Day Trip: Auschwitz-Birkenau and Wieliczka Salt Mine from Krakow

Overview

Combine two of the Krakow area’s most important historic sites on this full-day tour of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Wieliczka Salt Mine, including hotel pickup. Start with a moving tour of the Auschwitz-Birkenau complex, learning the harrowing truths about the largest Nazi concentration camp complex. After lunch (optional inclusion), venture underground to explore the UNESCO World Heritage–listed Wieliczka Salt Mine, one of the world’s oldest working salt mines.

• Make an early start so you can fit a lot into the day

• A must-do tour for travelers interested in history

• Includes round-trip transfers from Krakow city accommodation

• Learn more from dedicated guides at each location

What's Included

• Door-to-door transportation (Free hotel Pick-up within Krakow city limits)

• Documentary movie (subject to availability)

• Lunch set (depending on the option booked)

• English speaking guide in Auschwitz and Birkenau and Salt Mine

• Free guidebook

What To Expect

Mr.Shuttle Tours & Transfers Krakow (Pass By)

The pickups are provided between 6:00 and 7:30 depending on your accommodation and our schedules. The pickup time is always confirmed by text and email the day before the tour. The tour is operated in a group of a maximum of 30 people. During the trip, you will watch a documentary movie about the history of the Nazi concentration camps.

1

Panstwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau

Firstly, You will be taken to Auschwitz I, where you will join an English tour – provided by the museum’s guide – for about 2 hours. After that, we will transfer you to Auschwitz II-Birkenau, about 2 km away. You will spend there about one hour with the same guide. After Camp Auschwitz II-Birkenau, you will have time to eat our freshly prepared lunchboxes (which include chicken pasta salad, sandwich, sweet bar, fruit, and water). We also provide vegetarian, vegan, gluten, and dairy-free options. Please add a remark in your booking if you have any special requirements.

3 hours • Admission Ticket Included

2

Wieliczka Salt Mine

In a second part of the day, you will be transferred to Wieliczka Salt Mine, which happens to be one of the oldest working salt mines in the World: it has been producing salt for over 700 years. You will be attending an English guided tour at 4pm or 5pm (depending on road conditions). Your guide will take you up to 140 meters underground for a 2.5-hours journey through over 2.5-km tourist route full of chambers with amazing salt carvings and statues.

3 hours • Admission Ticket Included

MrShuttle (Pass By)

After the tour, you will be dropped off at your accommodation or in the Krakow city center. If your hotel is located within the Old Town or Jewish Quarter, we will drop you off at the closest meeting point.

Additional Info

• Confirmation will be received at time of booking

• Not wheelchair accessible

• Infant seats available

• Not recommended for travelers with back problems

• No heart problems or other serious medical conditions

• Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level

• Please note that the maximum size of bags and backpacks allowed to carry on the Museum grounds is 30 x 20 x 10 cm. You can always leave your belongings inside the bus which will be parked nearby.

• Please note that this tour is not available on: 25th of December, 1st of January, Easter Sunday and March of the Living Day.

• Please note that to reach the first level of the mine (64 meters underground), You have to descent a wooden stairway which has 378 stairs. There are around 800 steps on the whole route in the Salt mine. After the tour, You will be taken up to the surface with a lift.

• Temperature in the Salt Mine is approximately 14 degrees C (57 degrees F), please wear warm clothes and comfortable shoes.

• Student and child tickets available.

• Not recommended for travelers on wheelchairs

• Not recommended for travelers who cannot walk long distances

• This tour/activity will have a maximum of 90 travelers