Kraków · DAY TRIPS FROM KRAKOW
Kraków is the base for the best of southern Poland — the salt mine, the mountains, the gorge, the pilgrimage towns. These 15 day trips are compared on travel time, what each includes, and how long you actually spend at the destination.
A full-day Auschwitz-Birkenau trip from Krakow with roundtrip transport, entry tickets, and a phone-based self-guided visit.
“This was an amazing tour, well organised trip and the your leader was very helpful. Highly recommended.”
Krakow day trip packs Auschwitz-Birkenau and Wieliczka Salt Mine into 10 to 12 hours with pickup, English guides, lunch, and tickets.
“Mixed feelings about this one. The tour company was excellent with good communication and door to door pick up/drop off. Nice clean mini bus and helpful and informative driver. The tours themselves weren’t quite what we had hoped though. The Auschwitz tour was informative, but the groups were large and there was no time to stop and reflect and no opportunity to read any of the information plaques around the museum. It would have been good to have a little free time at the end of the guided tour to pause a little. Same with the salt mine, the guide was very professional and informative but it all felt a…”
Krakow to Zakopane day trip with Chochołów village, oscypek and vodka tasting, and Gubałówka funicular views of the Tatras.
“David our driver, DKGold, was excellent. Went out of his way to make sure our day was perfect. Helped us 'beat the queues' and parked right next to attractions and got us to our hotel despite pedestrian area. 👍👍👍👍👍”
Krakow to Zakopane day trip with Gubałówka funicular, oscypek and vodka tasting, Krupówki time, and Chocholowskie thermal baths.
“Zakopane is a tour where we were able to taste delicious cheese, see the mountains from above, and enjoy hot springs. Philip is a very friendly and patient guide, and the tour was excellent. Highly recommended!”
Full-day English-guided trip from Krakow to Auschwitz-Birkenau and the Wieliczka Salt Mine, with skip-the-line entry and easy transport.
“The trip was very organised. The only slight negative that we had is that the instruction for the lunch break wasn't very clear when we arrived at the salt mines. We had the option to leave your back backs etc on the bus. it was only when we walked up to the entrance that we were informed that we had an hour to wait and our lunch was still on the bus which had moved. Asking would be the best option in hindsight.”
From Krakow, visit Auschwitz-Birkenau and explore the Wieliczka Salt Mine underground, with skip-the-line tickets on an 11-hour day trip.
“Amazing trip, super well organized and the tour guides were amazing. Would totally recommend!”
Guided Auschwitz-Birkenau and Wieliczka Salt Mine day trip from Krakow, with hotel transfer, headsets, tickets included, and a long but memorable day.
“Fantastic day perfect organised great communication and salt mines is a must all good for 1day experience”
Guided Auschwitz-Birkenau day trip from Krakow with private transport, Italian guide, entry tickets, and time to reflect at Auschwitz I and Birkenau.
“C’è da dire che ho prenotato giusto due giorni prima l’escursione e di conseguenza ho pagato un pochino in più ma al di la di tutto, l‘escursione è andata benissimo, non mi è stato annullato il tour, sono stati precisi con l’orario il giorno prima mandano la posizione e il nome del bus e il giorno dell’appuntamento chiamano tutti e si accertano che ci siano tutti e qualora qualcuno fa ritardo chiamano a telefono e ti aspettano, veramente veramente top”
An all-inclusive day from Krakow to Auschwitz and Wieliczka Salt Mine with English guides, hotel pickup, and skip-the-line access.
“Very well organised and efficient. Auschwitz - Birkenau was the most sobering experience of my life, but a must. The salt mines were just awesome and a wonderful contrast to the above.”
Visit Auschwitz-Birkenau on a Krakow day trip with round-trip transfer, museum time at both sites, and a small-group escort and booklets.
“When we arrived at Auschwitz the bus driver told us that the museum was full, so our tour was cancelled. He told us that we can stay there in Auschiwtz and try to get the tickets by ourselves (paying for them again) and later arrange our return to Cracow on our own (paying again the bus fare), or return to Cracow with him. Our obvious choice (all the passengers) was to return to Cracow for obvious reasons. I want the full refund of the money that I paid for a tour that was cancelled by you. Besides, I paid tickets from Kielce to Cracow and return, just for this canceled…”
Krakow to Zakopane and Chochołowskie Thermal Baths in one long day, with Highland culture, Gubałówka cable car views, and hot pools.
“Fantastic tour. Bart our guide really made the experience. So well organised, knowledgeable and even had us clapping and singing on the bus :) We were lucky enough to get snow and it made the experience magical .”
Half-day pickup from Krakow to the Wieliczka Salt Mine, UNESCO site with 13th-century chapels, sculptures, underground lake, and guided tour.
“Transportation: Our transportation was bang on time, very comfortable and our driver was very good conversation too which made the 25 minute journey fly by. The Salt Mine: The mine is absolutely incredible, whatever pictures you see on the internet do it far from justice. I can honestly say the underground cathedral is the most beautiful and spectacular thing I have ever seen! How this place is not the 8th wonder of the world I don't know! Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and she was fun, tours guides can sometimes be very boring and monotone in other places but she was far from it, she made the tour fun,…”
7-hour Auschwitz-Birkenau day trip from Krakow with shared minivan transfer, English guide, pre-booked entry, hotel pickup, and headphones.
“Excellent trip! Communication about pick up points was good and the driver was on time. We arrived at Auschwitz and our tour guide was very good and very informative. You are given headsets so you can hear your tour guide, although I will mention that you need to try and stay close to the tour guide or you lose signal, therefore missing information!”
Traditional wooden rafting in the Dunajec Gorge, then a rail car to Gubałówka for Tatra views on a full-day trip from Krakow.
“A long drive through beautiful Poland wirh Marek giving us the 'extra' attention and information. A great help to us aho have yet not mastered the language. He showed us every detail accompaning us to order tickets for the raft and tram at the mountain. The clouds also lifted at the very time we wanted to see Tetra's highest peak! Marvellous 12 hours . Thank you Poland.”
Full-day guided trip from Krakow to Grota Lokietka cave, the Krakow Gate hike, and Pieskowa Skala castle on limestone cliffs.
“It would be useful to include more detail in the description on the website. In particular, length of the walk through the National Park, and the state of the path. It could be difficult for people who cannot manage rough paths.”
Every kind of day out, and the best of each.
