Dachau Memorial Site and Dachau Town Small Group Half-Day Tour

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6 hours (approximately)
Offered in: English

This small-group half-day tour offers a deeper and more contextual visit to the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site. Led exclusively by guides certified directly by the memorial, you explore key areas of the former camp with accurate historical explanation, personal stories, and space for reflection.

After the memorial, the tour continues into Dachau’s historic old town—an important but often overlooked part of understanding the site’s wider history. Here you learn about the town’s medieval roots, artistic heritage, and how the community has confronted its past since 1945. A calm lunch break in a local Bavarian tavern (à la carte) provides time to decompress and process the experience before returning to Munich.

Designed for travelers seeking respectful, thoughtful engagement, this tour offers a more complete understanding of Dachau as both a memorial and a living town.

What's Included

A tour of Dachau Town with lunch break
Return transportation from Munich via train and bus
Small group guarantee (max 14 guests)
Professional Certified Guide
Guests pay for their own food and drink
Gratuities

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

Your guide will meet the group at A Little Lost Cafe, just two streets over from the north side of the Central Train Station (Hauptbahnhof). Please be punctual. The tour will depart on time.

End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Duration: 6 hours (approximately)
  • 1
    Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site

    At the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site, travelers follow a careful, educational route led by your guide who is officially certified by the memorial. After arriving by public transport, guests enter the former camp grounds and learn about the camp’s establishment in 1933, its role as the model for the Nazi concentration camp system, and the experiences of those imprisoned here. The guided visit includes key areas such as the former roll-call square, the barracks grounds, the perimeter and watchtowers, the religious memorial chapels, and the crematorium exterior. Throughout the tour, the guide provides factual historical explanation, personal stories, and opportunities for reflection, ensuring the visit maintains the dignity and seriousness of the site while giving travelers a clear, contextual understanding of its history and lasting significance.

    3 hours • Admission ticket free
  • 2

    After visiting the memorial site, travelers explore the historic town of Dachau on a guided walking tour that reveals a side of the area many visitors never see. Led by a certified guide, the walk covers Dachau’s medieval origins, its former role as an artists’ colony, and the everyday life of the community before 1933. Guests learn how the town was affected during the Nazi period and how it has confronted and commemorated its past since 1945. The route includes key historic streets, the old town center, and notable landmarks that illustrate Dachau’s long cultural history. A lunch break in a local Bavarian tavern (à la carte, not included) provides a calm moment to decompress, reflect, and gently transition back from the emotional weight of the memorial visit before returning to Munich.

    1 hour • Admission ticket free

Additional info

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Supplied by The Local Experience

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Day Trips
Half-day Tours
Bus Tours
Private and Luxury
Cultural Tours
Historical Tours
Rail Tours
Walking Tours
Crime Tours
Small Group

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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