20 Best Day Trips from Krakow 2019 - Best Krakow Day Trips

Excellent tour day!

Pick-up service was well informed and arranged. Driver Konrad was most helpfull and kind, and good & safe driver!

Our tour guide in Auschwitz and Birkenau was just perfect! She knows everything there and the arrangements were really smooth. The audio system works perfectly and let's you have some flexibilty for your own interest points during the tour, and you do not miss any information - or the group.

Also similar arrangement was in use in the Salt Mine. All in all, interesting day and impressive sights!!!

Reviewed by Jouko • May 09, 2019

Auschwitz & Wieliczka Salt Mine Day Trip from Krakow

The best!

As I was staying just a couple of days in Krakow, I was looking for an option that combined Auswitch and The Salt Mines. That's how I find Discover Krakow.
From the beginning they were really polite and we organized the pick up from the hotel via email (as I mentioned that I didn't have my mobile number abroad). And they confirmed the pick up the day before via email also.
The guide / bus driver was Konrad, who was really polite and spoke English super well!
In site our tour guides were really polite and explained the site really well.
Finally, if anyone is thinking in doing both sites (auswitch and salt mines) on the same day, I would say that this tour is the best. You don't rush at all, you have time for everything. It's a full day full of experiences.

Reviewed by Stephanie • March 24, 2018

Auschwitz & Wieliczka Salt Mine Day Trip from Krakow

Excellent and valuable tour

Due to a short stay, me and my girlfriend decided to book both Auschwitz and the Wieliczka salt mine tours in one day, Totally worth it. We were tired at the end of the day but felt like we had gotten good value for our money as well as informative and historical facts. The guide, a local named Conrad, was very helpful and friendly and I hope anyone planning to book this tour is lucky enough to get him as a guide. I sincerely recommend taking this tour, especially if you have little time to spend in Krakow

Reviewed by Michael • August 28, 2016

Auschwitz & Wieliczka Salt Mine Day Trip from Krakow

Had a great day!

Conrad was awesome, really helpful and friendly. It was so good being picked up and dropped off at our accommodation. Our vehicle was comfortable and it was good to have the video playing on our way to Auschwitz. Conrad took us to a great restaurant for lunch which was much appreciated. He did a fantastic job hosting us for the day!

Reviewed by Karllie • October 07, 2016

Auschwitz & Wieliczka Salt Mine Day Trip from Krakow

Well organised and no hassle

Both our driver and guides were very professional and friendy. We had enough time both at Auschwitz and at the salt mines. We also had a decent lunch break. Those who intend to book this tour need to be aware that there is a lot of walking and if you have time maybe you should consider doing them on seperate days.

Reviewed by Maria • August 26, 2019

Auschwitz & Wieliczka Salt Mine Day Trip from Krakow

Amazing

Our guide was awesome. We enjoyed the ride up as he provided a lot of great cultural and area information. He spoke English well and my husband enjoyed speaking Polish with him. Highly recommend!

Reviewed by Annie • August 25, 2017

Custom Tour of Zakopane from Krakow

Great trip

It was a very organised trip, I would definitely recommend!

Reviewed by Rachel • October 22, 2018

Auschwitz & Wieliczka Salt Mine Day Trip from Krakow

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We were picked up from hotel at 8am for Auschwitz and Birkenau. We were shown around by a guide with the added advantage of headphones with her delivering her facts of the sites. On the coach you watched a video of the insight of the atrocities of the Holocaust. This was a very moving tour and very well organised. It was quite emotional walking around the various buildings and trying to imagine what awful experiences these prisoners undertook. Everything was original which made the experience so moving. Seeing the shoes and personnel belonging s of the innocent people that were led to their death. We were then taken by coach to the Birkenau camp. I found the feeling of that place different from Austwitz as you see from old photos and films the people getting off the trains and being separated from their loved ones and being sent to different parts of the camp. We were shown the bunk beds where several people had to share them with various diseases waiting for their death. The wash rooms and toilets. So many of the buildings have gone but you still get that feeling of poignant insight into the Holocaust. This took about five hours all in all and very rewarding experience.

Reviewed by pearlyLondon / TripAdvisor • November 14, 2014

Auschwitz-Birkenau Guided Tour from Krakow

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We can not reccomend Daniel enough. He was very polite, knowledgable, a safe driver and the friendliest guide we have ever had! He went 'above and beyond' to make sure that we saw everything we could on our visit to Krakow and the surrounding areas. We booked three, day-trips with Daniel, and he was always on time and ready to show us all we could absorb in a day. From Aushwitz-Birkenau to Wielicka (Salt mines), Zakopane and the Tatra Mountains, Czestochowa with the Black Madonna and pretty much all the Eagle's Nest Castles. He went out of his way to show us areas that most tourists would not know about and was a wealth of information about his beloved Poland's history. His English was excellent and if he was not familiar with a word/term he wanted to learn. He helped us with Polish pronunciation, which if you are familiar with the language, is no easy task! He was such fun during our day-trips, that when it came to lunch we invited him to dine with us. A more delightful, educated and refined tour guide, you will not find! Thank you Daniel for adding so much to our trip to Poland.

Reviewed by G R / TripAdvisor • April 10, 2015

Custom Tour of Zakopane from Krakow

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My wife and I took 2 tours with this company last week. The first was the Auschwitz and Birkenhau Tour. We were well looked after by the Discover Tour guide and driver. When we got to Auschwitz we were handed over to one of their tour guides. I believe her name was Anna. She looked after us for the Auschwitz and Birkenhau part. She was a very good tour guide who spoke good English. She had a passion in what she was telling us and was very emotional with it. She was very knowledgeable about the 2 sights and was not following a script like some tour guide do. The next day we went with Discover Cracow to the Salt Mine and once again we were well looked after. The company tour guide took us through the Salt Mine with one of the Salt Mine guides and once again we were provided with detailed account of the history of the mine. Both the Auschwitz and Salt Mine tour are well worth doing whist in Krakow and in my opinion Discover Cracow is a good company to do it with.

Reviewed by Ray T / TripAdvisor • November 14, 2014

Wieliczka Salt Mine Guided Tour from Krakow

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Extraordinary

I have rarely seen anything this extraordinary. You start by going down a 'spiral' staircase that is square in cross-section and which seems infinite. There follows a 2 km walk though tunnels that frequently widen into display areas, chapels, ponds, son et lumiere, caverns. It is one wonder after another, difficult to encapsulate in words or pictures. The return to the surface is, mercifully, by a fast lift. Salt carvings, salt chandeliers, Salt statues. Goethe apparently called it a 'wonder of the world' in the 1790s - I have to agree with him. Our trip was marred slightly by a guide who thought that his role was to tell jokes rather than introduce the mine - but the sheer profusion and scale of the exhibits shone through his frail ego. I overheard other guides who were excellent. It is absolutely fascinating - please go! I went as part of a group - a category not included below in trip Advisor's list, so I have had to tick 'solo'.

Reviewed by PinkPantherGrenada / Tripadvisor • October 30, 2018

Wieliczka Salt Mine Guided Tour from Krakow

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1st class tour operator

Our Group of 4 were picked up from our hotel on time arranged , our transport was a clean air conditioned mini bus ,our driver Conrad was polite very keen to answer any questions we had and also played a video on route of the history of Auschwitz, ,Once we arrived at Auschwitz we were grouped up with around another 15 people for the tour which seemed to be the same amount of people in the other tour groups,it took about 1hr 45 to complete the tour once the tour was over ,Conrad then took us to Auschwitz -Birkenau which is only a short drive, we were then taken around by the same tour guide in the same group the tour took about 1hr 15 the tour guide was excellent ,We could not have booked a better tour operator everything was 1st class .The only bad points was to witness the horror of what the Nazis inflicted on the poor souls who were murdered at Auschwitz .

Reviewed by James • June 21, 2018

Auschwitz-Birkenau Group Tour from Krakow

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Ask at your hotel for a guided tour ( don't be tempted to get a man in a cab taking you there).
Discover Krakow - Day Tours . Were brilliant .
The air conditioned coach picked you up from your hotel at the time they said they would.
Staff spoke perfect English.
Dropped you off at (in our case The Salt Mines). You had a sticker so you knew your group. and which coach to get on after the tour.
Done all the tour tickets ( price was included in picking you up tour admission and dropping you off again).
Arranged your guided tour spoken in your language ( ours was English ).
You felt safe and well looked after.
Very impressed and highly professional.

Reviewed by AndyBas / TripAdvisor • November 14, 2014

Auschwitz-Birkenau Guided Tour from Krakow

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Unfortunately we couldn't do the gondola ride due to bad weather, but our driver / guide, Thomas was very good, he ensured we saw the real Zakapana, by taking us to the museum, to a fantastic small wooden church set on the outskirts, to the ski sloops, the town centre, and as I wanted to revisit the cementry to lay flowers on a particular grave, he helped us search out where the grave was.
We also visited a small unique wood constructed village, and watched a craftsman at work creating wonderful carvings.

Reviewed by Veronica S / TripAdvisor • November 14, 2014

Zakopane & Tatra Mountains Day Trip from Krakow

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If it's the only thing you do in Krakow...

...do this!!!

Fantastic tour: see beautiful countryside, learn things about Nazi culture that you've never heard or read, view the magnificent beauty of hundreds of years of labor in the salt mine.
Our driver picked us up at our door, spoke great English, stopped us at a great restaurant, and dropped us wherever we wanted to go.
One thing: you need a soft schedule that allows for 10 hours OR MORE. There are a lot of people in both locations so the timing is variable.

Reviewed by Katherine • September 21, 2018

Auschwitz Museum and Salt Mine 1 Day Tours all inclusive with local guides

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Best tour I have done in Europe.

David ran a terrific tour sharing his unique knowledge of the history of Krakow as we visited sights away from the main tourist hotspots. His passion, enthusiasm and care for his guests was at a level above that I have experienced from any other tour guide. I have done about 40 tours in Europe over the years and this was the best.

If you want a quality experience that you will remember Krakow for take this tour.

Reviewed by Liz • July 09, 2019

Exploring old monasteries in Krakow: A journey through time by bike

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Amazing underground complex

The must do if you are in Krakow. The tour is about 3km walk through the network of caves - you start by descending approx 60 meters via wooden stairs so get ready for some physical excercise. The caves and corridors, which were created in the past 500 years of salt mining is a unique sightseeing - some of the rooms can accommodate hundreds of people. It is an exciting excurse to the history of salt mining.

Reviewed by Ivo_Dolezal / Tripadvisor • October 31, 2018

Wieliczka Salt Mine Guided Tour from Krakow

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We booked through the hotel on arrival into Krakow to go to Auschwitz and the Salt Mines. It was brilliant value for money and we thoroughly enjoyed the trips. Auschwitz was very emotional but something that everyone should visit if they get the chance.
The Salt Mines were amazing although be aware of the 380 steps down straight away and then a couple of hundred after. You do get a lift up (thank god).

Reviewed by karen_dave_10 / TripAdvisor • November 14, 2014

Wieliczka Salt Mine Guided Tour from Krakow

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We booked through the hotel on arrival into Krakow to go to Auschwitz and the Salt Mines. It was brilliant value for money and we thoroughly enjoyed the trips. Auschwitz was very emotional but something that everyone should visit if they get the chance.
The Salt Mines were amazing although be aware of the 380 steps down straight away and then a couple of hundred after. You do get a lift up (thank god).

Reviewed by karen_dave_10 / TripAdvisor • November 14, 2014

Auschwitz-Birkenau Guided Tour from Krakow

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The staff were very good for this tour. From the angelic faced tour guide on the bus, best looking girl in Poland to the very detailed tour guide. We had a informative video on the bus ride there. We then visited both large camps, the first with the gas chambers and then the main camp with the brick buildings and SS HQ.

Its horrific historical knowledge but has to be visited if your in the area.

Reviewed by ant12014 / TripAdvisor • November 14, 2014

Auschwitz-Birkenau Guided Tour from Krakow