Krakow: Auschwitz & Wieliczka Salt Mine Full Day Tour

Two Memorials in One Day: Auschwitz, Birkenau & the Salt Depths Below

You're picked up from your Krakow hotel and driven to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where a licensed guide leads you through both camps over three hours with provided headphones. After lunch break and travel time, you descend into Wieliczka Salt Mine for a three-hour underground tour through chambers and galleries, then return to Krakow by evening. All entry fees, transport between sites, and guide services are included.

Step-by-step itinerary

Stops and time at each

1. Auschwitz Jewish Center2h · entry included
2. Wieliczka Salt Mine3h · entry included

Auschwitz and Wieliczka Salt Mine tour

• Pickup from Krakow hotel
• Travel to Auschwitz (1.5 hours)
• Visit Auschwitz camp with guide (2 hours)
• Travel to Birkenau camp
• Visit Birkenau camp with guide (1 hour)
• Visit Wieliczka Salt Mine with guide (3 hours)
• Return to Krakow hotel

The experience

Your pickup happens early. The driver collects you from your Krakow hotel before the city fully wakes, and the 90-minute drive to Auschwitz gives you time to settle into what you're about to see. The road is quiet. When you arrive, a licensed local guide meets you with headphones so you can hear clearly as you move through the camp. The tour of Auschwitz itself takes about two hours. You walk through the permanent exhibitions and the blocks, and the guide doesn't rush the weight of it. After that, the driver takes you to Birkenau. The second camp, where you'll see the barracks, the crematoria, the gas chambers, the unloading platform. That part is one hour. It's a lot to hold in a single morning.

By early afternoon you're heading back toward Krakow, but not to the city, instead toward Wieliczka, where the Salt Mine sits underground like a separate world. The tour here lasts three hours and follows a route of less than three kilometers, though there are over 800 stairs to climb down (they come in batches, and the return trip is by elevator, which matters if your legs are already tired). You get headphones again, and the guide walks you through the history of the mine: chambers carved by hand, salt deposits, the whole underground architecture of it. It's a shift in mood after the morning, but it's still a place shaped by human labor and time.

The driver brings you back to your hotel in Krakow as evening arrives. The whole day runs about ten hours from pickup to drop-off. You don't arrange tickets separately, don't navigate transport between the sites, don't figure out timing. The schedule holds all three stops inside a single day, which is what makes it possible to see both camps and the mine without splitting the trip across two days or choosing between them.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel pickup in Krakow, transport to and from Auschwitz-Birkenau and Wieliczka Salt Mine, entrance tickets to all three sites, a licensed guide at Auschwitz-Birkenau and Wieliczka, headphones at each location, and an air-conditioned bus with an English-speaking driver throughout.

Before you book

Days and timesEvery dayDeparts at 09:00

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AgesAdult (17 and older) · Youth (13 to 16 years) · Child (4 to 12 years) · Infant (1 to 3 years)

GroupUp to 30

Live guideEnglish and Polish

Meeting point and pickupHotel pickup included.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.

ConfirmationConfirmation within 48h

Prices and times updated 5 days ago

Good to know

Easy physical levelInfant seats availablePublic transport nearbyNot for back problems

Operated by Welcome in Cracow

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to see both Auschwitz-Birkenau and Wieliczka Salt Mine in a single day without arranging separate transport, tickets or timing between sites. The fixed schedule is what fits all three stops into one departure and return.

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Top questions

What languages is the guide in?

Live guide in English and Polish.

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Youth (13 to 16 years); Child (4 to 12 years); Infant (1 to 3 years).

How long is the drive from Krakow to Auschwitz?

About 90 minutes each way.

Do I need to be fit to do this tour?

The Salt Mine involves over 800 stairs down and an elevator back up. It's not recommended for people with spinal injuries, those on crutches, or those with significant walking difficulties. Otherwise it's suitable for most fitness levels.

What time does pickup happen?

You'll receive the exact pickup time one day before your tour. Early morning is typical to allow time for both sites and return by evening.

Can I do just Auschwitz without the Salt Mine?

This tour combines all three sites. If you want only Auschwitz-Birkenau, you would need to book a different tour.