Auschwitz Birkenau and Wieliczka Salt Mine 1-Day Trip with Hotel Transfer from Krakow
by Krakow Tours by KrakowDirect
Choose from 4 available options
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✓Confirmation before Wed, 9 Sept - card's only charged if it's a yes. If it's a no, still time to book on Viator.
Book on Viator Confirmed right away, but you pay full price.€135.80Overview
This full-day tour starts with hotel pickup or a designated meeting point in Krakow. Transportation to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum in Oswiecim takes about one hour and fifteen minutes by air-conditioned vehicle. Upon arrival, there is a short break before meeting a licensed local guide for the Auschwitz I tour. This guided visit lasts approximately two hours and includes walking through the main entrance gate with the "Arbeit macht frei" sign, viewing original wooden prisoner barracks, railroad tracks used for deportations, gas chambers, and crematoria. Headsets are provided to hear the guide clearly, and group size is limited to 30 people. After a brief rest, the tour continues with a visit to Birkenau (Auschwitz II), located about three minutes away. This part of the tour lasts between one and one and a half hours and covers the camp’s history, living conditions, selection procedures, and medical experiments. The guide concludes with the story of the camp’s liberation by Soviet troops on January 27, 1945. Following the Auschwitz visit, the group travels to the Wieliczka Salt Mine. Before entering the mine, there is about one hour for rest or refreshments. The guided tour inside the salt mine lasts around two and a half hours and descends up to 140 meters underground. Visitors walk a route over 2.5 kilometers long, passing through chambers with salt carvings, statues, saline lakes, and the underground St Kinga’s Chapel, which is 54 meters long and 12 meters high, featuring chandeliers made from salt crystals. After the salt mine tour, transportation returns participants to Krakow. The total duration of the tour is approximately ten and a half hours. The tour includes hotel transfer, air-conditioned transportation, skip-the-line entrance tickets, licensed guides at both Auschwitz and Wieliczka, headsets for clear audio, and insurance. Food and drinks are not included. Visitors must bring a passport or ID for entry to Auschwitz. The tour follows strict rules for respectful behavior at the camps and has luggage size limitations. Temperatures in the salt mine are about 15ºC (59ºF). The route involves many stairs and narrow passages, including a descent of 400 steps at the entrance and over 800 steps throughout the mine.
Highlights
What's included
What's not included
Itinerary
Krakow
The tour starts with pickup from your Krakow hotel or a designated meeting point. The drive to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum in Oswiecim takes about 1 hour and 15 minutes, covering 65 kilometers. Drivers hold necessary EU certifications and an English-speaking group leader is available to assist. On arrival, there is a short break to get coffee or view outdoor exhibits before meeting the local professional guide licensed by the museum.
75 min
Panstwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau
The Auschwitz I tour begins by walking through the original entrance gate bearing the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign. Established in 1939 as a concentration camp, this section lasts about two hours. Groups use headsets for clear audio and are limited to 30 participants. Visitors see wooden prisoner barracks, fortified walls, barbed wire fences, gas chambers, and crematoria, providing a detailed look at the camp’s function during the Holocaust.
120 min
Panstwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau
After a short 15-minute break, the tour moves to Birkenau (Auschwitz II), located three minutes away in Brzezinka village. Built in 1941 to hold up to 90,000 prisoners, Birkenau was the largest camp. The guide describes harsh living conditions, the selection process, and medical experiments by Nazi doctors such as Josef Mengele. The tour ends with the liberation story from January 27, 1945, by the Soviet 60th Army of the First Ukrainian Front.
90 min
Wieliczka
Next, participants are transferred to the Wieliczka Salt Mine, one of the world's oldest operational salt mines with over 700 years of history. Before entering the mine, there is about one hour for rest, coffee, or shopping.
120 min
Wieliczka Salt Mine
Wieliczka Salt Mine has been producing salt for over 700 years. The English guided tour begins at 4 PM or 5 PM depending on road conditions. Visitors descend up to 140 meters underground for a 2.5-hour tour along a 2.5-kilometer tourist route. The path includes chambers with salt carvings and statues.
150 min
Krakow
The tour concludes with approximately 40 minutes of travel returning to Krakow.
40 min
Meeting point
Please await for the driver on the bus stop in front of the entrance to Raddison Blu hotel.
End point
Please await for the driver on the bus stop in front of the entrance to Raddison Blu hotel.
Languages
Cancellation policy
- Cancel at least 24 hours before start for a full refund.
Additional info
Auschwitz Birkenau and Wieliczka Salt Mine 1-Day Trip with Hotel Transfer from Krakow
by Krakow Tours by KrakowDirect
Choose from 4 available options
How do you want to book?
✓Confirmation before Wed, 9 Sept - card's only charged if it's a yes. If it's a no, still time to book on Viator.
Book on Viator Confirmed right away, but you pay full price.€135.80Overview
This full-day tour starts with hotel pickup or a designated meeting point in Krakow. Transportation to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum in Oswiecim takes about one hour and fifteen minutes by air-conditioned vehicle. Upon arrival, there is a short break before meeting a licensed local guide for the Auschwitz I tour. This guided visit lasts approximately two hours and includes walking through the main entrance gate with the "Arbeit macht frei" sign, viewing original wooden prisoner barracks, railroad tracks used for deportations, gas chambers, and crematoria. Headsets are provided to hear the guide clearly, and group size is limited to 30 people. After a brief rest, the tour continues with a visit to Birkenau (Auschwitz II), located about three minutes away. This part of the tour lasts between one and one and a half hours and covers the camp’s history, living conditions, selection procedures, and medical experiments. The guide concludes with the story of the camp’s liberation by Soviet troops on January 27, 1945. Following the Auschwitz visit, the group travels to the Wieliczka Salt Mine. Before entering the mine, there is about one hour for rest or refreshments. The guided tour inside the salt mine lasts around two and a half hours and descends up to 140 meters underground. Visitors walk a route over 2.5 kilometers long, passing through chambers with salt carvings, statues, saline lakes, and the underground St Kinga’s Chapel, which is 54 meters long and 12 meters high, featuring chandeliers made from salt crystals. After the salt mine tour, transportation returns participants to Krakow. The total duration of the tour is approximately ten and a half hours. The tour includes hotel transfer, air-conditioned transportation, skip-the-line entrance tickets, licensed guides at both Auschwitz and Wieliczka, headsets for clear audio, and insurance. Food and drinks are not included. Visitors must bring a passport or ID for entry to Auschwitz. The tour follows strict rules for respectful behavior at the camps and has luggage size limitations. Temperatures in the salt mine are about 15ºC (59ºF). The route involves many stairs and narrow passages, including a descent of 400 steps at the entrance and over 800 steps throughout the mine.
Highlights
What's included
What's not included
Itinerary
Krakow
The tour starts with pickup from your Krakow hotel or a designated meeting point. The drive to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum in Oswiecim takes about 1 hour and 15 minutes, covering 65 kilometers. Drivers hold necessary EU certifications and an English-speaking group leader is available to assist. On arrival, there is a short break to get coffee or view outdoor exhibits before meeting the local professional guide licensed by the museum.
75 min
Panstwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau
The Auschwitz I tour begins by walking through the original entrance gate bearing the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign. Established in 1939 as a concentration camp, this section lasts about two hours. Groups use headsets for clear audio and are limited to 30 participants. Visitors see wooden prisoner barracks, fortified walls, barbed wire fences, gas chambers, and crematoria, providing a detailed look at the camp’s function during the Holocaust.
120 min
Panstwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau
After a short 15-minute break, the tour moves to Birkenau (Auschwitz II), located three minutes away in Brzezinka village. Built in 1941 to hold up to 90,000 prisoners, Birkenau was the largest camp. The guide describes harsh living conditions, the selection process, and medical experiments by Nazi doctors such as Josef Mengele. The tour ends with the liberation story from January 27, 1945, by the Soviet 60th Army of the First Ukrainian Front.
90 min
Wieliczka
Next, participants are transferred to the Wieliczka Salt Mine, one of the world's oldest operational salt mines with over 700 years of history. Before entering the mine, there is about one hour for rest, coffee, or shopping.
120 min
Wieliczka Salt Mine
Wieliczka Salt Mine has been producing salt for over 700 years. The English guided tour begins at 4 PM or 5 PM depending on road conditions. Visitors descend up to 140 meters underground for a 2.5-hour tour along a 2.5-kilometer tourist route. The path includes chambers with salt carvings and statues.
150 min
Krakow
The tour concludes with approximately 40 minutes of travel returning to Krakow.
40 min
Meeting point
Please await for the driver on the bus stop in front of the entrance to Raddison Blu hotel.
End point
Please await for the driver on the bus stop in front of the entrance to Raddison Blu hotel.
Languages
Cancellation policy
- Cancel at least 24 hours before start for a full refund.