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From Munich: Dachau Memorial Site Full-Day Tour

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Activity provider: InMunich Tours
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    From Munich: Dachau Memorial Site Full-Day Tour

    Activity provider: InMunich Tours
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    Visit the Dachau Memorial Site on a day trip from Munich and tour the camp with a Memorial-qualified guide. See the first permanent concentration camp built by Nazi Germany on a guided tour.

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    Covid-19 precautions
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    Duration 6 hours
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    Live tour guide
    English

    Experience

    Highlights
    • Pass through Dachau’s Jourhaus with the infamous sign, Arbeit Macht Frei
    • Tour the Bunker and Barracks with a Memorial-qualified guide
    • Reflect on one of the darkest points in recent human history
    Full description

    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.

    Includes
    • Train fee
    • Bus fee
    • Live guide
    • Hotel pickup and drop-off
    • Tips
    Not suitable for
    • Children under 14 years
    • People with mobility impairments
    • Wheelchair users
    • People with respiratory issues
    Covid-19 precautions

    You must book this activity online because the ticket office is closed

    Safety measures in place
    • You must keep social distance while in vehicles
    Traveler requirements
    • You are required to bring and wear a mask

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    Meeting point

    Meet your guide on the corner of Marienplatz and Dienerstrasse, by the department store Ludwig Beck (Marienplatz 11) and the Fischbrunnen (Fish Fountain). Look for a white and blue umbrella and signs advertising the Dachau Tour. If you are running late or having difficulty finding the meeting point please call the local partner immediately using the emergency phone number provided.

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    Important information

    What to bring

    • Comfortable shoes
    • Snacks
    • Water
    • Weather-appropriate clothing
    • Face mask or protective covering

    Not allowed

    • Smoking
    • Video recording

    Know before you go

    • The duration of the tour is 6 hours, which includes a 4-hour visit inside the camp and 2 hours’ travel time.
    • Unfortunately, children aged 13 or under are not permitted on this tour. Children aged 14 and over are welcome on the basis that parents attend the tour with their child and that they understand the graphic nature of the tour content.
    • Although the guides have extensive experience guiding younger visitors, the Memorial Site guidelines indicate that some of the exhibits and themes are not suitable for those under the age of 14
    • It is not permitted to eat food while on tours at Dachau, so be sure to either eat a big breakfast or bring something to eat on the train
    • Due to the ongoing COVID-19 virus preventative measures:
    • You must keep 1.5m distance between all attendees at all times
    • If you suddenly fall sick or are unable to confirm that you haven't had contact with COVID-19 in the past 14 days canceled free of charge 24 hours prior to the tour start time
    Customer reviews

    Overall rating

    4.9 /5

    based on 395 reviews

    Review summary

    • Guide
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    • Transportation
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    • Value for money
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    Simply a must do when in Munich and if you get Marcin then be prepared to listen to every word he says as his knowledge of this place and other places that went through these atrocities are second to none, great day some things said and shown make you really wonder why, five stars easily

    September 26, 2022

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    Marcin was an incredible tour guide!! The attention to detail, picking out the most relevant info to the tour helped make it wonderful. To meet someone that is passionate about the history of the dachau, and to relay in a very precise way is what every tour should do. We would definitely book again for the same tour. We now have a profound respect and perspective for the events that happened at this camp. Thankful for the experience!!

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    September 15, 2022

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    Matt – United States Verified booking

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    This tour was outstanding and it was because of our guide, Marcin. His passion for learning and studying about Dachau was amazing. He has met with several survivors and hearing about that added to the experience. We came away realizing that the saddest thing of all is that man's inhumanity to man continues to this day.

    August 15, 2022

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