1 Day Trip Auschwitz Birkenau and Salt Mines with Hotel Transfer
Overview
Visit former Nazi concentration Camp in Auschwitz which was the largest camp of Nazi Germany. See one of the oldest Salt Mine in the world. Discover both of these places on our full day trip from Krakow. In Auschwitz you will join licensed guide who will bring you closer to the history of this place. The memorial tour in Auschwitz begin at the entrance gate by the ironic slogan - “Arbeit macht frei” Next you will see prisoners’ barracks and railroad track that transported people to gas chambers. Auschwitz tour takes around 2 hours and Birkenau tour around 1-1.5 hour. After that our driver will drive you to Salt Mine. Tour in Salt Mine takes around 2.5h and during the tour you will see St Kinga’s Chapel - 54 m long and 12 m high chapel resembles interiors of medieval wooden churches and is a real underground wonder with breathtaking chandeliers made of salt crystals, underground corridors and landscapes thatcannot be seen on the surface saline lakes and beautiful underground chambers.
What's Included
- Authentic miners' lift ride to the surface
- Visit to the underground Salt Cathedral
- Documentary movie "Liberation of Auschwitz"
- Transportation between Krakow, Auschwitz and Wieliczka in an air-conditioned vehicle
- Guaranteed skip-the-line entrance tickets to Auschwitz-Birkenau and Wieliczka Salt Mine
- Insurance
- Professional licensed guide
- Headsets to hear the guide clearly
- Food and drinks
Meeting and Pickup
Included with the option “Guided tour with hotel pick up”.
The hours you book are tentative and may change due to schedule at the Auschwitz Museum and traffic conditions. Exact pick up time will be confirmed for a day before the departure. Be sure to select correct product option to use hotel or meeting point pickup as the price is different.
For the options “Special offer guided tour”, “Guided tour with meeting point” and “Last Minute Guided Tour”.
Floriana Straszewskiego 17
33-332 Kraków, Poland
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
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Krakow
1 hour 15 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Panstwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau
2 hours Admission Ticket Included
Panstwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau
1 hour 30 minutes Admission Ticket Included
Wieliczka
2 hours Admission Ticket Free
Wieliczka Salt Mine
2 hours 30 minutes Admission Ticket Included
Krakow
40 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Specialized infant seats are available
- VISIT: While in the camps, visitors are required to behave appropriately and respectfully.
- VISIT: There are no restrictions regarding the age of children in Wieliczka Salt Mine and Auschwitz Birkenau Memorial and Museum, but they should be either capable of walking unassisted or carried in baby slings or baby carriers. Baby pushchairs are not allowed underground (salt mine)
- VISIT: Visitors are generally allowed to take pictures with a few, clearly indicated exceptions.
- LUGGAGE: The maximum size of your carry-on can not exceed the following dimensions: 30 x 20 x 10 cm. You can leave your larger luggage in the car.
- CLOTHING: Temperatures in Wieliczka Salt Mine are around 59ºF (15ºC). Also, it should be taken into account that narrow paths may seem claustrophobic, and once underground there is no possibility to shorten your visit and turn back. At the entrance, visitors descent 400 steps down and the whole tourist route features over 800 stairs
- ENTRANCE: As it is mandatory in Auschwitz Birkenau museum to confirm your personal details, you are required to take with you passport or ID to be presented at the entrance to museum. Please do not forget it, otherwise you may be not allowed to enter museum.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 35 travelers
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- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (CET).
- Authentic miners' lift ride to the surface.
- Visit to the underground Salt Cathedral.
- Documentary movie "Liberation of Auschwitz".
- Transportation between Krakow, Auschwitz and Wieliczka in an air-conditioned vehicle.
- Guaranteed skip-the-line entrance tickets to Auschwitz-Birkenau and Wieliczka Salt Mine.
- Insurance.
- Professional licensed guide.
- Headsets to hear the guide clearly.
- Food and drinks.
There is no minimum age for this tour, so bring your wee one along for an adventure. This tour requires at least one adult to accompany children..
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Apr 2025Accessibility information for the 1 Day Trip Auschwitz Birkenau and Salt Mines with Hotel Transfer is as follows:
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Oct 2026What's Included
- Authentic miners' lift ride to the surface
- Visit to the underground Salt Cathedral
- Documentary movie "Liberation of Auschwitz"
- Transportation between Krakow, Auschwitz and Wieliczka in an air-conditioned vehicle
- Guaranteed skip-the-line entrance tickets to Auschwitz-Birkenau and Wieliczka Salt Mine
- Insurance
- Professional licensed guide
- Headsets to hear the guide clearly
- Food and drinks
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Specialized infant seats are available
- VISIT: While in the camps, visitors are required to behave appropriately and respectfully.
- VISIT: There are no restrictions regarding the age of children in Wieliczka Salt Mine and Auschwitz Birkenau Memorial and Museum, but they should be either capable of walking unassisted or carried in baby slings or baby carriers. Baby pushchairs are not allowed underground (salt mine)
- VISIT: Visitors are generally allowed to take pictures with a few, clearly indicated exceptions.
- LUGGAGE: The maximum size of your carry-on can not exceed the following dimensions: 30 x 20 x 10 cm. You can leave your larger luggage in the car.
- CLOTHING: Temperatures in Wieliczka Salt Mine are around 59ºF (15ºC). Also, it should be taken into account that narrow paths may seem claustrophobic, and once underground there is no possibility to shorten your visit and turn back. At the entrance, visitors descent 400 steps down and the whole tourist route features over 800 stairs
- ENTRANCE: As it is mandatory in Auschwitz Birkenau museum to confirm your personal details, you are required to take with you passport or ID to be presented at the entrance to museum. Please do not forget it, otherwise you may be not allowed to enter museum.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 35 travelers
