Kraków Essentials: Kraków with Jewish quarter, Wieliczka Salt mine, Auschwitz – Birkenau Memorial and Museum
Kraków Essentials Poland, a tour that covers the region’s most important sights — a must-see selection for anyone spending three days in Kraków. The Auschwitz – Birkenau Memorial and Museum, former German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp, the Wieliczka Salt Mine, stunning natural beauty. The Krakow Old Town with Wawel Hill and Jewish quarter.
Our travel itinerary includes varied activities, from sightseeing to adventurous excursions:
- The Royal Route: A visit to the Old town and Wawel hill .
- Wawel Hill: visit to the Royal Cathedral – Sigismund’s Bell, the Royal Tombs,and the Royal Castle- Reneissan courtyard, Wawel Dragon, Vistula River.
- The Old Town: Walk along the Royal Route through Kanonicza Street and Grodzka Street, Archbishops’ Palace and the famous “Papal Window”, Collegium Maius – oldest part of the Jagiellonian University, the Main Market Square, the Town Hall Tower, the Clothhall,
- St. Mary’s Basilica with the famous bugle call, played on the trumpet every hour from the higher tower of St. Mary’s Church
- Visit to the historical district of Kazimierz – a former royal city, with a historic Jewish quarter.
- The jewish quarter: Walk through the streets of the former Jewish town – Szeroka Street, the Old Synagogue, the Remuh Synagogue, the Izaak Synagogue, the Tempel Synagogue, JCC, the New Square, Meiselsa Street. Visiting the synagogue.
- The Wieliczka Salt Mine Tourist Route, an extraordinary underground treasure, hidden from the world, full of secrets and legends.
- Visit to Auschwitz – Birkenau Memorial and Museum. Former German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp. The tour includes a visit to both parts of the camp, Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau.
| GROUP Number of students + teachers |
from 20 + 2 | from 30 + 3 | from 40 + 4 |
| TOUR PRICE | 1370 PLN / pp | 1270 PLN / pp | 1220 PLN / pp |
You might also consider an additional attraction:
Guided tour of Podgórze district
the site of the former Krakow Ghetto, and the wartime stories of the occupation (1939–1945), real locations connected with Schindler’s List at Podgórze.
Guided tour of Oskar Schindler's Enamel Factory
the exhibition Krakow during the occupation 1939-45 (+ 2 hours)
Unique history lessons
meeting with the history witness, Holocaust Survivor or Former Concentration Camp Prisoner (+1.5 hours)
The price includes:
- 2 overnight stay with half board in a dbl or trpl room in a 3* hotel or aparthotel centrally located
- English speaking guides
- All entrance tickets & admissions, tourguide system
- Teachers free of charge (2-4 People)
An optional fee:
- Guided tour Pogórze, former ghetto area = PLN 50 / PP
- Guided tour of Oskar Schindler’s Enamel Factory = PLN 150 / PP
- Unique history lessons. Meeting with the history witness = PLN 100 / pp
- The Live Obwarzanek Museum = PLN 45 / pp
- The Oscypek Museum and Oscypek cheese making shows = PLN 50 / PP
- Visit thermal baths (indoor & outdoor) 3h = PLN 130 / PP
- Vistula River Boat Cruise = 70 PLN / PP
- Two-course lunch during the tour = PLN 75 / person
- Insurance = PLN 5 / person (valid only for polish groups)
- Transportation (adjusted to group size) = approx. PLN 300 – 350 / person
Notes:
- At some museums: reservations are required several months in advance, there may be a limit on participants during the tour, and it is necessary to divide the group into two smaller groups.