From Vienna: Private Guided Tour By Car Mauthausen Memorial 6-Hour On-Site Guide
ID: GYG421215-O-763096
Category:
Country: Austria
Duration:
06:00 hours
Description
Discover the inhumane crimes that occurred at Mauthausen on a tour from Vienna. Visit the Mauthausen Memorial with a historian to understand the horrors of the Holocaust and remember the victims.
Visit the Mauthausen Memorial with a historian on a guided tour from Vienna. Take a closer look at the darkest days of WWII and the Holocaust by exploring the original prison block, execution cellar, bunkers, and memorials.
Choose from two options when you visit the Mauthausen Memorial. With the 6.5-hour fully-guided option, travel from Vienna with a private guide in your car. On the 6-hour on-site option, travel in your private car without your guide and meet them at the Memorial.
Meet your driver at your hotel in Vienna before driving to Mauthausen. At Mauthausen, enter the former concentration camp. As you walk through the sobering memorial, hear about the events that led to the Holocaust and the creation of the camp.
Explore the museum and visit the Wiener-Graben Quarry, the SS-Quarters, the original prisoners' barracks, crematoriums, and memorials. Hear stories of the camp’s victims, including intelligentsia and prisoners of war.
The stories of extreme starvation, extermination by labor, icy showers, and “stairs of death” will make you understand the immense cruelty of the Mauthausen concentration camp. After seeing the camp, return to Vienna in your private transportation.
Highlights
- Gain a deeper understanding of the Holocaust at the Mauthausen Camp Memorial
- Visit the Wiener-Graben Quarry, SS-Quarters, prisoners' barracks, and memorials
- Discover the dark and tragic history of WWII, the Third Reich and the Holocaust
- Learn about the victims and remember them in the Room of Names and the memorials
- Travel from Vienna in a comfortable, private car with a pickup at your hotel
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Lunch can be arranged upon request after the tour
This tour visits a site of suffering and death and could be difficult for young children to comprehend
You may not eat or drink inside the camp
Meet your driver outside your Vienna accommodation.
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 48 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 48 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.