Krakow: Auschwitz-Birkenau Guided Tour with Transportation

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Krakow: Auschwitz-Birkenau Guided Tour with Transportation

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Visit the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum, the largest of the Nazi concentration and extermination camps. Learn more about this horror from World War II with the help of your guide.

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Highlights

Skip the line entry ticket
Documentary film about Auschwitz on the way to the camp.
Professional Guide and Official Certified Guidiance Route
Modern and comfortable Mercedes Benz Vehicles
Pickup and drop off in Kraków

Description

Visit the former Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-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. Our tour begins in Cracow. You can choose to be picked up from one of the three meeting points or directly from your hotel or apartment. On the way to Auschwitz, which takes around 45 minutes, we show a short documentary about liberation of Auschwitz - Birkenau to give you some insight about the history of the camp. Upon the arrival to Auschwitz our tour leader provides you with all the essentials, rules and procedures which takes place at the Museum. After a short break the group enters to the Musuem by skip the line track and the guided tour begins. The Museum is divided into two parts: Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II - Birkenau. In the Auschwitz I camp, the Nazis established the first camp for men and women, where the first experiments with killing using Zyklon B took place. It was here that they murdered the first mass transports of Jews, conducted the first criminal experiments on prisoners, and carried out most of the executions by shooting. Additionally, the central camp prison was located here in block 11 for prisoners from all parts of the camp complex, along with the main camp commandant's office and most of the SS offices. From here, the camp authorities directed the further expansion of the camp complex. After the first part you will have an opportunity to take a short break and next our driver will take you to the second part of the Musuem In the Birkenau camp, the Nazis built most of the facilities for mass extermination, where approximately one million Jews were murdered. Birkenau was simultaneously the largest concentration camp (with nearly 300 primitive, mostly wooden barracks), housing over 100,000 prisoners in 1944, including Jews, Poles, Roma, and others. Across nearly 200 hectares, ruins of gas chambers and sites filled with human ashes, primitive prisoner barracks, and kilometers of camp fencing and roads have been preserved. When the guided tour is done, after a short break we will take you safely back to Kraków.

Includes

Pickup from your hotel or from meeting point in Krakow (depending on a selected option) Round-trip transportation by a modern vehicle 3.5-hour guided tour of Auschwitz-Birkenau (only if one of Guided options selected) Skip-the-line tickets (only if one of Guided options selected) A documentary film on the way to Auschwitz (not included in options with private transportation service) 4.5 hours of waiting time at the camps is included (only if Private Transport without Entry Tickets option selected) English-speaking tour host Insurance Wi-Fi access Professional guide (only if one of Guided options selected)

Important 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
Your pickup time might be changed and will be between 5:00 AM - 01:00 PM but we usually adjust it by only 30-60 minutes (sometimes a more significant change is necessary)
If the above change is necessary then the start time will be different than the one presented on your voucher. In such case you will be informed via email and/or What's App 12-24 hours before the amended start time
Entrance may be refused if the name provided on the booking is not identical to the name on the ID provided when entering
Luggage is not allowed at the site (except for handbags)
Handbag's dimensions are within 30cm x 20cm x 10cm
Maximum group size is 30 visitors in Auschwitz - Birkenau Museum
The pace and duration of the guided tours are determined by the memorial's visitor service and regulations. Usually 3,5 hours in total.