Take a budget day tour to Auschwitz-Birkenau via Krakow and visit the infamous German Nazi camp!

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About

Auschwitz has become a primary symbol of the Holocaust. It was a network of concentration and extermination camps built and operated by the Third Reich in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany during World War II. It is a proof of cruel terror and unimaginable genocide

Original fences, wooden watchtowers and railway ramps have been preserved. The museum exhibition contains original documents, suitcases, shoes and other belongings of murdered prisoners. The visit also includes a short ride to Birkenau camp, which functioned as a war camp, extermination camp and place from which people were sent to labour in Nazi Germany. More than 90 percent of prisoners, mostly Jews, were killed there. Birkenau was mainly destroyed by the retreating Germans.

This is partially self-guided tour which starts in Warsaw. Your train departs from Warszawa Centralna (Main Station) and you need to reach it from the hotel on your own (transfer by taxi is available at extra charge, see possible supplements below). After 2,5-3 hour rail journey you will get off at Krakow Main Station and reach the meeting point for Auschwitz tour located within a walking distance from the station. You will join a tour by minibus to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Once you return to Krakow, there is some free time to dine out. Afterwards, you will take fast train and come back to Warsaw in the late evening.

Standard Schedule

06:29 – 09:03 Journey to Krakow by train 10:00 – 17:00 Group tour to Auschwitz-Birkenau by minibus 17:00 – 19:00 Free time in Krakow 19:19 – 22:03 Journey back to Warsaw the order of sightseeing may change; timing is estimated and depends on ticket availability and the current train timetable

What's included

• Return railway tickets by fast train (2nd class)
• Group tour to Auschwitz and Birkenau from Krakow by minibus/bus in English
• Entrance fee to Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and State Museum
• Free time in Krakow

Possible supplements:

• 10EUR per person for any other language than English in Auschwitz-Birkenau Camp
• 40EUR per person for 1st class upgrade (both ways)
• 15EUR per group for one way transfer from your hotel to Warsaw Central Railway Station

Important information:

• For security reasons maximum size of backpacks or handbags brought into the Auschwitz museum cannot exceed dimensions: 30x20x10 cm. Please leave your bags in the car.