Sopot: Malbork Castle & Stutthof Camp Tour

We are excited to present an exceptional tour that combines two historically significant destinations: the impressive Malbork Castle and the deeply moving Stutthof Concentration Camp, starting from Sopot. This excursion offers a unique juxtaposition of medieval grandeur and the profound realities of World War II. Embark on an informative and thought-provoking day trip with us. Experience the magnificent scale of one of Europe’s largest castles in Malbork, and then engage in a contemplative visit to Stutthof, a site that serves as a testament and educational resource regarding the consequences and history of the war. This tour is an opportunity for a deeply impactful journey through two diverse yet equally vital aspects of Polish heritage.

We offer private tours to Malbork Castle and Stutthof Concentration Camp from Sopot on request

Tour itinerary:

1. Pick-up from your hotel in Sopot at chosen time
2. approx 1,5 hour drive from Sopot 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 Sopot
9. drop-off back at your hotel in Sopot

Whole tour lasts approximately 8 hours

Prices:

• 1330 PLN per person (1 person)
• 690 PLN per person (2 persons)
• 470 PLN per person (3 persons)
• 410 PLN per person (4 persons)
• 340 PLN per person (5 persons)
• 290 PLN per person (6 persons)
• Contact us (7 persons or more)

What is included:

• hotel pick up at chosen time and hotel 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

Enhanced Experience Options:

*Sightseeing of Malbork Castle can be extended from “green route” to “historical route” which includes all the same sites but additionally it also includes visit in chambers and some exhibitions. Instead of 1,5 hour of sightseeing it will take then up to 3,5 hours

*Sightseeing of Stutthof Camp can also be arranged with local private guide in English, German or Russian. Duration will remain the same – 2 hours

If you wish to go for any of mentioned extended options – please contact us