The sound of silence must be heard…

A symbol of terror, genocide and the Holocaust. Over 1.1 million men, women and children lost their lives here. The original stones, bricks, buildings, descriptions, dozens of witness accounts, archival documents and photographs, that survived the horrors of the past are silent but have many stories to tell… This tour is not only a history lesson but above all a fundamental experience.

Day 1

Auschwitz-Birkenau – Krakow

  • Morning transfer to Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum for a tour. The site has been listed as the UNESCO World Heritage Monument since 1978. Our tour covers both parts of the former concentration camp–Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau. In 1940 German Nazi built the largest of the concentration and extermination camps as a “final solution”. Over 1.1 million men, women and children lost their lives here. Today, you can see preserved ruins of the gas chambers and places filled with human ashes, primitive barracks for prisoners and miles of the camp fence and roads. It has become the most touching symbol of terror, genocide and the Holocaust.
  • Afternoon: return to Krakow for a walking tour of the old part. The tour features the largest mediaeval square in Europe, where we visit the oldest shopping mall Sukiennice (Cloth Hall) and the Church of the Virgin Mary, including the magnificent Gothic wooden altar by Wit Stwosz. The tour takes us down Kanoniczna and Grodzka street to Wawel Hill for a visit of the courtyard of the Wawel Royal Castle.
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