Krakow: Private Schindler's Factory & Ghetto Guided Tour

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About this activity

Experience Schindler’s Factory with a professional guide. Admission is included, lines are avoided, and the tour also includes a visit to the Kraków Ghetto for deeper historical context.

Highlights:

Visit Kraków’s most popular museum
Hear the story of Oskar Schindler and his factory
Explore Kraków’s wartime Jewish ghetto with an expert guide
Discover Ghetto Heroes Square with its moving Chair Memorial
Learn the story of the Under the Eagle Pharmacy

This guided tour offers more than knowledge: it is a powerful, unsettling experience that brings you face-to-face with the memory of wartime Kraków and the resilience of its people. Within this broader narrative, you’ll also hear about Oskar Schindler & how his factory provided refuge to more than a thousand Jewish workers. His story is set against the wider backdrop of persecution, deportations, & the destruction of Kraków’s Jewish community, making clear both the scale of tragedy & the importance of individual acts of courage.

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At a glance

Duration: 3 hours
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–15
Guide: German, Swedish, Russian, Portuguese, English, Italian, French, Spanish
Operated by: excursions.city

Ages: Adults (0–99 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Skip-the-line admission to Schindler’s Factory
Included: Walking tour of Krakow Ghetto
Included: Licensed expert guide

Not included

Not included: Tips(Optional)

Itinerary

Stop 1

1 h 30 min Admission included

Step into one of Kraków’s most visited museums — Schindler’s Enamel Factory, where history comes alive through powerful exhibitions and expert storytelling. This is not a simple biographical museum, but a comprehensive journey through the years of Nazi occupation, showing how war transformed the city and the lives of its people.

With a licensed expert guide, you’ll skip the long ticket lines and explore the exhibition “Kraków under Nazi Occupation 1939–1945.” Housed in the former enamel factory of Oskar Schindler, the museum focuses not only on his story, but above all on the daily experiences of Kraków’s Jewish and non-Jewish residents during the war.

As you move through the galleries, you’ll encounter original artifacts, photographs, and immersive reconstructions. Much of the exhibition unfolds in a series of narrow, dimly lit rooms, deliberately designed to make visitors feel confined — echoing the fear, pressure, and uncertainty that dominated life under Nazi rule.
Ghetto Wall Fragment

15 min Admission not included

The first stop on the walking tour of the Kraków Ghetto is the remains of the Ghetto Walls — a stark reminder of the confinement that once separated its residents from the rest of the city.
Stop 3

20 min

From there you continue to Ghetto Heroes Square, the heart of the ghetto, where deportations to extermination camps took place. Today the square is marked by the symbolic Chair Memorial, each chair representing lives lost.
Eagle Pharmacy - Museum of Krakow

20 min Admission not included

Across the square stands the Under the Eagle Pharmacy, where Tadeusz Pankiewicz and his staff courageously aided ghetto residents, preserving medicine and hope.

Meeting point and pickup

Everyone meets at the meeting point.

Meeting point

Meet your guide in front of the main entrance to the Schindler’s Factory Museum, on the right-hand side. They will hold an excursions.city sign.

End point

Using your ticket

We kindly ask you to arrive 10 minutes before the tour begins. Once the group has departed, latecomers will not be able to join and tickets cannot be refunded.

Please bring your ID card or other identification document for identification by museum staff. The name and surname on your ticket must match the one on your document. Without these, entry may be denied.

Weather conditions can impact your enjoyment of the tour. Please check the forecast ahead of time and come prepared with suitable clothing and footwear. The tour goes ahead in all weather, rain or shine.

Gratuities are optional but always appreciated as a gesture of thanks for your guide.

Cancellation

Free cancellation

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

If you cancel	You get back
At least one day before	100%
Less than a day before	0%

Good to know

Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
We kindly ask you to arrive 10 minutes before the tour begins. Once the group has departed, latecomers will not be able to join and tickets cannot be refunded.
The exhibition uses narrow corridors and immersive design to recreate the atmosphere of wartime Kraków.
The building once housed Schindler’s factory, but today it is a museum without original machinery.
Our tours are only in 1 language. Select your preferred language when booking.
From January 1, 2026: Times are approximate and may change due to museum/site scheduling. You can choose a preferred time, but the exact time is not guaranteed.
Due to the museum's personalized tickets, it is essential to provide the names of all participants during the booking process. Without these, entry may be denied.
Weather conditions can impact your enjoyment of the tour. Please check the forecast ahead of time and come prepared with suitable clothing and footwear. The tour goes ahead in all weather, rain or shine.
Minimum age requirement 13 Years old.