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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

Visit the former Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz and Birkenau on this 7-hour trip from Krakow. By June 1940, Jews and over 700 political criminals had been sent to Auschwitz and the atrocities had begun.

Birkenau was built by Auschwitz prisoners and by October 1941 was used as an extermination camp. Between 1 and 1.5 million were killed, and approximately 90 percent of those killed were Jews.

Before Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated in January 1945, the SS attempted to blow up the camp and destroy the documentation. They were only partially successful, and the Polish government decided to restore the site as a memorial to the victims.

Auschwitz Camp - exhibition in buldings

Crematory

Death wall

Birkenau Camp (Auschwitz II) - exhibition outside

Former barracks where prisoners lived

Death Gate

Duration: 3 hours 30 minutes

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Included

Hotel pickup and drop-off - if option with hotel pick up selected
Transport by air-conditioned minivan, with Wi-Fi
All taxes, fees and handling charges, fuel surcharge
Professional guide
Headsets to hear the guide clearly
Insurance
Documentary movie "Liberation of Auschwitz"
Guaranteed skip-the-line entrance tickets
Entry/Admission - Panstwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau
Guaranteed to skip the lines

Not included

Food and drinks
Gratuity for driver
Hotel pickup and drop-off - if option with meeting point selected

Additional

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Wheelchair accessible
A visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau can prove traumatic, therefore we recommend that visitors were at least 13 years old.
While in the camps, visitors are required to behave appropriately and respectfully.
Visitors are generally allowed to take pictures with a few, clearly indicated exceptions.
The maximum size of your carry-on can not exceed the following dimensions: 30 x 20 x 10 cm. You can leave your larger luggage in the car.
Please note that in the camps there are mostly dirt tracks, which may cause minor difficulties for wheelchair-users.
Some spaces are not accessible by wider wheelchairs or strollers. For the comfort of visitors with mobility problems, the museum provides substitute wheelchairs of size allowing to move around the grounds and buildings. Our driver will help you arrange the substitute wheelchair.
Stroller accessible
Infant seats available
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 30 travelers

Features

Tourism

95%

Cultural

80%

Reviews

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jonathan s

5 | 2019-09-27

Time of pickup was altered from 8.45 to 10.15 which I thought was better as less rushed in morning Let us know day before. Pick up arrived on time Driver was good informative etc and the mini bus was comfortable etc eventho full. Provided video re camps which was useful. We had a guide that took us round both camps. Cannot remember Polish name but he said could call him Michael (I think) He was brilliant. When speaking to him realised that his family had suffered from the German occupation. His grandfather had been shot and family lost property. He therefore spoke with passion trying to convey the scale of what had taken place and it was all very moving and frankly upsetting.Over all a well run well delivered trip and a special thank you to Michael

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Lee J

5 | 2018-11-19

The trip was well organised and would recommend but at the same time a little sad looking around and that so many lost their lives

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Donald R

4 | 2018-03-18

A very moving experience not too be missed. The tour went very smoothly from pick up to drop off. The tour guide was amazing very knowledgeable. The only negative point was, as there is so much walking we would have liked a bit longer break between the two camps to have a coffee and rest. Other than that I would recommend this tour company.

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bmtekwif99

5 | 2017-11-28

This was an amazing tour.

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Thomas E

1 | 2017-09-18

Tour guide was awful and ruined the experience. I am very disappointed as this was a trip of a lifetime and I felt it fell far short of my expectations.

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Apoorv

4 | 2017-09-06

Really good. Sometimes the tour group was large enough that if you were at the back, couldn't hear the tour guide properly. Felt a little rushed at times as well just how the tours are guided - would have liked the chance to read all the exhibits we didn't get to see. Besides all that, well worth the trip. Would recommend.

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