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  • Paulina P
    1 contribution
    It was very comfortable and enjoyable bus trip:) It's great that we could all travel together with our friends on one means transport:) Mr.driver very nice, kind and patience:) I recommend!!!
    Written June 18, 2021
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  • Charmane W
    Port Elizabeth, South Africa72 contributions
    We enjoyed our trip to Wadowice with the bus taxi service. Was like driving in a microbus not too many stops along the way. A short Distance to the city centre and the Churc
    Written December 29, 2019
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  • Annika2650
    Hvidovre, Denmark7 contributions
    We was have for privat trip whit them. The same driver, alwas to time, and drive good. For sure we will use them next time we go to Poland.
    Written September 11, 2017
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  • CBB
    Dubai, United Arab Emirates44 contributions
    Pawel was extremely reliable, knowledgeable and entertaining. He spoke very good English and was always prompt. He picked us up from the airport, a day trip to Zacopane, Auschwitz, and our final trip to the train station. He really looked out for us and made sure we were always where we needed to be and escorted us to make sure we were taken care of before he departed. This trip to Krakow far surpassed our expectations and Pawel was one of the reasons for that! 🙏🏼♥️
    Written October 22, 2022
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  • David_1064
    Olympic Valley, CA12 contributions
    My wife and I just spent three days being driven by Mariusz from Krakow to Zamosc to Lublin and finally to Warsaw. For the entire time, Mariusz was extremely pleasant, very knowledgeable, very efficient, and an excellent driver. We talked about all sorts of things on the way, including family, travel, and even politics. He was always at hand to help with hotel check-ins, luggage handling, and to make sure our guides met up with us.

    I would recommend that if ever you want or need a driver in Poland ( I think he will work just about anywhere) we would recommend him in a heartbeat.
    Written April 24, 2017
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  • 125steph101
    Huddersfield, UK25 contributions
    Reliable and friendly company with good prices. If you would like to travel in Poland or need an airport pick up, don't hesitate to travel with these guys! We used them to travel from Zakopane to krakow because I've heard trains are not so safe, so it was very helpful and they were always on time. And also avoided traffic where possible. Nice comfy car too.
    Written August 9, 2015
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  • Mandy_CPO
    Nijmegen, The Netherlands1 contribution
    The contact with TPO Travel was very pleasant. Quick responses and good communication. They took care of the transfers from and to the airport for our group of business travellers (20 people) and also the trip to Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau including a lunchbox during the 1,5 hour trip. Very good, if we organise this trip again, we will certainly contact TPO again.
    Written April 23, 2018
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  • joemontana16
    Mission Viejo, CA757 contributions
    okay, so a lot of folks who visit Krakow will want to visit Auschwitz-Birkenau while in town. we spent a lot of time looking at tours to this venue and of course there are plenty of companies only happy to oblige. the problem -- it's expensive and it takes all the enjoyment out of travelling (okay, maybe that's not a statement that will ring true for everyone, but we like to things the way locals do). the fare to Auschwitz from Krakow is only 14 zlotys (as of this writing) one way. That's about $3.50 USB. For a 90 minute bus ride, we think that is a bargain. the smart thing to do is purchase the bus ticket from the office at least a day before you go. the problem with purchasing the ticket from the driver is that you could run into a situation where all the other passengers have purchased their tickets already and be unable to get on the bus that you need. they leave for Auschwitz about every hour and since your Auschwitz tour is scheduled for a particular time, you may end up missing the start time. the return bus ticket from Auschwitz back to Krakow can be purchased directly on the bus. no issue there since most of the passengers are in the same boat (you probably won't know what time you are returning to Krakow, so it's best to not purchase these tickets until you get on the bus). since you will be new in town, the best thing to do is perform some recon to locate the bus station. sure, it's easy to see on the map, but as we found out, there is plenty of construction going on and the direct route won't be happening. you have to go through the Galleria Krakowska to reach both the train and bus stations. bottom line: do the recon at least a day before and purchase those tickets at that time so that when the day comes for your trip to Auschwitz there won't be any stress and you will know how to get there without hassle. the galleria is about a 10 minute walk from the Main Square. note: don't show up for the bus 5 minutes before it's scheduled to depart as all of the other passengers will be there (most likely) and you may have a hard time getting a seat. we showed up 25 minutes early and were about 20th in line.
    Written July 16, 2017
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  • OISEAU_K
    Seoul, South Korea1,654 contributions
    There are some Foreigners' tour from the local travel agency. However, I wanted to discover the full day at the Oswiecim because I cannot estimate how long it would take for me to look around. It was good choice, according to my friend who used the local tour with English guide, she said the tour took only 3 hrs to visit both of 2 camps(very short and at a glance visit). Actually it took me more than 7 hours to look around in general. So It was right choice to take local bus from local bus terminal next to the Krakow railway station. It is better to take one way ticket when you go and when y,ou finish your trip, you can bu the ticket to return in the bus which is waiting at the stop. Anyway, in this small Van local bus, you can taste local people's life. No need to buy the ticket at the ticket booth, driver in the bus sell the ticket with the same price.
    Written April 13, 2017
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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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