“THIS WAS JUST A PRELUDE. WHERE BOOKS ARE BURNT HUMAN BEINGS WILL BE BURNT IN THE ENDE”
– Almansor by Heinrich Heine, 1821
Dachau Memorial Tour (former concentration camp)
Start time:
2024
Nov. 1st – Jan 31st
daily at 10:30 am
no tour on 24. + 25. + 01.01
2025
Feb. 1st – March 31st
daily at 10:30 am
April 1st – May 18th
daily 10:10 am
May 19th – Sep 18th
daily 10:10 am
and also
Tu + Th + Fr +Sat + Su at 01:00 pm
Sep 19th – Oct 6th
daily at 10:10 am + 01:00 pm
Oct. 7th – Jan 31st (2026)
daily at 10:30 am
no tour on 24. + 25. + 01.01
The pm tour is quieter since the groups are smaller and school field trips have finished by then
on site in Dachau.
Duration:
5 hours
3 hours with a tour start in Dachau at the memorial site.
Price:
45.00€ + 43.00€ for <26 and 67+
The price includes the cost for public transport.
Dachau is 20 km west of Munich.
Ages:
13+
Tip:
Yes, please. Although our guides are paid, it is still customary in Munich to tip your tour guide as it is an important part of the guide’s income.
Tour language: English
Meeting point:
The tour starts on Marienplatz right in front of the Tourist Information for the City of Munich in the Gothic town,see map on page meeting point.
Private tour:
Are you looking for a more personalised Dachau Memorial Tour with your own guide and starting time of your choice?
Would you like to get picked up from your hotel?
We can arrange it: Private Tour: Dachau Memorial Tour
Arguably the most gruesome result of Hitler’s rise to power was the building of the concentration and extermination camps. One of the first of these was situated 15km to the northwest of Munich near Dachau. In 1965, a memorial to the victims was created, giving visitors a chance to learn of the atrocities prisoners were forced to suffer. On this tour we guide you around the cells, barracks and gas chamber and explain the meaning behind the pictures and exhibits in the museum with thought-provoking accounts of prisoners’ own experiences from the setting up of the camp until their liberation by US-forces in 1945.
Note: We are officially qualified and authorized by the Dachau Memorial site to conduct tours at the site, unlike some other operators who only escort you and leave you to use an audio guide. Please consider this when deciding which company to book.
