Dachau Concentration Camp Guided History Tour
Description
Visit Dachau, the first concentration camp established by the Nazi regime in 1933, on a guided tour led by a licensed expert in the site's history. Your guide will walk you through the Visitor Center, roll-call square, restored barracks, and the memorial grounds, explaining the camp's origins and its role during the Nazi era. Along the way, you'll have time to reflect and ask questions in a respectful, unhurried setting. This tour is well-suited for those with a personal, historical, or educational interest in learning about WWII and the Holocaust. Tour led by a licensed guide specializing in Dachau Walk through the camp's key sites, including the barracks and memorial grounds Learn about the camp's founding and its function under the Nazi regime Time built in for quiet reflection and questions
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Itinerary
Our guide will meet you at the Little Lost Café near Munich Central Station and accompany you to the Memorial Site in Dachau. At the Memorial Site you will get the history and origins of the former concentration camp including the roll-call square, restored barracks, and the museum housed in the former maintenance building. We'll walk the same paths prisoners once walked, visit the crematorium area, and pause at the International Memorial for reflection. Throughout, our guide provides historical context and first-hand accounts to help you understand this site's significance.
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Reviews(6)
Our family had a private tour with Emmet and it was one of our best tours of all time. Not only was he extremely knowledgeable, but was highly respectful, considerate, friendly and helpful. Our teenagers were thoroughly engaged and he made sure they were always involved. The best part about our tour was that when he realized we had our times miscalculated (our fault, not his), he personally took us on a different train back to Munich so that we wouldn't miss out on seeing the Glockenspiel. Highly, highly recommend!
Had a very informative and sobering tour of Dachau with our private guide, Emmet. It appeared most people toured the camp on their own, and while certainly less expensive, you don't have the benefit of asking questions (in our case, literally hundreds of questions throughout the day). Emmet was everything you want in a guide - knowledgable, personable, and patient. After the tour Emmet was gracious enough to take us to the main train station, show us where to catch our train the following day to Berlin, and how to easily walk back to our hotel - this was in addition to already being 1hr over our allotted tour time. I would not hesitate to book another tour with Emmet. Cheers.
Emmett was amazing. Highly recommend and was an amazing day. So much knowledge and insight and was extremely friendly and arrived on time.
We had an excellent experience with Emmet as our private guide for Dachau. He was extremely knowledgeable about the history of the camp and the broader historical context, but was also approachable and easy to talk with, which made it comfortable for our group to ask questions and have thoughtful discussions. He picked us up at our Munich hotel, handled all of the public transportation ticketing, and made navigating the trains and buses completely straightforward. After the trip Emmet followed up with me with a couple book recommendations tailored to the particular questions our group had raised about that period in history. He clearly cares about the subject and about providing a meaningful experience for his clients. I would highly recommend him to anyone visiting Dachau.
Our family of four (two teens) really appreciated our Dachau tour with Emmet. He was very knowledgeable. He also knew so many side stories that made the tour even more interesting. And he’s just extremely nice too. He kept both of our teens engaged and curious. I would highly recommend him!
We booked a private tour with Emmet and this is defiantly the way to see this historic sight. He met us at the train station and stayed with us the rest of the day. On the train ride out to Dachau Emmet was giving us details about the region, history, and the Dachau memoria. Upon arrival he trailered our tour based upon what we wanted to see, and he was our personal guide throughout the memorial site. Emmet's knowledge of the site, history, and politics at the time was amazing. Our next visit to Germany will include a tour with Emmet. Highly recommend him and it's worth having a private guide for the day.
We took a private tour with him, and he knew exactly how to make the experience both informative and engaging for my children. He explained everything in a way that was appropriate for their age, helping them understand the significance of what happened while also making them aware of the importance of learning and remembering history. Thank you, Emmet, for such a meaningful experience.
