Krakow: Cruise and Tour of Former Concentration Camp Płaszow

Krakow: Cruise and Tour of Former Concentration Camp Płaszow

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Overview

Begin with a relaxing Vistula River cruise, then visit the former Plaszow Camp with an expert guide—where history, memory, and reflection meet.

Highlights:
• Take a comprehensive tour of the Plaszow Concentration Camp
• Remember the victims of the Holocaust at the camp's memorials
• Learn where the Schindler's List film was filmed
• Route paced for reflection, not rush
• Admire Krakow’s landmarks from a unique riverside perspective

See Krakow from a new perspective as you cruise along the Vistula River. Relax on a modern, comfortable boat and enjoy panoramic views of the city’s most iconic landmarks.
Then continue with guided tour, that offers more than knowledge. Unlike sites filled with preserved buildings, Plaszow offers open ground, silence, and space for thought. With few physical remains, it is a place of memory rather than spectacle—an intimate setting to confront history, honor the victims, and reflect.

Activity location

Kosciuszko's Mound (Kopiec Kosciuszki)
- al. Jerzego Waszyngtona 1,
- 30-204, Krakow, Poland

Meeting/Redemption Point

Bulwar Inflancki
- Bulwar Inflancki
- 30, Kraków, Województwo małopolskie, Poland

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What's included, what's not

One way short cruise on the Vistula River on a catamaran with Audio guide
Expert live guide at the Plaszow
Single tram ticket
Hotel pick up and drop-off

Know before you book

Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
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.
Our group tours are only in 1 language. Select your preferred language when booking.
Note that part of the tour is walking and operated by a live guide. The rest of the tour includes an audio guide.
This tour operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately and be prepared for the different weather conditions. Comfortable walking shoes are recommended

Activity itinerary

Vistula River

Sailing on a catamaran on the Vistula River on a small one way cruise, you will get to know Krakow's monuments, visible from the side of the river. Admire all the most important places in Krakow from the Vistula River. See Krakow from a new perspective as you follow the flow of the queen of Polish rivers.

Kosciuszko's Mound (Kopiec Kosciuszki)

The Kościuszko Mound in Krakow, one of the five mounds located in Krakow, was erected in honor of Tadeusz Kościuszko - a great patriot and leader of the national uprising.

Monastery of the Norbertan Sisters

Fortified like a castle, this mighty monastery, founded in the 12th century, was destroyed and rebuilt several times. The most important Krakow traditions are also associated with it: here, on Monday after Easter, the annual Emmaus festival is celebrated. Hence, the Lajkonik procession - the most important symbol of Krakow - sets off every June.

Wawel Royal Castle

The limestone hill rising above the Vistula River is the former center of power, the legendary (associated with the mythical founder of Krakow and his descendants) and historical: princely, episcopal and royal. Wawel is a complex of castle and sacred buildings - a symbol of the city, but most of all a museum presenting the most valuable monuments of Polish material culture. Take a good look and you will also notice the silhouette of the famous Wawel dragon breathing fire towards onlookers.

Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology

The original, modern form of the building housing the museum of art and technology is perfectly seen from the river level. The wavy line of its roof is to refer directly to the waves of the Vistula River.

Church on the Rock (Kosciol na Skalce)

The baroque church of Saint Michael the Archangel and Saint Stanislaus on Skałka rises above the boulevards, right on the Vistula River, on a small hill made of white Jurassic limestones. The basilica is also a national pantheon (many distinguished painters, musicians and poets are buried here) and a library with priceless documents, books and incunabula.

Square of Ghettos Heroes

After admiring the city’s landmarks, continue to Ghetto Heroes Square—once Plac Zgody, the heart of the Kraków ghetto and now a place of remembrance.

Plaszow Concentration Camp

Plaszow Camp was created by the Nazi German occupiers in October 1942 on the grounds of two Jewish cemeteries in Krakow. It began as a forced-labor camp for Jews from the liquidated Krakow ghetto; from July 1943 it also held Poles in a penal-labor section. In January 1944 it was redesignated a concentration camp and, later that year, it also functioned as a transit camp for Hungarian Jews being sent onward to Auschwitz. Over its existence, more than 35,000 people were imprisoned here and around 6,000 were murdered. Executions took place at several sites within the camp; today mass graves and memorials mark the landscape. On this guided walk your expert guide pieces the camp together from what survives: the Grey House, the ruins of the pre-burial hall, traces of the Jewish cemeteries, the roll-call square, and paths where fragments of gravestones were once used to pave roads.

Plaszow Concentration Camp

You will reflect at major memorials, including the Monument of Torn-Out Hearts, and learn how the camp was organized into living, hospital, administrative, and industrial sections. An essential part of Plaszow’s story is Oskar Schindler. Through his enamelware enterprise he sought work permits for Jewish prisoners registered through Plaszow, shielding them from further transports; later, he organized their transfer to his wartime plant in Brunnlitz, saving over a thousand lives. His actions, remembered worldwide, are inseparable from the history told here.

Location

Activity location

Kosciuszko's Mound (Kopiec Kosciuszki)
- al. Jerzego Waszyngtona 1,
- 30-204, Krakow, Poland

Meeting/Redemption Point

Bulwar Inflancki
- Bulwar Inflancki
- 30, Kraków, Województwo małopolskie, Poland

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