Auschwitz Birkenau Tour From Krakow

Basic information: Leave Krakow for a few hours and visit one of the most historically significant places in Europe – UNESCO listed Auschwitz Museum and Birkenau Camp in Oświęcim. It’s a memorial devoted to over 1.5 million victims murdered by the Nazis during WWII and a symbol of Holocaust – one of the greatest crimes against humanity in the world’s history. Birkenau is located in Oświęcim and today it serves as Auschwitz-Birkenau National Museum covering 191 ha: 20 ha in Auschwitz I and 171 ha in Auschwitz II.

Pick up: The tour starts every day from Krakow city center at a chosen place, all the available pick up places will be shown while booking the tour. English-speaking driver and/or tour leader will take you directly to the Auschwitz I museum, where one of the local tour guides speaking chosen languages will take over. This tour with the guide, covering two concentration camps will take about 3.5 h.

Starting hours: Depends on the day, available times can be checked while booking the tour.

Tour type The tour is available as a regular tour and “small group”, where the visiting is in groups of 20 people, instead of usual 20. It allows to have less crowded group and be always close to the guide. Both options have the same program.