Learn about forced labor, torture, hunger and death at the Mauthausen Concentration Camp. Explore the memorial site with a Licensed Guide from Mauthausen or Salzburg and discover the darkest chapter of Austro-German history. Includes private transfers.

Highlights
  • Visit the Mauthausen Memorial with a History Expert-Guide
  • Explore the site of one of the largest and cruelest Nazi concentration camps
  • Learn about World War II, Third Reich and the Holocaust
  • Hear the tragic stories of 90-300,000 people who died in Mauthausen
  • Travel from Salzburg in comfort in a private vehicle

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  • 6 - 6.5 hours
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Full description
Witness the horrors of the Holocaust on a guided tour of the Mauthausen Memorial, the site of one of the largest and cruelest Nazi concentration and extermination camps. Take advantage of private transfers from Salzburg and discover the secrets of Mauthausen with a History Expert-Guide!

Choose the 6-hour option to visit the Mauthausen Memorial with a Licensed Guide from Mauthausen. This guide-on-site tour includes a round-trip transfer with pickup and drop-off directly at your accommodation. Your Private Guide will meet you at the entrance to the former concentration camp, and take you on a private tour of the Wiener-Graben Quarry, the SS-Quarters, the original prisoners' barracks, crematoriums and memorials.

This tour will be filled with chilling stories about the forced labor, starvation, torture and death at the camp. You will learn about the 90,000-320,000 victims, including intelligentsia and prisoners of war, who tragically died at the Mauthausen Concentration Camp, and the few that were liberated. Explore the informative museum exhibitions and view an educational film on the Holocaust. After the guided tour you will have free time to spend at the memorial or eat lunch before returning to your accommodation in Salzburg.

Choose the 6,5-hour option to visit the Mauthausen Memorial with a Licensed Guide from Salzburg. On this fully-guided tour, you will have the full attention of your Private Guide not only at the memorial site, but also during the transfers. This way you can learn more and ask questions throughout your journey from Salzburg to the Mauthausen Concentration Camp.
Includes

    Private Tour of the Mauthausen Concentration Camp from Salzburg by Car

  • Licensed Guide from Mauthausen, who is fluent in the language of your choice (6-hour option only)
  • Licensed Guide from Salzburg, who is fluent in the language of your choice (6,5-hour option only)
  • Free admission to the Mauthausen Memorial
  • Private transfers with pickup and drop-off at your accommodation in Salzburg
  • Lunch (optional)
  • Licensed Guide during the transfer from Salzburg (in 6-hour option)
Meeting point

6-hour: Mauthausen Memorial Tour with Mauthausen Guide: Salzburg, Austria Open in Google Maps

6-hour: Mauthausen Memorial Tour with Mauthausen Guide: Salzburg, Austria Open in Google Maps

6,5-hour: Mauthausen Memorial Tour with Salzburg Guide: Salzburg, Austria Open in Google Maps

Important information

What you should know

  • Please check your email the day before the tour to receive important information.
  • Please note that if you choose the 6-hour option, the guide will meet you in Mauthausen. Please book the 6,5-hour option if you prefer to travel together with your guide from Salzburg.
  • We do not advise visiting the Mauthausen Memorial with children under the age of 14.
  • We will arrange private transfers in a standard car (sedan) for groups of 1-4 people, and in a larger van or minibus for groups of 5 people and more. If you're traveling in a smaller group but want to travel in a more spacious car, we recommend booking a 5-people tour to take advantage of a larger vehicle.
  • Lunch can be arranged upon request.