Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site

Take a 5-hour tour of the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial, a place of memory and of education. To visit it can be a challenge, but also a deeply moving and memorable experience. A professional guide, trained and authorized by the Memorial site, will organize all travel arrangements, taking you on the return journey by train and bus from Munich. You will get a comprehensive tour of the entire area, including all the surviving original buildings, the museum exhibition center, and the cinema, which screens an English language documentary film. The guides are trained to convey often difficult and disturbing material to you with sensitivity, with dignity, with respect for the victims, and without recourse to cheap sensationalism.

Discover the story of the Dachau concentration camp on this guided tour from Munich. Ride on a public train and enjoy views of the countryside along the way. Step back in time as your guide paints a picture of the past as you explore the memorial site. The Dachau concentration camp was the first German concentration camp, opened outside Munich in 1933. Since 1965, the site has been used as a memorial and a place of education. Visit the memorial site on a 5-hour tour from Munich. Your tour guide will explain the significance of the Dachau concentration camp at the time of National Socialism. See the former gas chambers, cells, and barracks.  Visit the exhibition in the Dachau Memorial Museum and see pictures and reports by prisoners describing everyday life in the camp from its beginnings to its liberation by the Allies in 1945.

Learn the history of Dachau Concentration Camp on a guided tour from Munich. Learn about its significance as the first permanent concentration camp of the Nazi regime, which lasted for the full 12 years of its rule. Meet your guide in Munich and travel by public transportation to the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site. During the tour, your guide will provide detailed commentary on all aspects of camp life and death for the prisoners that passed through the gates from 1933 to 1945. Find out why the camp was opened and the first prisoners to arrive. Learn about the 3 phases of the Camp, plus its evolution and development. Hear about the daily operations of the camp from registration to new prisoners to their trials in torture and punishment. See important sites such as the S.S. Training Facility - also known as the School of Terror, Jourhaus, the entrance building, and gateway into the camp, with its infamous Arbeit Macht Frei sign, Appellplatz, the Bunker, Barrack X, and more. After your tour the guide will return with your group to the Marienplatz meeting point, arriving in the late afternoon.

From Munich, travel to Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site by train, accompanied by an official Dachau Memorial Guide. Once arrived, tour the entire memorial site including historical buildings and the main exhibition. The guide will provide you with interesting facts, historical background, and stories of the victims. Roll-call, bunkers, barracks, and the crematorium will be visited. You will also have the opportunity to see the international memorial and other religious memorials in the concentration camp. This is a moving and emotionally touching visit created with sensitivity and respect for the victims. Children under the age of 13 are not allowed to participate in the guided tour. This is a guided tour exclusively in Spanish. Non-Spanish speakers are not allowed to book this tour.

On March 22, 1933, the Nazis opened the first state concentration camp at Dachau. Today, the site serves as a memorial to those who lost their lives, and a place of education and reflection.  You will meet your guide at 09:00 AM in front of the tourist information center on Marienplatz in central Munich. Your guide will take care of your travel tickets for you and ride with you on the local train system to the old ninth century town of Dachau, 10 miles north west of Munich. After a short bus ride which very much follows the route that the prisoners would have taken, you will arrive at the site to begin your tour. Your guide will escort you through the site and will be very keen to furnish you with as much factual information as possible delivered in an objective manner. This tour, on a human level, is very thought provoking and your guide will also encourage questions and discussion. By adopting this approach, the hope is that people meditate on their visit and take time to digest their experience of it afterwards. The tour will focus on the plight of the victims, those that died, and also the survivors. Individual prisoners will be mentioned and their first hand experiences explained. However, the perpetrators of the crimes, the SS, will also be examined, to try to understand their complicity and how they could have reconciled themselves with the crimes they committed. Your guide will allocate a period of time for exploration of the excellent museum exhibit, giving guests the opportunity to have a degree of independence for reflection on the site. Upon meeting up you will be accompanied by your guide for the return journey to Munich Marienplatz, with the opportunity to depart at main station if that is more convenient for you.

Enjoy the perks of the Munich City Card and take advantage of public transportation in Munich. Make your way to Munich’s top attractions by using the subway, bus, tram, or regional trains. With both single and group tickets available for 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 days, select the option that works best for you. You can also choose between a ticket for Munich City or for the entire area (which includes the airport, Starnberger Lake, and Dachau). You also get discounts of up to 70% at other attractions like the Castel Neuschwanstein tour, Deutsche Museum, Lenbachhaus, Pinakothek der Moderne, Münchner Stadtmuseum, Hop on Hop Off bus, and the Nymphenburg Palace.

Experience the horrors of the Holocaust at the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site. Follow in the footsteps of war prisoners from the arrival in the concentration camp, through daily life and forced labor, to death or liberation. Take advantage of private car transfers from Munich and the service of a Private Guide who is an expert on WWII history. Discover the crime scene of Dachau! Book a 4-hour tour from Munich to Dachau. For your convenience, we offer pick up from your accommodation in Munich and you will travel in a clean, air-conditioned vehicle.Upon arrival at the Dachau Memorial Site, you will explore the grounds of the first Nazi concentration camp and related exhibitions with our History Guide. See the former POW camp, prisoner’s barracks, crematorium and other facilities that served as prototypes for all of the later Nazi concentration camps. On this tour you will discover the dark truth about the Holocaust and hear authentic stories of daily hunger, forced labor, torture, disease and death. Learn about the cruel war crimes that were committed here in the years 1933-1945 by the Third Reich, understand the model design and purpose of the labor camps, and question the motivations of Heinrich Himmler and others behind the Holocaust. It will certainly be a touching and thought-provoking experience. Book an extended 6-hour tour from Munich to visit the Dachau Memorial Site and view the documentary “The Dachau Concentration Camp” (2021). The screening of this fil takes place in the cinema of the former farm building. The documentary uses historical film footage, photographs, objects, works of art, plans, graphics, documents and contemporary witness reports to tell the story of the Dachau Concentration Camp from its establishment to present day. It is a must-see to get a full story!

Come along and join this unique day tour experience starting from famous Marienplatz in central Munich. The tour starts at 09:00 AM with a visit to the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site, using the excellent Munich transportation system. Dachau is a place of remembrance, reflection, and education, a must visit location during your stay. Spend the whole day with a Dachau memorial licensed guide, who will be passionate about making your experience as factually rich and thought provoking as possible. A thorough tour of the site will be provided but you will also be allocated time to explore the excellent museum exhibit. Questions are welcome, and interaction with your guide encouraged, so as to enhance your experience. Return with your guide to Marienplatz, at which time you will have a short break during which you can get refreshments and something to eat. Your guide will have suggestions for eateries. At 03:00 PM, starting again from Marienplatz, part two of your day commences with a walking tour through beautiful Munich. Locations of relevance to the Nazi party and Adolf Hitler will be exposed, such as the location where Hitler joined the German Workers Party, the location where it was decided to carry out a pogrom against German Jews in November 1938, and where the Munich agreement was signed also in 1938. In addition to the locations pertaining to this specific period, you will see other places of interest such as the oldest parish church in Munich, one of the quaintest beer gardens in the city and the world famous Hofbrauhaus. The tour will finish at Königsplatz where the Nazis used to hold their rallies and the location of the infamous Führerbau and new documentation center of National socialism. At the end of this approximate 8 hour tour you will have the option of being escorted back to Marienplatz by train with your guide or pick up your own itinerary. Your guide will be happy to advise or help you in terms of restaurant suggestions or directions. This tour is a really efficient and easy way for visitors to Munich to get a real inside look at this very significant and dark period in Munich history, a history that is not glaringly obvious to the casual visitor to this magnificent old medievil landmark.

Dachau Concentration Camp was the first that the Nazis opened in 1933 in Germany, originally intended to hold political prisoners only. Later it became a camp of forced labor with over 200,000 inmates during its 12 years of operation. Embark on a poignant journey through history at Dachau Concentration Camp, the Nazis' inaugural site of brutality, where stories of resilience and liberation unfold amid the haunting echoes of a dark past. Explore the legacy of survival and courage in this solemn memorial. The place became an “Academy of Terror”, a role model and a training ground of vast brutality, killing around 40,000 people from 34 nations before it was liberated in 1945 by the American army.

Make the most of your time in Munich with a private guided tour of the main sights combined with a trip to the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial. Get picked up at your hotel by a passionate local tour guide and sit back in the comfort of an air-conditioned car. Meet your driver and guide at your chosen pickup point for an introduction to Germany and Munich's recent history. With a separate dedicated driver, your tour guide can focus fully on telling you about each area, planning your preferred route, and checking if you’d like to stop and walk around. Start the tour with a tour of the city center. Drive by world-famous locations like the regal Nymphenburg Palace and the English Garden. Stretch your legs in areas like Marienplatz to find historical gems that are worth seeing up-close. Marvel at Munich's spectacular New Town Hall with 43 bells of its historic clock chiming the hour. Take in some of Munich's most beautiful churches such as the Frauenkirche or the St. Peter's Church. Next, relax in your private vehicle as your driver and guide take you to the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial, located outside Munich. Here, deepen your understanding of Germany's dark past as you walk the grounds of the Memorial with your private tour guide. Opt for the longer 8-hour tour and add a trip to some sights outside of the city center, such as the Olympic Stadium, BMW World, BMW Museum, or the Allianz Arena. Take the opportunity to shop for souvenirs or grab some refreshments with at least two breaks on each tour. Be sure to let your guide know what sights are on the top of your lists and if there are any restaurants or cafes you'd like to check out.