accommodation, but after the tour, you might be dropped off at the closest dropoff point. If your accommodation is located outside Krakow city limits, it is possible to be picked up at an additional charge. For example pickup from Krakow airport is 33€. The price always depends on the distance from Krakow and a number of people.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- The entry tickets are booked in advance. The entry to Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum is guaranteed. We do not cancel the bookings!
- Please note that the maximum size of bags and backpacks allowed to carry on the Museum grounds is 30 x 20 x 10 cm. You can always leave your belongings inside the bus which will be parked nearby.
- Please note that this tour is not available on: 25th of December, 1st of January, Easter Sunday and March of the Living Day.
- Please note that to reach the first level of the mine (64 meters underground), You have to descent a wooden stairway which has 378 stairs. There are around 800 steps on the whole route in the Salt mine. After the tour, You will be taken up to the surface with a lift.
- Temperature in the Salt Mine is approximately 14 degrees C (57 degrees F), please wear warm clothes and comfortable shoes.
- Student and child tickets available.
- Please note that admission tickets to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum are personalized. Each participant is required to provide their full name as it appears on their official ID during the booking process. Any errors in names or failure to provide this information at least 24 hours before the tour may result in denied entry to the museum.
- If you are travelling with other passengers but have made separate bookings, please inform us in your booking and provide the full name of the lead passenger so we can try to assign you to the same group. Please note that we cannot guarantee that passengers with separate bookings will travel together.
- The Museum is not recommended for visitors under the age of 14. The final decision depends on parents or legal guardians.
- Not recommended for travelers on wheelchairs
- Not recommended for travelers who cannot walk long distances
Reviews(4,398)
The tour itself was enjoyable, and the places we visited were beautiful. Unfortunately, the experience was overshadowed by what happened at the end. During the return trip, my wife suddenly felt unwell and accidentally soiled a small part of the bus seat. We immediately apologized and offered to help in any reasonable way. However, instead of handling the situation professionally, the bus driver demanded that we pay €120 on the spot for cleaning the seat. We felt pressured and uncomfortable, especially as tourists in a foreign country. While we fully understand that cleaning may involve a cost, the amount demanded seemed excessive, and the way it was handled was disappointing. I hope Viator reviews this incident carefully, as customer service and fair treatment are just as important as the quality of the tour itself.
The bus picked us up from our hotel exactly at the confirmed time. The day started with a visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp. We had a wonderful guide and it was a very humble experience. In more positive spirit, Wieliczka Salt Mine was one of the most unique placed I've ever visited. It was a long day but both places - albeit very different - were worth visiting.
You just cannot miss it. This is the absolute journey in order to value what we have today and remember all the sacrifices that were done. History will remember
Very seamless day tour. Tomasz was great guide. Kept us informed and the visit to both sites was easy to do. Would definitely recommend
Both auschwitz and the salt mine are sites worth visiting, and although a long day the logistics and timing were very good. Unfortunately, given the duration of travel, we found the 22 seat mini bus much too small for the 21 passengers.
Absolutely brilliant would recommend guide was amazing and explained everything be prepared ro get a little emotional but 100% worth a visit
I spent one full day and it was incredible.
This was a humbling, sad, but informative tour. My father has a hard time getting around and the tour guides were patient and went above and beyond to ensure my father was comfortable. It is a tour that I will never forget, such a memorable experience on so many levels.
Everything was great, from the pickup the hotel and the actual touring. It all worked perfectly. The only thing I would suggest would be a better lunch. We paid for the included lunch, and it was not good. I would have rather not paid and bought my own. But I wasn't sure if we would be someplace where we could buy one. I would specify that there are places to buy your own. Otherwise, everything was perfect and I would highly recommend the tour.
While very sobering, this was an excellent tour experience. Our guides at all of the locations were very informative and kept the pace comfortable for the entire group
