Visiting Auschwitz, Oswiecim, Poland
I lived in DC for two years and on my one and only attempt to visit the Holocaust Museum, I left crying before getting to the main exhibit. So I don鈥檛 know why I thought I could tour聽Auschwitz and Birkenau,聽the largest Nazi concentration camps, and be fine.
There are two ways to visit the camps from Krak贸w: with a tour or on your own. Most tours are anywhere from $25-30 and take you to both sites, and of course, transport you the hour and a half or so it takes to get there. In order to save money and because I had no interest in being a sobbing mess in front of a bus full of people for 8 hours, we went on our own.
The train from Krak贸w is $2 each way. The downside to the train is that the closest station, Oswiecim, is 20 minutes walking from Auschwitz. It鈥檚 not a bad walk but considering how much you have to walk at the sites, it鈥檚 better to avoid it. Luckily, there is a bus, Lajkonik,聽that also runs to and from Auschwitz that picks you up directly there. The bus ends up being a little bit faster, and hour and 15 minutes instead of 1:45 or 2 hours and costs $3.50. Since entrance to the camps is free, you really can鈥檛 get any cheaper than that to spend a day crying and reflecting on the atrocities that people inflict on other human beings. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
There are two ways to visit the camps from Krak贸w: with a tour or on your own. Most tours are anywhere from $25-30 and take you to both sites, and of course, transport you the hour and a half or so it takes to get there. In order to save money and because I had no interest in being a sobbing mess in front of a bus full of people for 8 hours, we went on our own.
The train from Krak贸w is $2 each way. The downside to the train is that the closest station, Oswiecim, is 20 minutes walking from Auschwitz. It鈥檚 not a bad walk but considering how much you have to walk at the sites, it鈥檚 better to avoid it. Luckily, there is a bus, Lajkonik,聽that also runs to and from Auschwitz that picks you up directly there. The bus ends up being a little bit faster, and hour and 15 minutes instead of 1:45 or 2 hours and costs $3.50. Since entrance to the camps is free, you really can鈥檛 get any cheaper than that to spend a day crying and reflecting on the atrocities that people inflict on other human beings. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
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Guide Name: Visiting Auschwitz
Guide Location: Poland » Oswiecim
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Author: Ana Montano
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Guide Location: Poland » Oswiecim
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Ana Montano
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Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
- Auschwitz and Birkenau
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