Schindler's Factory and Jewish Ghetto Walking Tour in Kraków
Overview
Available languages
3 hours
Mobile ticket
Discover Kraków’s wartime past in Schindler’s Factory and the former Jewish Ghetto. Explore powerful exhibitions, authentic artifacts, and moving stories of survival with an expert guide.
Highlights:
Understand daily life in Nazi-occupied Kraków beyond Schindler’s story
See original artifacts and authentic reconstructions from the 1940s
Learn how Kraków’s Jewish and non-Jewish residents endured the war
View the preserved Ghetto Walls that marked the enclosure
Stop at the Under the Eagle Pharmacy and its stories of help (no entry)
It’s a moving tribute to Oskar Schindler and the people he saved. You’ll hear how his choices, small and large, meant the difference between life and death.
Additional Info
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
We kindly ask that you arrive at least 10 minutes prior to the tour start time. Once the group has entered, late arrivals cannot be accommodated and tickets are non-refundable.
The exhibition features narrow passageways and an immersive layout designed to reflect the atmosphere of Kraków during World War II.
Although the building originally functioned as Schindler’s factory, it now operates as a museum and no longer contains original production equipment.
All group tours are conducted in a single language; please select your preferred option at the time of booking.
In accordance with museum guidelines, group size is limited to a maximum of 25 participants.
Please note that all times are approximate and may be adjusted due to museum or site scheduling. While you may request a preferred time, the final start time cannot be guaranteed.
As the museum issues personalized tickets, providing the full names of all participants at the time of booking is mandatory. Failure to do so may result in denied entry.
Please be aware that weather conditions can influence comfort during the tour. We advise reviewing the weather forecast beforehand and dressing accordingly, including suitable footwear. The tour takes place as planned in all weather conditions.
What To Expect
Fabryka Emalia Oskara Schindlera
Visit Schindler’s Enamel Factory, today one of Kraków’s most visited and moving museums, and step into the story of a man whose actions made history. With a licensed expert guide, you’ll explore the acclaimed exhibition “Kraków under Nazi Occupation 1939–1945” through the lens of Oskar Schindler’s extraordinary life. This is the place where Schindler employed Jewish workers and used his position, influence, and resources to protect them from deportation. More than a thousand men and women survived thanks to his courage and determination. As you walk through the exibition, your guide will bring to life the stories of those he saved, often called “Schindlerjuden,” whose testimony continues to resonate across generations. Photographs, personal objects, and reconstructed streets show the fear, uncertainty, and daily struggles faced by the city’s inhabitants. Within this backdrop of oppression, Schindler’s story emerges as one of humanity and hope.
Ghetto Wall Fragment
The walking part of the tour begins among the remnants of the Kraków Ghetto. Walking deeper into the district, you stop by Józefińska 41, once home to an orphanage, welfare offices, and a hospital—all vital lifelines within the ghetto walls. The preserved fragments of those walls remain a stark reminder of confinement, separation, and loss.
Options
Italian group tour
French group tour
Group Tour with a French Guide: Small Group
English group tour
Group Tour with an ENG Guide: Small Group
German group tour
Group Tour with German Guide: Small Group
Spanish group tour
What‘s Included
Fast-track admission to Schindler’s Factory
Walking tour of Jewish Wartime District
Professional, licensed guide
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Reviews
28 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Wonderful tour
Cynthia O,May 24, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Lots of excellent information from an extremely knowledgeable guide. Highly recommend it. Easy to walk.
Very poor organisation
Ian P,May 21, 2026
- Review from Viator
1.00We turn up and there is a need for an ID. Unlike the Auschwitz tour where there was a clear list of ID requirements there was not so with this tour and you had to scan right to the bottom of the screen on the fine print
Great tour and informative guide.
Amanda B,Mar 19, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00The factory tour was so interesting- an awful lot of history about how the war started and the effects on Poland and its people. Wish I’d done this tour at the start of the week as it would have been helpful knowing pre-history to the Jewish persecution during WWII. Olga was very informative and knowledgeable. Super friendly too. We then did the walking tour with Olga. I’m so impressed by not only her knowledge but enthusiasm to the subject. Thank you so much Olga. Can definitely recommend the schindler tour.
Interesting, but far too long!
Breathefire,Mar 14, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
3.00Our tour was much longer than expected (over 3 hours) and we felt that it was about an hour too long. We arrived at 12.15pm as recommended for our 12.30 tour, it actually started at 12.50pm and we left at 1600 – it felt like a long, tiring afternoon. Our guide was very enthusiastic & knowledgeable, but gave us far more information than we could take in. He seems nice and worked very hard to give us as much as possible but we’d have preferred it if he hadn’t given us such detailed background and history. We understood that it wasn’t all going to be about Schindler, but not everyone is a history buff so a potted version would have been preferable!
Schindlers Factory & Jewish Ghetto Walking Tour
johnmC9177IP,Feb 14, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Joanne was out tour guide for the Museum & the Jewish Ghetto walk. Her knowledge was incredible & her delivery was perfect . We highly recommend this tour.
Glad we took a guided...
AndyLi,Dec 26, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Glad we took a guided tour of the museum where we were able to hear the highlights and stories behind the pictures and artifacts. It wouldn't have been the same if we just read everything. The guide experience gave us a better understanding of everything that was happening at the time, and the tour flowed through nicely through the different time periods.
Schindler’s factory and Jewish ghetto tour
Stuart S,Oct 30, 2025
- Review from Viator
1.00Guide spoke to fast for full understanding of the group. Schindler’s factory is too crowded for the group as well as the amount of other people from other groups. The walking part of the tour was too fast and left the group straggling along in the streets to see where the Jewish ghetto was but is no longer. The only remains are a section of the wall and a few buildings. This was our first tour in Krakow, but later tours were better.
A must see and do if you do the history tour of Krakow
225edmundg,Oct 30, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Excellent museum and tour and the the guide was perfect , she gave us all the history of Poland before, during and after the war and added personal details from her family’s experiences. The ghetto tour was excellent to , to stand in the actual places were history happened and put an actual place to the human trauma and the awful things that happened, we left the tour more informed and emotionally different than when we went in the museum
Excursions in Krakow
Raquel F,Oct 10, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Fully recommended and the Ela Guide great a 10, is a must see tour tells you everything that happened
Happy Days
Gary S,Oct 9, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00It was fantastic , the staff were very professional and the tour was very very informative, great value for money
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