Private Tour Concentration Camp Mauthausen, with Melk & Dürnstein

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Private Tour Concentration Camp Mauthausen, with Melk & Dürnstein — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

First courtyard of the Mauthausen concentration camp — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

About this activity

On this privately guided tour, your guide will accompany you through the sacred, medieval and national socialistic history of Austria. We stop for to take pictures wherever and whenever you like.

Melk Abbey, our first stop after a 80 km ride, is the largest baroque monastery in Austria and one of the largest in all of Europe.

This Benedictine abbey is also home to Austria's oldest existing school, the Stiftsgymnasium. Then we drive 1 hour further to the concentration camp in Mauthausen and let ourselves be guided through the entire facility with its many barracks, fortifications and watchtowers. We also visit the museum inside and learn all the essentials about everyday life in the camp.

Our way back to Vienna takes us to the medieval town Dürnstein, situated in the most beautiful section of the Danube for our last stop. It is also a UNESCO World Heritage area. Way back from the Crusades, King Richard 1st Lionheart was captured here. We follow his footsteps on the Lionheart's path

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At a glance

Duration: 8 hours
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–7
Audio guide: German, English, Italian, French, Spanish
Guide: German, English
Operated by: TaxiJet OG

What is included

Included

Included: Private transportation
Included: Carbonated beverages: Soda/Pop
Included: Bottled water
Included: In-vehicle air conditioning: Air-conditioned vehicle
Included: Entrance fee to Mauthausen concentration camp and the town Dürnstein with the ruins of the castle

Not included

Not included: Gratuities
Not included: guided Tour in Melk Abbey is not included Adults EUR 16.00 and Pupils/children EUR 9.50
Not included: Durnstein Local delicacies, wines, liqueurs and sweets(pay your own)

Itinerary

Melk Abbey

1 h 30 min

Arriving at Melk Abbey, our first stop, you can visit the abbey complex with free admission. If you are interested in a guided tour, this is optionally possible.

guided tour per person. Today's baroque building was erected between 1702 and 1746 by Jakob Prandtauer. It is described as "the most iconic and dominant baroque building", one of the biggest in Europe. It also houses the Abbey high school Melk, the oldest existing school in Austria. Manuscripts in the Abbey Library of Melk indicate that a community of priests maintained a kind of collegiate monastery under the Babenberg Margrave Leopold I. between 976 and 994 AD. As a symbol of the Wachau, it is part of the UNESCO World Heritage.
KZ-Gedenkstatte Mauthausen

2 hours

Our 2nd stop is Mauthausen, where we visit the concentration camp and dive into the sad past of the Nazi regime.

An Audio-guided tour in many different languages of the facility gives you an insight into the sad camp life of the prisoners. The Mauthausen concentration camp was the largest National Socialist concentration camp in Austria from August 8, 1938 until its dissolution, after the liberation of its inmates by US troops, on May 5, 1945. Around 200,000 people were imprisoned in Mauthausen and its satellite camps, of which more than 100,000 people lost their lives. Since 1947 there has been a memorial of the Republic of Austria on the site of the former concentration camp.
Durnstein

2 hours

To banish the gloomy thoughts, we want to put some joy in your face with the last stop in the medieval town of Dürnstein, located in the most beautiful section of the Danube valley, the Wachau, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and also Austria's most famous wine-growing region.

We enter the village through the archway of the city walls and take time to see the old buildings and shops, take photos and taste local delicacies such as wines, liqueurs and sweets. Beautiful photo motifs are the old town hall, which is often booked for weddings from all over Austria, the Dürnstein Abbey, whose history begins with the consecration of Mary's chapel in 1372 and the view from the fortress to the city and the river Danube.

We can also hike the Lionheart Trail to the fortress ruins and learn about the history of England's most famous King, Richard 1st, the Lionheart, who was held here as a prisoner on his way back from the Crusades.

We then return along the Danube to Vienna, to your desired end point

Meeting point and pickup

You can be picked up from your accommodation or go straight to the meeting point.

Meeting point

This optional meeting point is located at the backside of the opera house, beside the hotel Sacher

End point

This optional meeting point is located at the backside of the opera house, beside the hotel Sacher

Pickup points

Carathotel Wien City Park
Eurostars Josefine
Hotel Tabor Rooms
Meininger Hotel Vienna Central Station
Speedyrooms Vienna
Pension Claudia
Prize By Radisson, Vienna City
Hotel Valamar Resorts
Radisson Red Vienna
Hotel Indigo Vienna - Naschmarkt By IHG
B&B Hotel Wien-Stadthalle
Urbanauts

and 384 more pickup points

For hotel pickups, please wait for us in the lobby at the reception.

For all other pick up locations please give us a call or send a message by Mail, SMS or WhatsApp the day before we start

Cancellation

Free cancellation

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

If you cancel	You get back
At least one day before	100%
Less than a day before	0%

Good to know

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Specialized infant seats are available
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Tour Duration includes travel time

Options

Tour in panorama roof car

THAI LANGUAGE Translator possi: The tour can be ordered for Thai people with translator for up to max. 6 passengers.

Pickup included
Private Tour from Vienna to Mauthausen, Melk and Dürnstein

Pickup included