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6-Hour Terezin Holocaust Tour
  • Tour Category

    Private Tour

  • Tour Types

    Education, History, Sightseeing

  • Duration

    6 Hours

  • Activity Level

    Easy

  • Language

    Czech, English, Russian

Description

Head to a World War II-era concentration camp where thousand-year-old Jewish communities were deported. Visit the complex which houses the Gestapo prison, a hidden synagogue, Jewish Cemetery, and the crematorium. Discover a hidden tunnel inside the prison rarely visited by tourists with special access.

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    • Begin the tour after pick-up from the hotel and meet your Terezín tour guide (It is recommended to leave early at 8:00 am to avoid the crowds at the ticket office).

    • Drive for about 45 minutes, and along the way, get to know about the history of the Czech Republic, what it was like during the occupation in World War II and the tragic fate of the Jews in former Czechoslovakia and Eastern Europe.

    • Arrive at the Large Fortress and visit the Terezín Museum, the Magdeburg Barracks, the hidden synagogue, the Jewish cemetery, the Menorah monument, and the crematorium.

    • Head to the Small Fortress to spend time exploring the Gestapo prison, the single and mass cells, and a secret tunnel that most visitors don't visit, which will be done by a local guide who has access. This part is authentically preserved.

What's Included
  • Comfortable car or van.

  • Terezín tour guide

What's Excluded
  • Personal Expenses

  • Admission into Terezin

Know before you go
  • Important note: This tour does not have a lunch stop, as it is a camp. Please bring some snacks, fruit, and water. Please wear comfortable walking shoes.

  • Based on the guide's experience, she would honestly suggest meeting and beginning this tour at 8:00 a.m. By starting the tour at this time, you are usually able to avoid long queues and big crowds as this location can become exceedingly popular at peak times.

  • Depending on traffic and weather, the drive from Prague is usually 45 – 50 minutes each way.

  • Meeting Point Options: Rail or Bus Station, Airport, Hotel, Address or Intersection, Monument/Building.

  • Depending on traffic and weather, the drive from Prague is usually 50 minutes either way.

  • Local Cash Required: 500 CZK - CZK 325 for Admission fee for Terezin Museum, per person and CZK 100 as a gratuity payment to the local guide at the Gestapo Prison, per person.

  • This visit is essential to understanding the complicated history that unfolded here in WW2 when the region's thousand-year-old Jewish communities were deported through Terezin to death camps.

  • More information about the attraction: The Jewish Ghetto established here in 1941 served as a way station from which Jews were sent onwards to death camps. Governed by Jewish self-administration, the Terezín ghetto was known for its relatively rich cultural life, including concerts, lectures, and clandestine education for children.

  • This tour will help you understand what happened to so many innocent people through actual artifacts, children's drawings, poetry, and other rare items which survived their owners to speak so eloquently for them.

  • Admission into Terezin: CZK 325 kc per person paid directly to the Terezin Memorial.

Cancellation Policy

For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -

Refund of 80% of the tour price.
Price Details
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1 To 6USD 620 Per Group

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USD 620 / group