Gdynia: Malbork Castle & Stutthof Camp Tour

We are pleased to offer a unique combined tour experience, taking you from Gdynia to two significant historical sites: the majestic Malbork Castle and the solemn Stutthof Concentration Camp. This journey offers a blend of medieval architecture and poignant World War II history, providing an insightful and educational day trip. Join us to explore the grandeur of one of Europe’s largest castles in Malbork, followed by a reflective visit to Stutthof, a place of remembrance and learning about the war’s impact and history. This tour promises a meaningful exploration of two contrasting, yet equally important, facets of Polish history.

We offer private tours to Malbork Castle and Stutthof Concentration Camp from Gdynia port or hotel on request

Tour itinerary:

1. Pick-up directly from the gate of the port or hotel at chosen time
2. approx 1,5 hour drive from Gdynia to Malbork Castle by private car/van with English speaking driver
3. entrance to the castle with an audio-guide in the chosen language (English, German, Spanish, Russian, Italian, French, Polish)
4. visiting the castle for approx 1,5 hour on so-called “green route” (without a tour of the chambers and exhibitions) during which you will see:

• part of the Forecastle
• gate crossings
• courtyards of the Middle and High Castles
• chapel of St. Anna
• terraces with the garden of the Great Masters
• moats
• Castle’s between-walls area

5. free time for lunch in one of restaurants located by the Castle
6. up to 1 hour drive from Malbork to Stutthof Concentration Camp
7. up to 2 hours of free time in Stutthof Museum for discovering this memorial site on your own by following the tourist path with some descriptions in English. During such a self-guided tour, you will have a chance to see:

• the original section of the camp – this area initially featured 8 barracks for detainees and a significant building (the “kommandantur”) for the SS staff.
• the expanded section – in 1942, the SS began expanding the camp, adding an additional thirty barracks.
• ‘the Death Gate’ – the primary gateway for transporting numerous people into the camp.
• the Monument to Struggle and Martyrdom – designed by Wiktor Tolkin and revealed on May 9, 1968, on the 23rd anniversary of the camp’s liberation.
• the home of the KL Stutthof commander – functioned as the administrative hub of the camp.
• the gas chamber – originally used for disinfecting garments, it was subsequently transformed into a gas chamber for executing inmates with “Zyklon B” (the chamber was heated in advance to expedite the liberation of hydrocyanic acid); it had a capacity for 150 individuals at a time – when more prisoners needed to be executed, the SS used wagons as temporary gas chambers.
• the watchtower – a lookout point for overseeing prisoners, especially during nighttime.
• the crematorium – the central area contains three furnaces for burning the remains of gas chamber victims; currently, it features permanent exhibitions about Stutthof’s role as a death camp, including a genuine Zyklon B container; other parts of the exhibit discuss the camp’s ‘evacuation’, the Death Marches, and a section dedicated to the Stutthof trials that pursued the perpetrators.
• barracks – simple wooden structures with bunk beds where inmates slept; these lacked windows, heating, or proper sanitation facilities.

8. approx. 1,5 hour drive back from Stutthof Museum to Gdynia
9. drop-off back at the port/your hotel in Gdynia

Whole tour lasts approximately 8 hours

Prices:

• 1350 PLN per person (1 person)
• 700 PLN per person (2 persons)
• 480 PLN per person (3 persons)
• 420 PLN per person (4 persons)
• 350 PLN per person (5 persons)
• 300 PLN per person (6 persons)
• Contact us (7 persons or more)

What is included:

• hotel/Gdynia port pick up at chosen time and hotel/Gdynia port drop off
• comfortable, air-conditioned, private transportation
• English speaking driver’s assistance during whole tour
• entrance tickets to Malbork Castle
• sightseeing for approx 1,5 hour with rented audio-guide in chosen language: English, German, Russian or Polish
• entrance to Stutthof Concentration Camp Museum
• up to 2 hours of free time for sightseeing Stutthof Camp on your own