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From Krakow: Guided Auschwitz-Birkenau Group Tour by Minivan
133 ReviewsVisit Auschwitz-Birkenau one of the largest Nazi concentration camps during your stay in Krakow. Join a museum guide and gain a comprehensive understanding of the camp's history.
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Highlights
- Learn about the history of the genocide
- Visit the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial with a licensed guide
- Avoid the queues with a skip-the-line ticket
- See the main gate to Auschwitz
- Small group tour available
Description
Your tour begins with a pickup from your hotel in central Krakow between 7:00 and 8:40 AM (time to be confirmed). Travel 1 hour and 10 minutes to Auschwitz. Upon arrival, use your prepaid skip-the-line tickets and head straight inside. Follow your guide as they lead you through a tour of the vast complex (the whole guided tour of Auschwitz will take around 3 hours) The English guided tour is provided by the museum - the maximum size of the group is 30 people. Explore the buildings of the Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau camps, passing beneath the “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign at the main entrance. Visit the original wooden barracks, the bathhouse, and the watchtower, as well as see the crematorium, gas chamber, and the Death Wall. Learn more about the history of the camp and how it became one of the most notorious of the Nazi regime. Hear about life in WWII-era Poland, and visit the on-site museum, which displays a moving collection of photographs, documents, and personal items belonging to the prisoners. At the end of the visit, return to Krakow, where your tour ends with a drop-off at your hotel between 3:00 and 4:00 PM.Includes
Transportation Professional guide provided by the museum Admission fees to Auschwitz-Birkenau Hotel pickup and drop-offImportant Information
- As per the requirements of Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, all participants are required to provide their full name and contact details as part of the booking
- Entrance may be refused if the name provided on the booking is not identical to the name on the ID provided when entering
- Owing to the requirements, all tickets to the museum are non-refundable. Please consider your purchase carefully
- The guided tour of Auschwitz Birkenau State Museum is approximately 3.5 hours long (1.5 to 2 hours in Auschwitz and 2 hours in Birkenau) and is conducted according to Auschwitz Birkenau State Museum Rules and Regulations
- After visiting Auschwitz, there will be a quick 10-minute break for snacks and to use the facilities
- The pace and duration of the tours are determined by the memorial's visitor service. Unfortunately, GetYourGuide and your guide have no influence on the duration of the break times
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