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Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum: Historical Holocaust Tour from Krakow
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243 Ratings
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Embark on a historical Holocaust tour from Krakow to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum. Witness the chilling remnants of this tragic chapter in history and pay tribute to the millions of lives lost.
Embark on a historical Holocaust tour from Krakow to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum. Witness the chilling remnants of this tragic chapter in history and pay tribute to the millions of lives lost.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Panstwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau - Explore the most infamous former Nazi extermination camp and the site of the largest and most horrific mass murder in the annals of world history
- The Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum. This somber location marks the deaths of approximately 1.5 million individuals at the hands of the Nazis. Your visit will encompass…
- Panstwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau - Explore the most infamous former Nazi extermination camp and the site of the largest and most horrific mass murder in the annals of world history
- The Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum. This somber location marks the deaths of approximately 1.5 million individuals at the hands of the Nazis. Your visit will encompass Auschwitz I, the original and central segment of the camp, which also functioned as the administrative center for the entire complex. Additionally, you will see Birkenau, originally established as a concentration camp before rapidly becoming the primary venue for the mass killings, equipped with gas chambers and crematoriums. Birkenau was also the site of the women’s camp. This landmark is an essential visit not only in Poland but across Europe as a whole.
What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Insurance included
- Standard 3.5-hour group tour of Auschwitz and Birkenau
- Documentary movie screening
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Insurance included
- Standard 3.5-hour group tour of Auschwitz and Birkenau
- Documentary movie screening
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks
Additional Information
A trip to Auschwitz-Birkenau is sobering and distressing, yet certainly worthwhile. Located merely an hour away from Kraków, the unsuspecting towns of Oświęcim and Brzezinka were the stage for a heartbreaking disaster. The Auschwitz-Birkenau compound represents the cruel purpose behind the Holocaust - capturing and voraciously killing millions of lives…
A trip to Auschwitz-Birkenau is sobering and distressing, yet certainly worthwhile. Located merely an hour away from Kraków, the unsuspecting towns of Oświęcim and Brzezinka were the stage for a heartbreaking disaster. The Auschwitz-Birkenau compound represents the cruel purpose behind the Holocaust - capturing and voraciously killing millions of lives under grotesque circumstances. Initially envisioned to operate predominantly as a concentration camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau quickly escalated into an execution factory. The chilling and merciless architectural design of this extermination camp claimed the lives of an estimated 1.5 million victims.
Each year, a myriad of visitors from around the globe flock to Auschwitz to honor these casualties and ensure their stories are never forgotten. For those undertaking this journey for the first time, opting for a guided tour is highly advisable. Merely reading about it doesn’t measure up to witnessing first-hand the gas chambers and crematoria. This sobering encounter will forever be etched in your memory.
- Please note that the maximum size of bags and backpacks allowed on the museum grounds is 30 x 20 x 10 centimeters (roughly 12 x 8 x 4 inches). You can always leave your belongings inside the bus which will be parked nearby
Location
Panstwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau
ul. Wiezniow Oswiecimia 20, Entrance to the Museum is located at Stanisławy Leszczyńskiej Str. no. 11
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
(243 Ratings)
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Thesnazz
May 6, 2025
Very organised - Collected from hotel driver very prompt and friendly bus very comfortable with air conditioning, spoke really good english and explained everything to us about what to expect.
Very early pick up 530am which suited us as we were back for late afternoon and absolutely shattered after walking/standing a lot .
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C2431mrgeorgias
Mar 25, 2025
AMAZING - We had such a lovely driver called Mat, full of knowledge and very friendly,we went to Auschwitz-Birkenau which we got dropped off and communicated very well, highly recommend this company
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Cara
Jan 3, 2025
Great experience - Great service. Arrived on time and super friendly informative driver. The experience was smooth less and the guide amazing. Definitely recommend. The whole day was so emotional and a must if you are in the area
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Cj_s
Dec 27, 2024
Very Impressed with Transport but tour was rushed - NOTE this is the auschwitz staff and not the tour operator - I was very impressed with the transport to aushwitz. They messaged on all platforms with a pick up time 24 hours before the tour started. They were bang on time with no problems. The mini bus is comfy with chargers and plenty of room and the driver was a lovely guy. On the bus you watch a documentary which was very insightful. There were 15 people on a 30 seater perhaps as it was christmas eve. However, as for the actual tour, I found it was very rushed and i did not have enough time to absorb any of the information or read certain things. In the tour of the second camp, I could not even catch up with the tour and as there was no headphones on this tour ( there is on the other camp) i couldn’t understand any of it. so ended up looking around myself. However, it is important to note that the tours are not conducted by the tour operator and rather the aushwitz museum itself. Therefore not matter what tour you book with, this will be the case. Overall, a very emotive experience and i’m so glad I went with this tour company. 100% recommend
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Travelmad23
Nov 17, 2024
A brilliant service from start to finish - We organised the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum trip so very easily for our family of 6. From the start it was a first class service. Great communication throughout. Transport arrived bang on time and Lucas our driver was great not only as a driver but as a communicator with the group. We were taken to both camps and our guide Mikel was exceptional. A patient and informative guide who was extremely personable respectful and so very well informed. We were taken back to our hotel at the end of the day and had a great experience. Highly recommend Mr Shuttle tours and will be using them again for our next trip as we would like to see the salt mines next time
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Grandtour37923018787
Nov 16, 2024
Well organised trip - A very well organised visit.
Comfortable journey in an eight seater mini bus which picked up and dropped off at the hotel.
The guide provided was informative and approachable.
A harrowing experience but a very good history lesson.
It was very cold so wrap up warm.
The only negative was the pick up time, we wanted to go early and the booking advised 7am (to be confirmed 13 hours before) our time was confirmed as 5.40am! Although they state time to be confirmed this is a very big difference to 7am. The driver was also not very friendly.
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Jerry_a
Nov 2, 2024
Great Tour - Guide was very knowledgeable of the locations and was able to share insight into each of the buildings. The pick up from the hotel and skipping the line was more than worth the money the tour cost. Pulling into the parking lot in the shuttle van at 7:00 am and seeing a line already wrapped around the building to buy tickets, I knew I had made the right choice in tours. Walking right in and straight to a guided tour was wonderful. The only complaint I have was the tour felt a little rushed, mainly during the second half at Birkenau but I would highly recommend this tour to anyone if nothing else but to skip the long line.
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Mandyrich99
Mar 27, 2025
A somewhat rushed museum tour....disappointing. - A fairly average tour experience, which could have been better. The pick up was a very early 6.15a.m start which was fine, but the minibus transportation was quite small and cramped. No video ahead of the museum visit as offered by some other companies. Once at Auschwitz we were handed over to a Polish Guide who spoke average English, and the whole experience felt extremely rushed. The group was escorted quite quickly along the tour to keep up with the next group of people waiting behind us, so there was no time to look properly at exhibits and some were missed out. Having been on a more detailed tour 10 years prior, i would say this was a basic tour which didnt go into too much detail.
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Julie_b
Nov 4, 2024
Large group tour, very rushed - This is a large group tour (we had 29). I found that with that large of a group it is impossible to take the time necessary to appreciate what happened there and the huge impact it had. We quickly walked by things and had no chance to linger at all. There were places at the camp we didn’t see because the group was too large. We walked by things I wish were explained.
The trip in the van to Auschwitz was very cramped. They play a movie but if you are anywhere near the back you will not hear it. It’s a shame because it looked really interesting.
Overall, the tour guide was fine. The skip the line part was great but the rest left me with more questions than answers. The individual headphones really helped since most of the tour I could barely see my guide.
If you want time to really see the camps and to be able to ask questions, this is not the tour for you. I really want to go back so I can see more but I don’t know if I’ll ever be in Poland again. I was pretty disappointed.
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Hank
Mar 22, 2025
Find someone else, someone more honest - I found Mr. Shuttle to be dishonest, specifically underhanded. When we signed up the pick-up time was listed as 5:30-7:30am. Our group decided as long as the confirmed time was no earlier than 7 we would go. They sent us the confirmation a few days later and it showed 7:00am. All was good till they changed the time to 5:30, which they do 12 hours in advance so you can no longer cancel! Why do this? Best guess is they didn’t have enough people for the shorter tour and grouped us with the longer tour which requires leaving much earlier in the morning. But rather than be honest they chose to be underhanded and hence the poor review.
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