Auschwitz-Birkenau & Salt Mine Day tour Discount Tickets

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Overview

Not enough time to visit all of Krakow’s must-see places? On this tour, you'll visit two of Poland's most important UNESCO World Heritage sites Auschwitz-Birkenau and Wieliczka Salt Mine — in one day. Your day will start early, but this way you will manage to visit Auschwitz-Birkenau, the former Nazi concentration camp, and explore the Mine, and be back in Krakow by dinner time.

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Wielopole, Województwo małopolskie, 31-072, Poland

Kiss&Ride stop. Jewish district area (Kazimierz)

Pickup Information

If your hotel is not listed please add a remark and we will pick you up from any accommodation (also Airbnb) located within Krakow City limits. You can also choose one of our pickup points. 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. In summer time, pickups might be between 5:30 and 7:30 to avoid walking in the full sun and high temperatures. Please note, that if your hotel is located in the close city center or Jewish Quarter, the pickup will be directly from the accommodation, but after the tour, you might be dropped off at the closest dropoff point. If your accommodation is located outside of Krakow city limits, it is possible to be picked up at an additional charge. For example pickup from Krakow airport 33€. The price always depends on the distance from Krakow and a number of people.

Language Offered

English-GUIDE

Itinerary

1. MrShuttle
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.
2. 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 about one hour there with the same guide.
Duration: 180 mins
3. Wieliczka Salt Mine
In the 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 4 pm or 5 pm (depending on road conditions). Your guide will take you up to 140 meters underground for a 2.5-hour journey through a 2.5-km tourist route full of chambers with amazing salt carvings and statues.
Duration: 180 mins
4. MrShuttle
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.

Inclusion

English speaking guide in Auschwitz and Birkenau and Salt Mine

Documentary movie (subject to availability)

Free pdf guidebook

In-vehicle air conditioning

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

Exclusion

Tea and coffee

Pick-up & drop-off outside of Krakow city center (available upon request with additional charge)

Gratuities

Cancellation Policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

  • 0% refund if cancelled 0+ days before the start date

Additional Info

Specialized infant seats are available

Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

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 Saturday afternoon, 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.

Not recommended for travelers on wheelchairs

Supplied by Mr.Shuttle

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