Full-Day Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site Tour from Munich
Description
Join this 6-hour day tour to Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site by train from Munich. Meet your professional Dachau tour guide in central Munich and be escorted by rail and bus to the memorial site, where you will have a 4-hour guided tour.
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Itinerary
Meet your qualified guide on the Marienplatz. The guide will provide a small briefing on how the tour will run.
Make a transfer from train to the bus, the bus follows the route the prisoners were forced to march. The train station itself is the original and a majority of prisoners would have arrived there before marching to the camp.
While visiting the Dachau Memorial Site you will learn why the camp opened and who were the first prisoners to arrive. You'll also hear about the camp's evolution, development and SS training facilities, as well as the registration, categorization and treatment of prisoners. See the Jourhaus, the entrance building and gateway into the camp, the roll call square Appellplatz, and Memorial Site Museum in the former maintenance building. Listen to your guide telling you about the barracks, prisoner life and daily routine, camp perimeter fence and guard towers, the International Memorial, Nandor Glid Sculpture, religious memorials and Barrack X, the two crematoriums, mass graves, and the gas chamber.
After the tour of the Dahchau Memorial Site the tour will return you to the start location on Marienplatz.
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Important Information
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- We accommodate Adult 14-99 years old
- If you have Questions or Inquiries, Please call us around 9am to 5pm European time only
- Children must be 14 or older to take part in the tour. Children 12 and under are not permitted on the tour. This is a regulation of the Dachau Memorial Site. Proof of age is recommended and may be requested (Passport, Student ID etc.).
Reviews(1,006)
Tom was a great tour guide, very like the British comedian James Acaster — who is hilarious! He was extremely knowledgeable and respectful of the memorial. Some of the explanations were too US-centric for our group (Spaniards, Brits, Irish, Canadians, etc.), so most of us didn't get many of the nuanced references/names that were used in regular comparisons throughout, but overall an excellent day with a really friendly guide! :)
Had an excellent guide (Tom). Humbling, at times gut-wrenching, but an informative tour and explanation of what happened here. Highly recommended. Quite hot and a lot of walking but a not-to-miss experience.
Well organized and structured. Excellent tour guide: Sam demonstrated his personal passion for ensuring the memory of countless victims being kept alive during the whole tour with deep respect and detailed knowledge about the site and its history.
Adam Martin was a fabulous guide. He was knowledgeable of history and was totally unbiased. He took time to explain things and show me the key sites in Dachau.
There are a lot of tourists here in the summer. It was fairly crowded, and often impossible to hear our own tour guide, although he tried his best. This is "must-see" content, but it is not well presented. The buildings are not well marked, making it difficult to navigate. The film sound was too soft, the sibtitles too low, and the whole thing seemed to have a US slant. I think they should replace this with a better film. This location is easy to access by train from the centre of Munich, so I think it would be better to go on your own and buy your entrance ticket there and listen to the explanations on the listening devices provided.
Dear William, Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We’re glad you found the content meaningful, and we’re sorry that the summer crowds made parts of the tour harder to follow. Our guides always try their best to manage busy conditions, but at peak season the memorial can be extremely full with large numbers of German school groups visiting before the summer holidays. A quick clarification: the documentary film and its presentation are not produced or controlled by tour operators. It was created by the Survivors’ Committee and the Education Department, and we have no ability to alter the sound, subtitles, or style. The same is true for the signage of buildings, which is entirely managed by the memorial site administration. We also want to gently address your suggestion about visiting on your own with the audio guide. The audio guide is a helpful tool for orientation, but it does not offer the depth, nuance, or survivor‑context that our guides provide. And of course, you cannot ask the audio guide questions or request clarification on difficult topics. Thank you again for visiting the memorial and engaging with its history. Adam & Marcin Managing Partners InMunich Tours
I had been to Dachau many times, but never with a Guide. our guide was amazing, full of information that I never knew and pointed out places. I had never noticed previously It was great.
This was without doubt one of the most moving experiences of our trip to Munich. Our guide was exceptionally knowledgeable and handled this difficult subject with great respect, sensitivity and professionalism. Although I unfortunately don’t remember his name, his experience was evident throughout the tour. Even as someone with a strong interest in World War II history, I came away with new insights and a deeper understanding of the events that led to the Holocaust. The historical context provided during the journey and at the memorial made a lasting impression. Despite the very hot weather, the tour was well organised and paced, with time to reflect, ask questions and explore the memorial. Nothing felt rushed. Dachau is not an easy place to visit, but it is an important one. It reminds us how fragile freedom and democracy can be. I highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting Munich who wants to understand this part of history beyond what books alone can teach.
Our guide, Marcin, was incredibly knowledgeable and respectful. We learned so much that we had never heard before and even corrected some of our misunderstandings of the actual historical events. A tour everyone should do in their lifetime, not just to understand history but to become better humans.
Excellent excursion to Dachau. Marcin was our guide and was the best! He was very knowledgeable and organized. He presented history of Dachau in organized easy to follow manner. You can tell he was very passionate about his job and sharing his knowledge Highly recommend this tour. Worth the price which is very reasonable. Meeting place was easy to find.
I booked this solo trip and could not recommend it more. I have read a lot about WWII and the concentration camps, but nothing compares to visiting. Our guide was friendly, knowledgeable, and easy to ask questions (event the hard ones). Our group was small enough that you got to know a bit about each other as you traveled to the camp from downtown and not feel lost in the group. I learned a lot of new facts about life in the camp and despite spending all day there, it felt shorter and like there was lots more that we could have stopped and looked at. For the price, it was a worthwhile trip!
