Name: Krakow: Schindler's Factory Ghetto and Jewish Heritage Tour
Brand: GetYourGuide
SKU: 281567
Rating: 3.8243 (74 reviews)

Explore the Jewish heritage of Kazimierz and learn more about historic equilibrium of two different cultures in the city. Visit Oskar Schindler's Factory Museum and delve into the history of Krakow under Nazi occupation.

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Duration 2.5 hours: Check availability to see starting times.
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Live tour guide: English
Audio guide included: Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian
Wheelchair accessible

Highlights

Learn about the history of Kazimierz, a neighborhood that supports an equilibriuim of two cultures
Discover the story of Schindler’s Jews and the Righteous Among the Nations
Visit Ghetto Heroes Square, Szeroka Street, Plac Wolnica, and Plac Nowy

Full description

Learn about the dark history of Poland on this guided tour. Start your tour with pickup by your instructor who will explain to you the sightseeing plan for the day before starting your audio-guided tour of Kazimierz and Podgórze district. For many centuries, Kazimierz was a place of coexistence and interpenetration of ethnic Polish and Jewish cultures. Its Jewish inhabitants were forcibly relocated in 1941 by the German occupying forces into the Krakow ghetto just across the river in Podgórze. Today, Kazimierz is an important center of cultural life in the city. Explore Plac Bohaterów Getta, Ghetto Heroes Square, 6 synagogues, Szeroka Street, and more. The last stop on your tour will be a 2-hour visit to Oskar Schindler’s Factory. This museum tells the story of Oskar Schindler and the fate of the Jews during wartime in Krakow. Using vast archival documents, photos, radio and film recordings, period artifacts, and dynamic media installations, you’ll delve even deeper into the darker sides of Krakow’s history.

Includes

Headset and audioguide system in your language
Hotel drop-off
Schindler's Factory entrance ticket
Pharmacy Under the Eagle entrance ticket
Pomorska Street Museum entrance ticket

Food and drinks

Covid-19 precautions

You must book this activity online because the ticket office is closed

Safety measures in place

All areas that customers touch are frequently cleaned
You must keep social distance while in vehicles
The number of visitors is limited to reduce crowds

Traveler requirements

You are required to bring and wear a mask

Meeting point

K+R Bus Stop for tourist coaches at Plac Matejki 2 street.

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Important information

Not allowed

Pets
Alcohol and drugs

Know before you go

To enter synagogues, your shoulders and knees must be covered.

Customer reviews

Overall rating

3.8 /5

based on 74 reviews

Review summary

Guide
4.3/5
Transportation
4.2/5
Value for money
3.8/5
Safety
4.3/5

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The time of departure has been postponed. There was a problem with the audio guide and the tour started with the Schindler Museum. The guide wanted to give us an hour's visit. We were able to negotiate an hour and a half (2 hours announced by getyourguide). We had to ask to visit the other 2 museums, the guide was not aware, but then took us there. The visit to Schindler's museum was very interesting, an audio guide would have been nice, but was not provided.

November 5, 2021

Awesome tourguide Polina, who has answered all of our questions and is an excellent driver! The tour was very interesting and impressive, beautiful to see the Jewish quarter. The Oscar Schindler museum was very interesting. Polina gave us restaurant recommendations and dropped us off where conveniently for us. Great tour, highly recommended

September 4, 2021

Very nice and interesting tour of Kaziemiritz with a tuk-tuk. Very nice guide. Did everything to please me. That part a 10! The Schindler factory was not quite what I expected. I had hoped to see some of the factory again. But it is now divided into narrow corridors surrounded by photographs, proclamations, writings, etc.

August 6, 2021

Krakow: Schindler's Factory Ghetto and Jewish Heritage Tour

Krakow: Schindler's Factory Ghetto and Jewish Heritage Tour

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