Mauthausen Concentration Camp Day Trip from Vienna

Itinerary
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Stop At: Albertinaplatz 1, Vienna 1010 Austria

Take a taxi from your hotel to the central meeting point on Albertinaplatz in Vienna to meet your guide. Be sure to keep your receipt as the fare is reimbursed after your tour. Then, hop aboard a tour vehicle to begin the adventure.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: KZ-Gedenkstatte Mauthausen, Erinnerungsstrasse 1, Mauthausen 4310 Austria

Become acquainted with the history of Mauthausen Memorial during the 2,5-hour ride from Vienna. By the summer of 1940, Mauthausen had become one of the largest labor camp complexes in the German-occupied part of Europe. Some 200,000 people are thought to have been imprisoned at Mauthausen between 1938 and 1945, and about half of them lost their lives. Mauthausen was among the last concentration camps to be liberated by the Allies.

Upon arrival at the Memorial grab your audio guide (available in 11 languages) for a self-guided tour through the preserved grounds. See the prisoner’s barracks, Wiener-Graben quarry, the so-called 'Stairs of Death', SS-quarters, camp prison, gas chamber and the highly rated Mauthausen Museum.

Heading back to Vienna stop at a local restaurant for lunch (own expense).

Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Wiener Staatsoper, Opernring 2, Vienna 1010 Austria

Your tour concludes at the Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera House).

Duration: 5 minutes