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Auschwitz Birkenau Memorial and Museum Guided Tour(ENG)

Location: Krakow, Poland
Duration: 8 Hours
Adult Cost: EUR 38.50 Per Person ( INR 3538 )
Child Cost: EUR 17.50 Per Child ( INR 1608 )
Tour Start Time: Starts at: 0700 Hrs and 1200 Hrs

Operational Days of sightseeing

Daily:

Departure Point - Hotel Pick Up

Tour Details

Visit the sombre memorial at Auschwitz Birkenau, Learn the history from your expert local guide, Step inside memorials and exhibits to help understand the camp, Reckon with a Holocaust history. Auschwitz is one of the best-known concentration camps in the world; it is a place of genocide where approximately 1.5 million people were killed during WWII. The tour includes a visit to Auschwitz I - the administrative centre of Auschwitz death camp and Auschwitz II, designed and constructed as an extermination facility. The place has remained a living monument of death. Every year, millions of visitors from around the world walk through the gate bearing a fallacious inscription: Arbeit macht frei -Work sets one free .Defeating the same route as prisoners for over half a century ago. The programme of the visit comprises theintroduction to the origins of the camp, its history and the everyday life of its prisoners. The Auschwitz-Birkenau complex was established in 1940 and throughout the five years of its inglorious operation over 1.5 million Jews, Poles, Italians and Frenchman perished here. It should be emphasized that the prisoners of Auschwitz originated from every country in Europe. The museum was founded in 1947, combining the area of KL Auschwitz (Auschwitz I) in Oswiecim and the Birkenau camp (Auschwitz II) in Brzezinka; it comprises approximately 150 buildings and 300 ruins. The original roads, fences, watchtowers and railway ramps have been preserved. The buildings house the collection of original exhibits and documents. In 1979, the concentration camp was designated as one of the UNESCO's World Heritage Sites.

Tour Inclusions

  • Hotel pick up, Hotel drop off, Entrance fees, Local guide, Documentary Screening in the bus, Supervision of English-speaking tour leader.

Cancellation

A 15% refund applies to completely untilized sightseeing (atleast 5 days prior to commencement of the tour).Within 5 days it is non refundable.

Additional Info

  • Operational from 01st Apr 2018 - 30th Jun 2018. The Tours will not operate on the following date: 15 Jun 2018
  • This tour is operated in air conditioned vehicles.

Note*: THIS IS A SHARED GUIDED AND SHARED TRANSPORTATION TOUR. Departure time is estimated and must be reconfirmed at least 24h before the tour starts, to reconfirm exact pick up time. Please note that pick up from hotel is only provided for hotels within Krakow city limits, if not sure whether your hotel is applicable contact and confirm (Hotel pick-up from Sympozjum Hotel will not be available). Visits to the Museum by children under the age of 14 are not recommended. Auschwitz Birkenau Museum: the maximum size of backpacks or handbags brought into the Museum cannot exceed dimensions: 30x20x10 cm. Please leave your bags in the bus. Eating and smoking, as well as taking photographs inside the buildings and acting in a loud manner are forbidden at the site.