Day Trips & Excursions in Poland

Two of the most popular sightseeing spots outside of Krakow are Wieliczka Salt Mine, and Auschwitz-Birkenau - the former concentration camp during Nazi-occupied Poland. On this tour, you'll save time and visit both sites in a day. Take the stress out of organizing transport by having hotel pickup and drop-off included. You won't waste time waiting in long ticket lines as admission tickets are included. An English-speaking guide will accompany you at both sites to enhance your tour and teach you about their history.

Learn about the former Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp on this 6-hour tour from Krakow. Take in the history and horror of this UNESCO-listed site, where approximately 1.1 million people died during World War II. The tour includes a documentary film about the Nazi camps and visits to Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau, the two separate camps on site.

See two of Poland's most-visited UNESCO World Heritage sites in a single day on this combo tour from Krakow. Pay tribute to the lives lost during the atrocities of World War II at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, where you can tour the former Nazi concentration camp and view exhibits related to its history and more than a million victims. Then, descend into a fascinating underground city ornately carved out of salt and stone at the Wieliczka Salt Mine.

Get a guided half-day tour from Krakow to Auschwitz-Birkenau, the former Nazi concentration camp that now stands as a memorial to those who were imprisoned and killed within its walls. Begin with a documentary about the history of the camp, then let a guide take you on a tour of Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau.

Remember victims of the Holocaust with a visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, the largest and most infamous Nazi concentration and extermination camp. On this full-day trip from Kraków, learn about the dark history of the camp through informative displays and a guided tour of the surviving prison barracks, gas chambers, and crematorium. En route to the UNESCO World Heritage Site, watch a documentary film about the liberation of Auschwitz for added historical context.

Descend 443 feet (135 meters) underground to explore the Wieliczka Salt Mines, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, on this half-day tour from Krakow. Follow a tourism route through the salt mines to see the shafts, chambers, lakes, and galleries carved into the earth. Entrance fees and round-trip hotel transportation from Krakow included.

Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum makes up an integral part of Krakow's history. Make sure your day trip to the UNESCO World Heritage Site is as relaxed as the rest of your holiday on this full-day tour. As well as hotel pickup and drop-off, entrance fees and a guided tour of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum are included for added convenience.

Immerse yourself in all things John Paul II and St. Sister Faustina on this guided half-day tour by minibus. This pilgrimage-like tour takes you to Sister Faustina's Shrine, Pope John Paul II's home town and the Divine Mercy Sanctuary in Lagiewniki, among other spiritual sites. Learn about the history of the pope-turned saint and about the interesting life of Sister Faustina.

See a poignant piece of World War II history on a 5.5-hour tour of Auschwitz-Birkenau, with private transfers to and from Krakow. After pickup from your Krakow hotel by private driver, journey to the UNESCO-listed site for a guided group tour of the complex. Your guide will discuss the camp's harrowing history as you walk. Visit the watch towers, crematoriums and exhibitions as you hear stories of the lives that were lost there. Your trip will conclude with private transportation back to your Krakow accommodations.

Visit the UNESCO-listed Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp memorial site on this full-day tour from Krakow, Poland. Explore the complex and exhibits, discover the tragic events that took place there, and hear the personal stories of those who died there. Back in Krakow, taste a variety of Jewish dishes and listen to Klezmer music to end the day.

Visit the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Museum from Krakow on a full-day trip that coordinates round-trip transport with guided tours of both Auschwitz and Birkenau. You'll learn the tragic stories behind the Auschwitz's museum, memorials, and exhibits then continue to Birkenau to see the preserved facilities at the onetime concentration camp, with transport between the two sites included.

Explore attractions outside of Krakow on this comprehensive day tour. Save time organizing your own transport by having hotel pickup and drop-off included. You'll travel with ease in a comfortable vehicle to Auschwitz-Birkenau, and the UNESCO World Heritage Site Wieliczka Salt Mine. At both sites, you're guaranteed to skip the long lines with entrance tickets included. You'll also enjoy guided tours which will enhance your experience with historical information.

Visit a pair of Poland's UNESCO World Heritage Sites in a single day on this combo tour from Krakow. First, pay tribute to Holocaust victims and learn about one of the darkest chapters in European history with a guided visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum. After a lunch break, head deep underground to tour the mesmerizing chambers, tunnels, and saline lakes of the Wieliczka Salt Mine, an incredible mining complex founded in the 13th century.

Combine two of Krakow's most important historic sites on this full-day tour of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and the Wieliczka Salt Mine, including hotel pickup and lunch. Start with a moving tour of the Auschwitz-Birkenau complex, and learn the harrowing truths of the largest Nazi concentration camp complex. After lunch, venture underground to explore the UNESCO-listed Wieliczka mine, one of the world's oldest working salt mines.

Easily fit in a visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum with this tour that includes round-trip transport from Krakow. After your ride to the memorial, you'll take a tour led by a museum guide who knows the stories and history of the former WWII camp well. You'll also be provided with headphones, so you don't miss a word along the way.

Visit UNESCO World Heritage-listed Auschwitz-Birkenau, a former Nazi concentration camp where more than a million European Jews and other prisoners were confined or killed during Word War II. A professional guide sensitively portrays the horrors of the Holocaust as you tour the barracks, watchtowers, railway ramps, gas chambers and crematoriums at the two camps, located in Oświā™cim. See poignant museum exhibits and witness moving memorials, where you'll hear narratives by former detainees and learn of Auschwitz's liberation in 1945. Your full-day tour includes round-trip hotel transport from Krakow.

Visit two UNESCO World Heritage Sites on a full-day tour from Krakow to Auschwitz-Birkenau and the Wieliczka Salt Mine, exploring each destination on guided tours. Learn the tragic impact of Poland's wartime history, then go underground to see caverns, chapels, and statues carved from salt. This 11-hour tour includes pickup and drop-off at centrally-located Krakow hotels, entrance fees, and guided tours, with all transport by Wi-Fi equipped, climate-controlled vehicle.

Visit the UNESCO World Heritage site of Auschwitz and Birkenau on this convenient day trip from Kracow. Learn all about the history of the largest concentration camp operated by the Nazis, and many of the people who passed through here, on a fully guided tour. You'll visit two different concentration camps, and leave with a greater understanding of this period of history that shouldn't be forgotten.

Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum in an important place to remember the victims of this former concentration camp during World War II Nazi-occupied Poland. You won't have to worry about organizing how to get there as hotel pickup and drop-off is included. You'll travel in a small group and will avoid waiting in long visitor lines as entrance tickets are provided. Tour Auschwitz-Birkenau with a guide to provide commentary and important historical information along the way.

Gain a better understanding for the history of World War II and Nazi Germany's effect on Poland on this 7-hour day trip to Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum from Krakow. You can choose either a private or shared guided tour including transport, or you can choose round-trip private transport without a guided tour. Whichever option you choose, walk the concentration camps where some of the most terrible and saddest events of World War II happened.