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Krakow: WWII & Jewish Heritage Private Guided Tour

By TellMeMore Travel
Free cancellation available
Price is £162 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets

Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h+
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Experience authentic wartime sites with expert testimony
  • Certified local historian reveals resistance stories missed by group tours
  • Eagle Pharmacy exclusive access - Step inside Pankiewicz's beacon of hope
  • Touch original Ghetto Wall fragments and experience Heroes Square
  • Visit historic Remuh Synagogue + Cementary and Old Synagogues (4-hour option)

Activity location

    • Krakow
    • Krakow, Województwo małopolskie, Poland

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Miodowa 39, 31-052 Kraków, Polska
    • Kraków, Województwo małopolskie, Poland

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2h: WWII Private Guided Tour & Eagle Pharmacy Entry

  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h
    2h
  • English

The 2-hour tour takes you through Kraków’s WWII landmarks, including Ghetto Heroes Square, the Eagle Pharmacy, and fragments of the Ghetto Wall. Experience powerful stories of resilience, tragedy, and remembrance.

Price details
£162.32 x 1 Adult£162.32
Total
Price is £162.32

4h: WWII & Jewish Heritage Private Guided Tour

  • Activity duration is 4 hours4h
    4h
  • English

The 4-hour tour offers a deeper exploration of Kraków’s Jewish heritage, including visits to Remuh Synagogue, the Old Synagogue, and the Jewish Cemetery, where centuries of history are preserved. Experience Kazimierz’s rich cultural legacy.

Price details
£237.52 x 1 Adult£237.52
Total
Price is £237.52
Until Sat, 16 May

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Dedicated private guide throughout the entire tour - certified historian specialising in WWII history and Jewish heritage
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Eagle Pharmacy museum admission tickets
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Expert storytelling connecting historical sites to personal testimonies
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Visit to Holocaust Victims Memorial
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Ghetto Heroes Square memorial experience
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Original Ghetto Wall fragments tour
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Kazimierz Jewish Quarter exploration (4-hour option only)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Old Synagogue tickets (4-hour option only)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Remuh Synagogue & Jewish Cemetery tickets (4-hour option only)
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Transport
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Food & drinks
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Personal expenses

Know before you book

  • Not allowed: Flash photography, Luggage or large bags, Open-toed shoes, Sleeveless shirts
  • Not suitable for: People with mobility impairments, Wheelchair users
  • In accordance with UK consumer law, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

What you can expect

Step into Kraków's most profound historical narrative as the city reveals its darkest chapter and brightest acts of human courage.

This exclusive 2-4 hour private journey combines authentic wartime sites with intimate stories of resistance, survival, and remembrance - available only through expert local historians who carry these memories forward.

Your certified guide, a passionate keeper of wartime testimonies with deep knowledge of Jewish heritage and Polish resistance, leads you through spaces where history's weight is still palpable. Begin at Szeroka Street's Monument to the Victims of the Holocaust, where thousands of names echo in solemn remembrance of lives tragically cut short.

Experience the haunting power of Ghetto Heroes Square, where 70 empty chairs create more than memorial art - each seat represents a family, a storey, a life interrupted. Your guide reveals how this installation connects past tragedy to present remembrance.

The heart of courage awaits at the Eagle Pharmacy, where Tadeusz Pankiewicz - the only non-Jewish pharmacist allowed in the ghetto - transformed his small shop into a lifeline of hope. Walk through rooms where medicine became resistance, where humanity persisted against impossible odds.

Touch history at the weathered Ghetto Wall fragments on Lwowska Street, where original stones still bear witness to forced separation and eventual liberation. These aren't just ruins - they're testimonies carved in brick and mortar.

This isn't just a tour - it's Kraków's most important storey told through authentic sites where heroism and tragedy intersected, combining historical education with deep human connection in an unforgettable journey of remembrance.

Location

Activity location

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    • Krakow
    • Krakow, Województwo małopolskie, Poland

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Miodowa 39, 31-052 Kraków, Polska
    • Kraków, Województwo małopolskie, Poland