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  2 Days Must See in Krakow: Auschwitz, Schindler Factory with Ghetto and Wieliczka Guided Tour

2 days

Moderate

    See places telling the story of the Nazi occupation of Krakow - Schindler's Factory Museum, the former Jewish ghetto; visit the Auschwitz concentration camp. Also visit the Wieliczka Salt Mine on this two-day combo


Auschwitz-Birkenau Memprial and Museum Around 60 km to the west of Krakow is the small town of Oswiecim, where in 1940 a set of German concentration camps was established. Auschwitz-Birkenau was the largest German concentration camp, where more than 1.5 million prisoners were tortured and murdered during the Second World War. Auschwitz-Birkenau is preserved intact as a reminder of the crime committed against humanity here. The museum includes the ruins of crematoria, gas chambers, the railway platform and other objects of the former concentration camp.   Schindler's Factory Museum Be sure to visit the exhibition "Krakow - Occupation 1939-1945", located in the former administrative building of Schindler's Enamel Factory. The exhibition is a story about Krakow and the fate of its Polish and Jewish inhabitants during World War II, about the Germans - occupiers and the factory owner - Oskar Schindler, whose fate was recalled in the 1993 film by Steven Spielberg.

Wander through occupied Krakow with our professional guide who will help you delve into the meaning of the exhibition. Walking along the cobbled streets you will enter a hairdresser, photographer, an authentic photoplasticon, get on a tram, through the windows of which you will see a film about the life of the city, go through the narrow labyrinth of the ghetto with a Jewish apartment in it, and then with its inhabitants to the camp in Płaszów . Touch the history, feel the emotions of the inhabitants of the city of the war period thanks to modern multimedia. Leave the walls of the Museum and move to the authentic streets of Krakowskie Podgórze, which are full of memories of those tragic times when there was a Jewish ghetto established here by the Nazis.   Salt Mine in Wieliczka Wieliczka - a small town 10 km from Krakow, where one of the largest ancient salt mines in Europe (700 years). The depth of the mine is 340 metres, the total length of corridors and tunnels is over 245 kilometres. The tourist route is more than 3 km long and includes more than 20 halls, including the largest and unique St. Kinga's Church - the patroness of miners. The underground church is richly decorated with chandeliers, carvings and sculptures of saints carved out of salt. There is a special curative microclimate in the mine and at a depth of 135 m there is a sanatorium. The Salt Mine in Wieliczka is on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

 


What's included?
    • Professional guides 
    • Entrance ticket to the Schindler's Factory museum 
    • Transfer Krakow - Wieliczka - Krakow and Krakow-Oswiecim - Krakow 
    • Entrance  ticket to the Salt mine 
    • Entrance ticket to Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial
    Exclusions

      Not listed as included in the price

      Please note
        • Please note this is a mostly a walking tour. 
        • Please note this is a group tour, please, don't be late.
        What to bring

          * Please wear comfortable shoes - the tour requires a lot of walking as well as an umbrella or raincoat or sun hat / glasses / water to be prepared for different weather conditions (most of the tour will be outside). 

          * Please remember that it is quite cool in the Salt mine (between 14° C and 16° C). Make sure to take warmer clothing even in summer and wear comfortable shoes, as well. 

          * Attention! Special registration requirements when booking entry to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum! all admission tickets to this Museum are personal. Remember to bring your ID card or passport (you will not be able to enter the museum without it). All customers are required to bring an identity document with them on the day of the visit (in the absence of such a document, the staff has the right to refuse entry to the museum). The name and surname on the reservation must be the same as in the ID card. The Organizer does not bear any responsibility if any of our clients is denied entry to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum due to lack of documents.

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