Krakow: Auschwitz Birkenau Museum With Private Transport
Experience a private transport with driver just to yours disposal. Tour of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum with a entry ticket. Get the convenience of round-trip transportation directly from your adress in Krakow.
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Krakow: Auschwitz Birkenau Museum With Private Transport
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What's included in Krakow: Auschwitz Birkenau Museum With Private Transport
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Krakow's Rynek Glowny Central Square
Your tour begins with transportation from Krakow ( meeting point at Wielopole 2 Street). Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum is located in the town Oswiecim, about 1h15min in one way (65km). Every driver we cooperate with has all required by EU permissions for passenger transport. An English speaking and friendly leader of the group will assist you at any time you need. After arriving in Oswiecim, have a short break to grab a coffee or keep an eye on outdoor exhibitions. Then we kindly help you to get a free entrance tickets to Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum.
Panstwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau
Start your self guide tour by walking through the gate to the first camp - Auschwitz I - originally conceived as a concentration camp, to be used as a detention centre for the many Polish citizens arrested after Germany annexed the country in 1939, with the most recognizable sign Arbeit Macht Frei (Work Makes You Free). Explore at your own pace, you won't be rushed by anyone. This part usually takes 2 hours and you will be using a guide book and map. Visit the original wooden buildings, fortified walls, barbed wires, gas chambers and crematoria - all of those leave a shocking impression allowing to imagine the scale of Holocaust.
Brzezinka
After the 1st camp short break up to 15 minutes is planned. You will be taken by us to visit the second part of the tour - Birkenau (Auschwitz II), only 3 minutes away, which is the largest camp built and operated for the specific purpose of making Europe ''Judenrein'' (free of Jews). The same self guide continues a poignant lecture about the camp in the village Brzezinka (Birkenau) which was constructed in 1941 on the order of Heinrich Himmler (SS commander) and could hold some 90 000 prisoners.You will be told about terrible stories of unimaginable living conditions as well as cruel selection and pseudo-scientific medical experiments made by prominent Nazi doctors including Josef Mengele. A history about soldiers of the 60th Army of the First Ukrainian Front opened the gates of Auschwitz on January 27, 1945, which meant the final liberation, ends your tour with a feeling, both this genocide should never have happened and it can not happen again.
Inclusions
- Brochure in your language with the route and detailed description
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Entry ticket to Auschwitz I
- Entry ticket to Auschwitz II - Birkenau
- Assistance throughout the whole trip
- Lunch
- Live guide
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Not recommended for a kids under 6 yers old
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Pickup and Dropoff
You can choose to be picked up from a list of locations, or alternatively, have the choice to make your own way to the meeting points
Please arrive at the pick up point 10 minutes before departure time.
Additional Information
Bus stop "Kiss and ride", have your voucher ready, the driver will ask for it
Meeting / End Points
- Kiss and ride bus stop
Redeem
Ticket Redemption
Entry passes for individual visitors without educators are free and provided by Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum, according to official regulations of the Museum Entry tickets are not booked by the tour operator in advance. The tickets are collected individually before the tour with the help of the tour leader.
