Jewish Krakow 3-Day Guided Tour with Wieliczka and Auschwitz

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Krakow: Jewish quarter Kazimierz, Schindler Factory museum and former Ghetto in Podgorze district
11 stops
1
Szeroka Street
Visit the Kazimierz district - this is where Jewish culture once flourished, the preserved traces of which have survived to this day. Szeroka Street is the centre of old Jewish culture surrounded by old synagogues, palaces and majestic houses from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free
2
Muzeum Krakowa - Stara Synagoga
The Old Synagogue is the oldest preserved synagogue in Poland and one of the most valuable monuments of Jewish religious architecture in Europe. The tour program does not include entrance inside.
10 minutes • Admission ticket not included
3
Remuh Synagogue (Synagoga Remuh)
The Old Synagogue is the oldest preserved synagogue in Poland and one of the most valuable monuments of Jewish religious architecture in Europe. The tour program does not include entrance inside.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free
4
Kupa Synagogue (Synagoga Kupa)
The Kupa Synagogue is the last synagogue built during the existence of the Jewish town. It was also called Szpitalna because of its close proximity to the former Jewish hospital, and the Poor, because the poorest members of the Jewish community prayed there. The tour program does not include entrance inside.
10 minutes • Admission ticket not included
5
Market Square
Plac Nowy, today a popular meeting place and festival venue, was once known as Plac Żydowski (Jewish Squre). In 1900, a circular pavilion was erected in the middle of the square, with small grocery and butcher shops, and a fast-food bar with delicious casseroles, famous today in Krakow. On weekdays, the square is filled with stalls selling vegetables and antiques. On Sunday mornings it turns into a busy clothing market. The whole square is surrounded by cafés and pubs popular in the city, which on warm summer nights spill over the square and form one giant beer garden.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free
6
Tempel Synagogue
The Tempel Synagogue is one of the four active synagogues in Krakow, but services are held sporadically. It is also a thriving center of Jewish culture, which hosts numerous concerts and meetings, especially during the Jewish Culture Festival. The tour program does not include entrance inside.
10 minutes • Admission ticket not included
7
Corpus Christi Church (Kosciol Bozego Ciala)
The Corpus Christi Church is distinguished by its size, importance and architecture. Its beauty is best shown in the interior of the temple, where the gothic stone walls harmonize with the gold of the baroque. The tour program does not include entrance inside.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free
8
Father Bernatek Footbridge
The Father Bernatek Footbridge is a unique place in Podgórze, built in 2010 on the site of the former Podgórze bridge, it connects Kazimierz with Podgórze.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free
9
Plac Bohaterow Getta
The Ghetto Heroes Square is a square in the Podgórze district of Krakow. In the years 1941–1943 it was within the ghetto. It was a place of concentration of the Jewish population before transport to concentration camps. Currently, there is an unusual monument in this place - several dozen cast-iron chairs standing individually in the square. They symbolize the items left over from the liquidation of the ghetto.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free
10
Ghetto Wall Fragment
Kraków’s most prominent evidence of its ghetto is this 12-metre stretch of the original ghetto wall. In 1983, a commemorative plaque was raised, which reads in Hebrew and Polish: “Here they lived, suffered and died at the hands of the German torturers. From here they began their final journey to the death camps.”
10 minutes • Admission ticket free
11
Fabryka Emalia Oskara Schindlera
Schindler’s Factory presents the daily life and tragic events that took place in Krakow during World War II. The home of the museum is the site of the Schindler’s Factory shown in the Oscar-winning film "Schindler's List" by Stephen Spielberg. The unusual and modern exhibition of the museum will not leave anyone indifferent.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket included
Day 2
Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum from Krakow
1 stop
12
Panstwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau
Visit to the notorious former concentration camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Driving from Krakow will take us about 1.5 hours. On site, during an over 3-hour walking tour with a local guide, we will see the authentic places where millions of prisoners lived and died - victims of human cruelty. Prison barracks, walls of death, assembly squares, unloading ramps, the ruins of crematoria, personal belongings and documents are silent witnesses of those events and today they are supposed to bear the memory of them never again. Return to Krakow will take place in the evening.
7 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 3
Wieliczka Salt Mine from Krakow
1 stop
13
Wieliczka Salt Mine
The salt mine in Wieliczka is definitely worth visiting! Ballroom, concert hall, art gallery, shrine - all made of salt and located underground. The tourist route through the Wieliczka Mine passes by chambers and drifts, salt and wooden chapels, brine lakes, and around you there are breathtaking views. The walk resembles an expedition not only deep into the Earth, but also into the depths of history. Mining machines, tools, traces of manual salt extraction - all this fits into the story of people and the place that they have created over the centuries. The sacred places of the mine, including the delightful chapel of St. Kinga, create a unique, unique in Europe, and perhaps in the world, underground pilgrimage route.
4 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

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