Concentration Camp Tours

Should one visit Auschwitz?

It is a difficult question, and a deeply personal one. For many people, be they pilgrims on a private journey, backpackers exploring eastern Europe, historians, travellers or native Poles, it is a must. The proximity to Cracow makes a visit to the museums a very real option - the town of Oswiecim (Auschwitz) is an hour and a half journey by car from Cracow. And certainly, having seen the camps (regardless of how many other groups are also filing through) few will regret the experience. The camps and their legacy are an indelible part of today's world, and visiting them is both sobering and edifying.

The basic structures of both camps have survived, and the experience of these is amplified by a number of exhibitions about the major victims of the atrocities, chiefly the Jews, but also Poles, Gypsies and Russians. There are many different exhibits, and the apparatus of the camps, as well as the personal belongings left behind by the victims will speak for themselves.

We will drive you to the museum at Auschwitz from Cracow, pointing out all you need to know along the way. We will also arrange for you to have a tour with a museum guide - all are experts on the camps and their legacy. We can then drive you to nearby Birkenau (the expansive satellite of the Auschwitz camp), which for many visitors makes a more powerful impression than the first.

We recommend allowing for at least an hour and a half in each destination. We are on hand to drive you back to Cracow at any time you like.

As always, we offer unique tours, free of overcrowded buses and full of worthwhile information - on site and on the way there!

Our guides are knowledgeable and spirited locals and will make sure you get the most out of your tour.