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  • Sam
    Alsager, UK4 contributions
    It killed an hour in the rain and we learnt some more of Krakow history. However, you do not travel very far up or down the river and mainly just see the castle and the nunnery.
    Review of: 1 Hour Krakow Sightseeing by Vistula River Cruise
    Written August 13, 2023
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  • KTP310
    Reading, UK891 contributions
    I purposely chose the gondola cruise rather than the bigger boats, as I thought it looked more relaxing. It was a lovely way to enjoy the river and very peaceful with only 3 passengers on board! The cruise was very pleasant and the audio guide was reasonably interesting.
    Review of: Krakow Vistula River 1 Hour Sightseeing Cruise
    Written July 15, 2023
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  • Cindy S
    Muskego, WI1 contribution
    The views where very nice as was the boat. Our big complaint is that we couldn't hear half of what was said. They need more speakers especially on the top deck. We also had hoped for more information/history. In English.
    Review of: Krakow by night 60 minutes cruise The Vistula River Krakow
    Written August 6, 2023
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  • melody
    Hereford, UK1 contribution
    The Vistula river is beautiful but as we were first time visitors and without commentary or a guide, it was difficult to make the most of the panoramic view.

    We thought it unusual for a boat trip of this nature for the driver not to speak to any of the passengers at all about anything.

    So our advice is that it is a nice trip but take your own guide so that you can make the most of the panoramic view.
    Review of: Panorama of Krakow from the Vistula River during an hour-long cruise
    Written October 23, 2022
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  • Roberto L
    1 contribution
    Allowing the people doing the esperience!!!!! The advert says 1 hour but the real time is 30 minutes to go and come back admiring omly the castle....it's a shame!!!!
    Review of: Cruise on the Vistula River
    Written August 3, 2023
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  • Dawn C
    Weymouth, UK319 contributions
    We were picked up on time by Wojciech. He was a fantastic guide. From start to finish we were looked after perfectly.
    It is quite a long drive but absolutely worth it.
    The scenery is outstanding.
    We enjoyed seeing traditional wooden houses and 15th century Church of St Michael the Archangel.
    Rafting in Dunajec was pleasant. The rafts hold 12 people and it was quite busy.
    I recommend if you visit Krakow allow yourself 6 days as there is so much to see and do.
    Review of: Rafting the Dunajec River Gorge in Southern Poland, private tour from Krakow
    Written September 16, 2020
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  • PaweÅ‚ X
    2 contributions
    The views was amezing we took a lot of Photos it was one hour trip. And Mariusz captain was the Best
    Review of: Gondola cruise The Vistula River Krakow private tour up to 12 person
    Written July 31, 2023
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Has anyone done both tours before?
Do you think the former is worth doing?

I have done the tour with a guide - so i guess techncially i have gone on the "General tour 3.5h" or something similar, but i am only at Auschwitz 1 for 1.5h, and then we rushed to Auschwitz 2-Birkenau for 1h. i recently went on a organized tour from Krakow bc i couldnt secure guided tour ticket at the last minute from the website. but i think my guide may a person in training (?) cos he was guiding us with an Auschwitz educator standing beside him all the time. I still couldnt figure out whether he is a new guide in training within Auschwitz, or he needs to be chaperoned bc he is a guide hired from the 'outside' (ie not someone hired by the Aushcwitz site). I am inclined to believe it is the latter, but not sure, so would appreciate anyone with better insights. So this means there could be 2 diff guides - one is a tour agency guide from the outside, and another is a Auschwitz educator guide?
Answer: for future readers - I did the 6 hour tour and it is a better pace,smaller group and you visit a few more places in the camps. Our guide was very good. Worthwhile if you have more than a passing interest in the history. We were at Auschwitz for 3 hours and birkenau for 2.25 hours. Crowds were smaller that day so we didn’t have to stop to wait for other groups. I then returned to Auschwitz around 4pm to walk through on my own and to visit some of the country specific exhibits - Hungary’s exhibit is especially good. In order to return to camp 1, I purchased free tickets ahead of time since you have to renter the queue.

Tour vs self guided - 100% go on a tour. The guides paint a more complete picture than you will get from a guidebook. You can arrive early if you want to see birkenau before it gets crowded and walk on your own. No ticket is required to visit birkenau.

Auschwitz vs birkenau - you want to see both. Auschwitz is more intact and has almost all of the exhibits. The exhibits of luggage,eyeglasses, shoes, and human hair is overwhelming. Birkenau is 25x the size of Auschwitz camp 1. Many buildings were destroyed but you can get a better feel for the scale of the genocide. Even with most buildings destroyed you get a chill realizing how people were sorted and put to death. Many times within hours of arrival.

Krakow ghetto - to round out your experience walk through the ghetto and Jewish quarter. Visit the synagogues. Realize the size of the Jewish community that thrived in this area and then 90% of them were killed.

Last - learn about the history that led up to the holocaust. Hitler did not rise up in a vacuum. There were 20 years of anti-semitism that occurred before the death camps. The nazis were very good at isolating Jews, cutting them off from day to day community and business involvement and then eventually shipped them off to forced labor and death. Awareness of that history will help prevent this from ever happening again.
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