13 Sep 2025
The couple who are Krakow 4 you, Alicia and Dariusz, are the best! Personable, attentive, caring, flexible, thoughtful and .......
e.g. I thought I had included the option for the Schindler's factory tour, but hadn't. The two of them made it work anyway, taking us to the factory that afternoon with Alicia waiting in line for us and then giving us a wonderful tour. Before that, after the first part of the tour (Auschwitz), Dariusz offered to drive us around the perimeter of Birkenau and give us a guided tour with wonderful explanation and context rather than the official walking tour, which involved a lot of walking for very little content as the wooden barracks were destroyed by the locals at the time for their use (after the liberation).
We found the Auschwitz tour was not allotted enough time. The guide was rushed and when requested to slow down, would not due to time constraints. This is not entirely his fault. For a tour of such significance and the distance many come to be there, it should be a more measured meaningful thoughtful experience, not a rushed one.