6 hours (Approx.)
Hotel pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English
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Face masks provided for travelers
Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
Gear/equipment sanitized between use
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Regular temperature checks for staff
Temperature checks for travelers upon arrival
Overview
Explore salt caverns and wartime history on a 6-hour tour from Krakow to Wieliczka Salt Mine and Oskar Schindler's Factory. You’ll go underground on a 2.5-hour tour of the Wieliczka Salt Mine, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, then learn the story of a German factory owner who saved more than 1,000 Jewish people during the Second World War. This 6-hour tour includes pickup and drop-off at central Krakow, admission fees, and a guided tour of the Wieliczka Salt Mine.
- 6-hour combination tour from Krakow
- Guided tour of the Wieliczka Salt Mine
- Tour Oskar Schindler's Factory
- Admission fees at both sites included
- Pickup and drop-off from centrally-located Krakow hotels
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Meet a driver at the Krakow hotel meeting point in the morning, then make the 30-minute to the Wieliczka Salt Mine in a comfortable Mercedes Benz that’s Wi-Fi equipped and climate-controlled.
Upon arrival at the mines, join a guided tour of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, touring the mine with a guide and a group of up to 35 people. The mines date back to the 13th-century, and Wieliczka is a network of galleries, chapels, and statues shaped from salt.
Following the 2.5-hour guided tour of the Wieliczka Salt Mine, continue to Oskar Schindler’s Factory, now a museum dedicated to WWII-era Krakow. With 1.5 hours to visit the museum, take in exhibits about Oskar Schindler, the Jewish community in Krakow, and the ordeal of Nazi occupation. If desired, lunch boxes may be provided upon request at additional cost.
This tour concludes with drop-off at the hotel, or at another location in the Krakow city center.
Upon arrival at the mines, join a guided tour of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, touring the mine with a guide and a group of up to 35 people. The mines date back to the 13th-century, and Wieliczka is a network of galleries, chapels, and statues shaped from salt.
Following the 2.5-hour guided tour of the Wieliczka Salt Mine, continue to Oskar Schindler’s Factory, now a museum dedicated to WWII-era Krakow. With 1.5 hours to visit the museum, take in exhibits about Oskar Schindler, the Jewish community in Krakow, and the ordeal of Nazi occupation. If desired, lunch boxes may be provided upon request at additional cost.
This tour concludes with drop-off at the hotel, or at another location in the Krakow city center.
Itinerary
Visit one of the most valuable monuments in Poland on this half-day tour. This salt mine in Wieliczka is the only one of its kind in such good condition. Learn how it is also the only salt mine opened in the 11th century that has been in operation continuously.
Almost 300 kilometers of hallways extend across 9 levels, reaching a depth of 327 meters, presenting the evolution of mining. Explore the mine's underground city containing famous chambers and chapels, including the popular St. King's Chapel visited by over one million tourists from all over the world each year.
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Admission Ticket Included
Oskar Schindler’s Factory will show you the story of a man who devoted himself to save lives of Jewish people. What’s more, the museum represents Krakow from the World War II period and due to interactive exhibitions you can feel as you were walking the streets of old-time Krakow!
Interactive museum inside building of former Oskar Schindler's Factory
Atmosphere of Krakow during World War 2
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Admission Ticket Included
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- "I recommend this tour, but I hope you get better luck with your guides at the salt mines and factory than we had!" See review
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