Mauthausen Concentration Camp Day Trip from Vienna

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(282 reviews)
Vienna, Austria

8 to 9 hours (approximately)
Offered in: German and 6 more

Follow a path of remembrance to Mauthausen Memorial, once one of the largest Nazi camp complexes. This guided visit from Vienna invites attentive engagement with the site and its layered histories. The tour considers the experiences of all prisoner groups—political detainees, Jews, Roma and Sinti, Spanish resistance fighters, Soviet prisoners-of-war, and others—tracing their lives through the remains of the camp.
On site, a specially trained English-speaking guide leads an interactive visit, encouraging questions, dialogue, and personal reflection. Audio guides are available for those who prefer another language. Walking the grounds, you encounter places shaped by forced labor, violence, and survival, with time to pause and remember. Round-trip transport from Vienna is included.

What's Included

Friendly English-speaking tour escort
Roundtrip transportation from Vienna
Audio-Guide for a self-guided tour in 12 languages (optional)
Guide at Mauthausen Memorial for a visit in English language
Admission to Mauthausen Memorial and Museum
Food and drinks
Hotel pickup and drop off

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point
Tourist-Info Wien

End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Duration: 8 to 9 hours (approximately)
  • 1

    Meet your friendly tour escort outside the Tourist Info, then hop aboard your tour bus for the two-hour journey to Mauthausen Memorial.

    10 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 2
    KZ-Gedenkstatte Mauthausen

    Upon arrival meet your guide for a carefully-led, reflective tour of the preserved grounds. Visit the prisoner’s barracks, roll call area, SS-quarters, camp prison, gas chamber, and the highly rated Mauthausen Museum with the "Room of Names". The bistro at Mauthausen Memorial serves snacks and drinks if you get hungry.

    4 hours Admission ticket included
  • 3

    We'll take you to the Wiener-Graben quarry which is located outside of the Memorial. You'll see where the prisoners produced granite for Hitler's monumental construction projects. In the quarry you can also see the infamous "Stairs of Death".

    15 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 4

    Your tour concludes at Tourist-Info Wien.

    5 minutes Admission ticket free

Additional info

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Not recommended for child aged 13 and under.
  • Audio-guides at the Memorial are available in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Hebrew, Dutch, Polish, Czech, Russian, Hungarian.
Supplied by Vienna a la carte Reisebuero GmbH

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