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Auschwitz-Birkenau & Wieliczka Salt Mine: Day Tour & Lunch

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    Auschwitz-Birkenau & Wieliczka Salt Mine: Day Tour & Lunch

    4.7

    823 reviews

    From £59.20 per person

    Visit the historically important site of Auschwitz-Birkenau and learn about WWII concentration camps in Poland. Later tour the underground Salt Mine in Wieliczka, one of the oldest working salt mines in the world. Enjoy a packed lunch of Polish products.

    About this activity

    Free cancellation
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    Covid-19 precautions
    Special health and safety measures apply. Learn more
    Mobile ticketing
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    Duration 11 hours
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    Live tour guide
    English
    Pickup optional
    You'll be picked up outside your hotel.

    Experience

    Itinerary
    7.5 hours

    • Krakow

    • 1.5 hours

    • Auschwitz I

    • Free time

    • Auschwitz II-Birkenau

    • 1.5 hours

    • Wieliczka Salt Mine

    • 45 minutes

    • Krakow

    Pickup included
    Main stop
    Other stop
    Highlights
    • Experience 2 of Krakow's most important historic sites in one day
    • Take a guided tour of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp
    • Head underground at the impressive Wieliczka Salt Mine
    Full description
    You’ll get an early start on this 11-hour combination tour that begins with a visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau and continues later with the opportunity to explore the Wieliczka Salt Mine. First you’ll stop at Auschwitz I, where you will join a 2.5-hour English tour, provided by the museum’s guide. After that, the tour continues at Auschwitz II-Birkenau, which is about 2 kilometers away. You’ll spend about an hour with the same guide and explore the site while hearing about its history. During the second half of your full-day program, you’ll travel to the Salt Mine in Wieliczka, which is one of the oldest working salt mines in the world. It has been producing table salt for over 700 years! Enjoy a delicious packed lunch set (at 14:30) with the best Polish products. The English-speaking tour of the Mine will begin at 16:00 or 17:00 (depending on road conditions). Head 140 meters underground on a 2.5-hour journey along more than 2.5 kilometers of tourist routes and see chambers with amazing carvings and statues, with everything made of salt. You should arrive back at your hotel not later than at 19:30.
    Includes
    • Door-to-door transportation (free hotel pickup)
    • Documentary film
    • English-speaking guide in Auschwitz and Birkenau
    • English-speaking guide in the Salt Mine
    • All admission fees and tickets
    • Insurance
    • Lunch
    • Gratuities (optional)
    • Photo permission inside the Salt Mine (10zł can be paid on the spot)
    Covid-19 precautions
    Safety measures in place
    • All areas that customers touch are frequently cleaned
    • The number of visitors is limited to reduce crowds
    Traveler requirements
    • You are required to bring and wear a mask

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    What to bring

    • Passport or ID card

    Not allowed

    • Luggage or large bags

    Know before you go

    • As per the requirements of Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, all participants are required to provide their full name and contact details as part of the booking
    • Entrance may be refused if the name provided on the booking is not identical to the name on the ID provided when entering
    • Owing to the requirements, all tickets to the museum are non-refundable. Please consider your purchase carefully
    • The Salt Mine tour begins at around 16:00. Your English-speaking guide will take you on a tour of 2-2.5 hours, to 140 meters underground on a journey of over 2.5 kilometers of tourist routes
    • To reach the first level of the mine (64 meters underground), you have to descend wooden stairs with 378 steps. After the tour, you will be taken up to the surface by a lift
    • The pace and duration of the tours are determined by the memorial's visitor service. Unfortunately, GetYourGuide and your guide have no influence on the duration of the break times
    Customer reviews

    Overall rating

    4.7 /5

    based on 823 reviews

    Review summary

    • Guide
      4.6/5
    • Transportation
      4.8/5
    • Value for money
      4.6/5
    • Safety
      4.8/5

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    Tour was very efficient and the driver was on time for all of our pickup spots. Eat breakfast before or bring it on the bus since you won't have a breakfast break. The tour came with a boxed lunch which was nice. Salt mine tour involves going down ~20 flights of steps, so be prepared for that. There is an elevator to take you back up.

    13 October 2021

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    Anonymous – United States Verified GetYourGuide customer

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    Excellent service from the tour company, and lunch was simple but really tasty. The guide for the Auschwitz tour was okay, but the one for the salt mine was amazing. I almost didn't go to the salt mine but I'm so so so glad I did. highly recommend this whole your!

    3 July 2021

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    Adrienne – Malta Verified GetYourGuide customer

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    The tour of Auschwitz was very informative and really put it into perspective when seeing the remains of the buildings and belongings that are there. I really liked that the tour provides you with a headset so you can hear the tour guide a lot clearer and easier as we were in a big group and had we had been at the back this would have not been possible. I didn't have much of an expectation for the Salt Mines but I was WOWed when we dove deeper into the mines. What has been done over the years is absolutely insane and amazing, definitely a must see even for those like myself who thought it wouldn't be anything special. I only wish the tour guide had the same headset idea that Auschwitz had as I found it very hard to hear the guide at times and had to keep asking my partner what they said. My only real negative is the small bus we were on that was almost full, was very cramped and hard to eat your lunch in comfort on. I could see no way to open any windows.

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    10 September 2020

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    Lisa – United Kingdom Verified GetYourGuide customer

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