Auschwitz Birkenau Salt Mine – Cracow Top Tours

Auschwitz-Birkenau & Salt Mine

Visit the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp and Salt Mine on 1 day tour. Discover the history of the largest Nazi camp in Europe. Admire one of the oldest mines in the world. All this within a full-one-day tour.

Don’t waste time in lines – all admission tickets are provided
Take advantage of a comfortable round-trip transfer from Krakow
Explore both places with your professional guide

From: ~~£120~~ £99 per adult

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What’s included

Hotel or Meeting Point pickup in Krakow
Comfortable round-trip transfer
Professional your language speaking guide
Admission to the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp
Entrance ticket to the Wieliczka Salt Mine

Duration 11 hours

Pick-ups take place daily between 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. You will return to Krakow around 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Pickup included

Pick-up location for your tour depends on the option you choose. In a situation where access by vehicle is prohibited or difficult, the nearest meeting point will be designated up to 5 minutes walk from your accommodation. The day before the tour (in the afternoon around 3pm), after collecting all addresses from the other tour participants, you will receive the exact pickup time from the agreed location.

All sales final

By purchasing this tour, you are ultimately accepting the terms and conditions of your booking. The tickets we reserve for you are printed with your personal data at the time of purchase. These tickets cannot be returned or resold to another person and are valid only with your ID. Therefore, travelers will not receive a refund, regardless of the reason for cancellation (e.g. illness, cancelled flight, change of travel plans). Cancellation of your trip for any reason will not result in a refund. By purchasing this tour, you agree to the terms and conditions of your booking.

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Full description

Auschwitz-Birkenau is a group of German Nazi concentration camps that existed in the years 1940-1945 and are the symbol of the Holocaust. Also referred to as the „death factory”, they are the only concentration camps on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Wieliczka Salt Mine is one of the oldest mines in the world. Written by UNESCO on the first World Heritage List. Salt Mines are visited by over 1 million tourists each year.

Your tour will begin with transportation from Krakow to the former Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camps. The driver will pick you up from the place of your choice, hotel or apartment in Krakow. The travel from Krakow to the Auschwitz camp will take about 1 hour 20 minutes. There will be a short break for a toilet or a drink on site before visiting. Next, you will pass the ticket control.

As part of the visit, you will receive an individual admission ticket to the Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau and a professional yours language speaking guide. You will also receive a set of headphones, with your guide speaking into a microphone during tour. You will be able to visit the death camp on a planned route, including the most important sightseeing points. The tour includes all permanent exhibitions and buildings at Auschwitz I (main camp) as well as the most significant original buildings at Auschwitz II Birkenau such as the prisoner barracks, the unloading platform (ramp) and the ruins of the gas chamber and crematoria II and III. The total duration of visiting the entire Auschwitz Birkenau camp complex with a guide is about 3.5 hours.

After the tour is over, the driver waiting for you in the parking lot at Auschwitz will take you to the Salt Mine Town. Travel take around 1 hour.

As part of the visit, you will receive an individual entrance ticket to the Salt Mine and a professional your language speaking guide. During the tour you will earn about the history of salt mining in particular historical periods. With a guide, you will visit a maze of corridors and a complex of thematic chambers where there are numerous sculptures carved into the rock, chapel and an underground lake. You will feel the unique microclimate of the mine, which is ideal for people suffering from asthma and allergies, you will experience the benefits for your health. The temperature underground is 15º-16ºC. The mine has 9 levels, the first of which extends to a depth of 64 meters, and the last one is 327 meters below the surface of the Earth. The route is about 800 steps, of which 380 at the beginning, so be sure to assuming comfortable shoes. Nevertheless, most of the sightseeing route will be covered on flat terrain. Going through the next parts, you always go down and at the end of the tour you will return to the upper part by the elevator.

After the tour, the driver, who will be waiting for you in the parking lot, will take you back to Krakow. The return travel will take approximately 30 minutes.

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Important information

Regular group tour

Bus is shared with other participants.

All day tour

This is all day tour. Please remember to wear comfortable shoes. The area of the former Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp is very extensive and there will be a lot of walking during the tour. In the Salt Mine is a lot of stairs, but mostly down. You will return to the surface using the elevator.

Identity document

According to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum regulations, tickets are valid only with the presentation of an ID document. The participant's personal data (name + surname) is printed on the admission tickets. Please remember to bring your passport or ID with you for on-site inspections (a document containing personal information and a photo). Without identification documents, you will not be able to participate in the tour.

Security check

Before the tour begins, each tour participant will be subjected to a ticket and security check, similar to those at an airport. All metal items will be checked by a scanner. Additionally, museum security reserves the right to deny entry to anyone under the influence of alcohol or other intoxicating substances.

Not wheelchair accessible

Moving around the mine requires full physical fitness. This tour is not recommended for travelers with back problems, wheelchair users, pregnant travelers, heart problems, or other serious medical conditions. NOT accessible for: wheelchairs, small scooters, crutches, canes, or walking frames, baby strollers.

Hand luggage

You can leave your hand luggage on the bus for the duration of the trip.