How to get to Auschwitz from Krakow: all the options, our tips

A must visit in your tourist trip to Krakowsouth of Poland, is without a doubt the Auschwitz Memorial and Museum, which you find under the name of Oswiecim Muzeum.

This is the former Nazi concentration camp, perhaps the place in Europe where the holocaust that the Jewish community suffered reached its peak, with more than a million murdered.

It is not an “easy” visit, but it is essential to try not to repeat it.

How far is Auschwitz from Krakow?

To make this visit, you should know that the old Auschwitz concentration camp It is located 70 kilometers west of Krakow, in the town of Oswiecim.

How to get to Auschwitz from Krakow

To begin with, if you are doing a sightseeing trip through poland en rental car or your own vehicle, we can tell you that from Krakow you will arrive in less than an hour.

Here you have our best tips for renting a car, with questions and tricks that you should take into account.

Tour to Auschwitz-Birkenau from Krakow

The most comfortable and complete option, without a doubt, is to sign up for a Auschwitz-Birkenau excursion from Krakow  with guide in spanish.

On this excursion that will take you almost the entire day, you will be picked up in the center of Krakow and on the bus you will watch an introductory documentary about the visit you are going to make.

Already in the former Auschwitz concentration camp, first you will see the barracks area and other main facilities.

Then on the bus you will approach the nearby extension of birkenau where you will see the area where the Nazis carried out the strategy of Final Solution to the Jewish Problem, that is, the gas chambers.

Finally you will return to Krakow after a day of about 7 and a half hours.

Here you have all the information about the Tour to Auschwitz-Birkenau, one of the ways to visit it from Krakow.

And here another alternative Auschwitz excursion from Krakow with guide in spanish and also a duration of 7 and a half hours.

How to go by bus from Krakow to Auschwitz

But if you prefer go on your own, you have the option to arrive is go by regular bus.

Where is the Krakow bus station

La Krakow bus station you find it on the east side of the train station Kraków Główny, and you recognize it for being in the building with the initials MDA (Bosacka Street 18, in square Wita Stwosza).

To go to Auschwitz from Krakow you must take the bus that takes you to the town of Auschwitz, although you must get off beforehand at the bus stop. Oswiecim Muzeum.

There are several bus lines that cover that route, and some of them even have the memorial as their last stop.

Early in the morning there are buses every 10-25 minutes, for example at 8,25, 8,30, 9,00, 9,20, 9,30, 9,55, 10,05 and 10,20 hours.

Krakow to Auschwitz bus schedules

On the official website of the Krakow MDA station you can check the Bus schedules from Krakow to Auschwitz (Oswiecim Muzeum).

El price of the bill It's just over 5 euros.

Once in the Auschwitz Memorial and Museum, to go to the nearby old Auschwitz Birkenau concentration camp you can use the free bus which connects both locations.