Kraków Highlights with Wieliczka & Auschwitz (3 Days)

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Kazimierz, Schindler’s Factory & the Jewish Ghetto
3 stops
1
Krakow
Kazimierz – Jewish Quarter - Begin your experience in Kazimierz, Kraków’s historic Jewish Quarter and one of the city’s most atmospheric districts. For centuries, this area served as the center of Jewish religious, cultural, and social life. Walk through cobbled streets lined with historic synagog hookup, prayer houses, and traditional townhouses, while your guide shares stories of rabbis, merchants, and families who shaped everyday life here long before the war.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket free
2
Krakow Schindler's Factory Guided Tour with french or polish
Continue to Schindler’s Enamel Factory, today one of Kraków’s most significant museums. With a licensed expert guide and skip-the-line access, explore the permanent exhibition “Kraków under Nazi Occupation 1939–1945.” Housed in Oskar Schindler’s former factory, the museum presents a powerful account of life during the occupation through original artifacts, photographs, and immersive reconstructions. Narrow corridors and dimly lit spaces evoke the atmosphere of fear and uncertainty faced by the city’s residents. Within this broader historical context, you will also learn how Schindler’s actions helped save over a thousand Jewish lives.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket included
3
Krakow
Kraków Jewish Ghetto - Walk through the area of the former Jewish Ghetto in Podgórze. See surviving fragments of the original ghetto wall and visit Ghetto Heroes Square, marked by the symbolic Chair Memorial. Nearby, view the Under the Eagle Pharmacy, where pharmacist Tadeusz Pankiewicz risked his life to help ghetto residents. This part of the tour offers a powerful encounter with memory, loss, and human courage.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
Day 2
Wawel Castle, Cathedral, Lunch & Wieliczka Salt Mine
4 stops
4
Wawel Royal Castle
Visit Poland’s former royal residence and explore one of its permanent exhibitions, featuring Renaissance interiors, tapestries, paintings, and royal collections that reflect the country’s political and cultural heritage.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
5
Wawel Cathedral
Enter the Gothic cathedral where Polish kings were crowned and buried. Discover richly decorated chapels, royal tombs, and climb the Sigismund Bell Tower—one of Poland’s most important national symbols.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
6
Krakow
Lunch at a Local Bistro - Enjoy a relaxing lunch featuring traditional Polish cuisine in Kraków’s historic center.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket free
7
Wieliczka Salt Mine
Transfer to Wieliczka Salt Mine / 30 min / Included Travel comfortably by air-conditioned group transport to Wieliczka. Wieliczka Salt Mine Tour / 2h30min / Admission Ticket Included Descend into one of the world’s most remarkable UNESCO World Heritage Sites with a licensed in-house guide. Explore vast underground chambers, salt sculptures, lakes, and the magnificent Chapel of St. Kinga—entirely carved from salt by generations of miners. Return to Krakow / 30 min / Included Relax on the return journey after a day of history and natural wonder.
3 hours 30 minutes • Admission ticket included
Day 3
Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum
1 stop
8
Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau
Transfer from Krakow / 1h30min / Included Depart Krakow by comfortable, air-conditioned group transport to Oświęcim. Auschwitz I – Main Camp / 2h / Admission Ticket Included With an official museum guide, visit the original camp. See preserved barracks, exhibitions, and the iconic gate marked “Arbeit Macht Frei,” while learning about the lives of prisoners and the mechanisms of persecution. Short Break / 15min / Free Time Auschwitz II–Birkenau / 1h30min / Admission Ticket Included Continue to Birkenau, the site of mass extermination. Walk along the railway tracks, see the ruins of gas chambers and crematoria, and visit memorials honouring the victims. Return to Krakow / 1h30min / Included Return to Krakow in the afternoon following a day of remembrance and reflection.
7 hours • Admission ticket included

Additional info

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
• Please arrive 10 minutes before the tour begins. Once the group has departed, latecomers cannot join and tickets are non-refundable.
• All group tours are conducted in one language, selected when booking.
• The tour operates in all weather conditions — dress appropriately and wear comfortable shoes.

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