Auschwitz-Birkenau guided tour from Krakow with transport
Learn the history of Auschwitz-Birkenau from a licensed guide who walks the grounds with you
A guided tour of Auschwitz-Birkenau departing from Krakow with hotel pickup, English-speaking guide, entrance tickets and transportation. You walk through Auschwitz I, the original concentration camp with its barracks and exhibitions, then continue to Auschwitz II–Birkenau to see the railway gate, prisoner barracks and remains of the gas chambers and crematoria. A licensed guide provides historical context throughout the day.
Step-by-step itinerary
Visit Auschwitz-Birkenau from Krakow
- Pick-up from accommodation
- Drive to Auschwitz with guide
- Tour Auschwitz I camp
- Visit Auschwitz II–Birkenau camp
- Return to accommodation
What’s included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off in Krakow.
- entrance tickets to Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II–Birkenau.
- transportation to and from the memorial.
- an English-speaking licensed guide for the full day.
- headphones.
Times
- Every day 06:00 07:00 12:00 13:00
Before you book
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The experience
If you have a free afternoon or morning in Krakow and want to visit Auschwitz-Birkenau without arranging your own transport, this tour handles the logistics. Hotel pickup starts the day, and a guide who speaks English meets you to lead the entire visit. You travel by vehicle to the memorial, arriving ready to begin at Auschwitz I.
The tour moves through Auschwitz I first, where you walk under the "Arbeit Macht Frei" gate and through preserved prisoner barracks. Exhibitions display personal belongings of victims, photographs and historical documents. Your guide provides expert commentary on how the camp was created, what daily life was like for prisoners, the persecution that led there, and the Holocaust itself. After Auschwitz I, a short drive takes you to Auschwitz II–Birkenau, the largest Nazi extermination center. You walk through the iconic railway gate and along the tracks where deportation trains arrived, see wooden and brick barracks, guard towers, the unloading ramp, and the ruins of gas chambers and crematoria the Nazis destroyed. The scale of Birkenau makes the camp's function unmistakable.
Headphones let you hear your guide clearly throughout the grounds. The full day takes 6.5 hours from pickup to return, which means you can fit this into a single day in Krakow without rushing the experience or losing the rest of your afternoon elsewhere.
Is this one for you?The 6.5-hour commitment means you can visit both camps with a licensed guide and still have time for other activities in Krakow the same day. Minimum age is 13, so families with older children can book together.
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Top questions
What exactly do I see at Auschwitz I versus Auschwitz II–Birkenau?
Auschwitz I, the original concentration camp, contains the "Arbeit Macht Frei" gate, prisoner barracks, and exhibitions of personal belongings, photographs and documents that show daily camp life and the persecution. Auschwitz II–Birkenau, a short drive away, is where the Nazis ran the extermination center. You walk through the railway gate and along the deportation tracks, see barracks and guard towers, and view the ruins of gas chambers and crematoria.
Do I need to be fit to walk around the camps?
The tour is suitable for all physical fitness levels. You walk through both camps, but the pace is set by the group and your guide, and there is no requirement to cover every inch of either site.
What language does the guide speak?
Your guide speaks English throughout the entire tour and provides expert historical commentary on the camps, the Holocaust, and what you are seeing.
How long is the full tour, and when do I get back to my hotel?
The tour takes 6.5 hours total, including hotel pickup and return. That time covers transport to and from the memorial, the guided walk through both camps, and the drive back to your accommodation in Krakow.
What is included in the price?
Hotel pickup and drop-off, entrance tickets to both camps, transportation to and from Auschwitz-Birkenau, an English-speaking licensed guide for the entire day, and headphones so you can hear the guide clearly are all included.
Auschwitz-Birkenau guided tour from Krakow with transport
6h 30m · EN · at your hotel
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