Krakow: Schindler's Factory & Ghetto Guided Tour
Overview
Available languages
3 hours
Mobile ticket
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.
Additional Info
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 group 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.
What To Expect
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
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.
Options
French group tour
Group Tour with a French Guide: Small Group
Spanish group tour
Italian group tour
German group tour
Group Tour with German Guide: Small Group
English group tour
Group Tour with an ENG Guide: Small Group
What‘s Included
Skip-the-line admission to Schindler’s Factory
Walking tour of Krakow Ghetto
Licensed expert guide
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Reviews
26 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Very good
Joao Luiz NG,Jun 7, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00At the Schindler factory, our guide was Dominica, which enriched the activity. The machinery, pavilions and items from the original factory no longer exist. The upper floor was erected after the Second World War. On this tour, visitors learn about the life of the Jews of Krakow before, during and after the Nazi domination, and a bit of the bitter period under the communist yoke, which followed the war and oppressed all of Poland. The visit to the ghetto lasted an hour, and was less interesting.
Above all, do not forget to make memories for the generations to come
henmartine,Jun 5, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00A very beautiful visit that immerses us in this dramatic period of the German occupation. The clear and precise explanations from our guide in French were relevant and well-documented. Bravo
Great Guide - Good Tour
Kevin M,May 25, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Lovely tour - could have spent a lot more time at the Schindler Factory Museum, but the guide made the most of the allotted time. Guide was very knowledgeable and was clearly enthusiastic about the subject. The ghetto tour was much lower value - Krakow has not preserved the history or done much to recognize that region (yet?)
Fantastic.
D9246YZmichelas,May 22, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Competent guide, thorough and comprehensive visit. Very good Chiara 💞
Highly recommended
J4062IPinesr,May 22, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We are deeply impressed; the museum is very well designed, and our guide Silvia led us with great passion. THANK YOU
A must-do.
Navigate07407396057,May 17, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00The museum is very good, and the explanations from the guide are excellent. The visit to the ghetto is less interesting because only a small piece of wall remains. An exhibition with photos and films would be more useful to imagine the history.
Excellent
X9856FHflorenced,May 7, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Very interesting visit with Elisabeth who explained everything very well and answered all our questions A big thank you
Tour approved
U9288ATmatteov,May 1, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The guide spoke very good Italian and explained everything accurately, recommended
✔️ Bucket List fulfilled
stevenmichaelgibbs,Feb 14, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Please ensure firstly that you bring ID with you, unfortunately a couple on our tour were not notified by their travel agent and had to buy tickets again. Schindlers Factory is now a museum about the Nazi occupation of Krakow, and the tour takes place around the old Admin building, a fantastic insight into Nazi occupied Krakow which touches on Schindler but isn’t primarily about him. Very moving though, the second part of the tour around the Jewish Getto was thought provoking but very limited on actually seeing the “getto” has time and redevelopment has taken place and of course the nazi’s destroyed a lot to hide their actions. A very enlightening, educational and enjoyable tour.
Wonderfull Informative trip!
Kelly G,Jan 31, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Two wonderful tours, one around the factory and one around the ghetto. Hannah was very friendly and knowledgeable. Our family have all different abilities and she catered for all.
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