Auschwitz-Birkenau and Salt Mine in One Day from Krakow


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Departs: Krakow, Krakow

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

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Overview

The site of Auschwitz-Birkenau has witnessed the pain and suffering of more than a million people who lived and died in the confined premises of this site, death was the only way out.

The second leg of the tour takes you to the Wieliczka Salt Mine, one of the most popular historic monuments in Poland. With excavations dating back as early as the 13th century, the site produced table salt until 2007.


What's Included

Air-conditioned vehicle

All Fees and Taxes

Hotel pick-up

What's Not Included

Food and drinks

Lunch box (extra paid 30zł or 7€)


Traveler Information

  • INFANT: Age: 0 - 2
  • CHILD: Age: 3 - 11
  • YOUTH: Age: 12 - 24
  • ADULT: Age: 25 - 99

Additional Info

  • Before start we measure the temperature of every participant
  • Face masks required for travellers in public areas
  • Guides required to regularly wash hands
  • Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
  • Regarding Terms of Use at the Auschwitz & Birkenau Museum, it is mandatory to provide full names of all participants of the tour.
  • Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • This tour starts between 7:00 am - 10:00 am, about the exact time you will be informed by supplier
  • Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
  • We may refuse to attend on the tour for customers having temperature over 37.5°C (99.5°F)
  • Before start we measure the temperature of every participant
  • Face masks required for travellers in public areas
  • Guides required to regularly wash hands
  • Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
  • Regarding Terms of Use at the Auschwitz & Birkenau Museum, it is mandatory to provide full names of all participants of the tour.
  • Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • This tour starts between 7:00 am - 10:00 am, about the exact time you will be informed by supplier
  • Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
  • We may refuse to attend on the tour for customers having temperature over 37.5°C (99.5°F)

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Experience may be cancelled due to Insufficient travelers

What To Expect

Panstwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau
• Start your tour by visiting the museum at Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial
• Visit the three concentration camps housed in the complex with a guide
• Guided tour of the Wieliczka salt mines
• Return to Krakow on the same day
Spread over 191 hectares of land, the museum is symbolic of the atrocities suffered by the victims living in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps. With ruins of gas chambers and the crematoria being a part of the museum grounds, your visit can help you imagine the carnage that took place on the same grounds less than a century ago.

The rest of the complex offers equally poignant experiences and deep insight into the unfathomable pain and horrors of the 1.2 million people who led their fateful lives in these concentration camps.
During the course of this guided tour, an experienced English-speaking guide will accompany you through the complex sharing important information about various parts of the camps and helping you better understand the significance of these camp relics.

3 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Wieliczka Salt Mine
Located not very far from the Krakow, the Wieliczka Salt Mines were excavated since the 13th century for its rock salt and had been used by the Nazis as an armament factory. The tour covers a 3km stretch of the mines where you will come across chapels, shafts, lakes, sculptures carved in rock salt and mining technology used centuries ago.
The salt mines require visitors to take a staircase consisting of 700 steps which takes you down to the level of mines. An elevator ride will bring you back to the ground level once the tour ends.

Tour duration – 10 - 12 hours
• Auschwitz I – 2 hours
• Auschwitz II – Birkenau – 1 hour
• Salt mines – 3 hours

All above times are approximate, time may vary slightly.

3 hours • Admission Ticket Included






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