Dachau - help with directions, reservation needed?
 

After reading the posts here about Dachau, we want to be sure to visit while in Germany next month. A couple questions: what is the admission fee, and do you need advance reservations? Is it advisable to take the train over from Munich, or drive (we will have a car for part of our trip)? Thanks!

The website for the camp says public trans is the way to go. There's no mention of reservations.

http://www.kz-gedenkstaette-dachau.d...irections.html

It takes about 40 minutes by S-bahn (S2, direction [Richtung] Petershausen) and bus (#726) from the Munich Hauptbahnhof (main station) to Dachau. You and up to 4 others can do it with an all day ticket, MVV München XXL Partner Tageskarte, for €11,80.

We've al;ways done it by taking the S-Bahn and then the local bus from the station which is easy to do.

Some of the S-2 trains used to terminate at Dachau.

I don't recall an admission fee for the "museum" which is an absolute must. The photographs are chilling especially those which you suddenly realize were taken in the very room in which you are standing.

Many thanks - looks like we will take the train!

I have been there twice and neither time did I have a reservation. I went in the middle of the week and there wasnlt even a line. We took the train and it was very easy. It is also very interesting.

No reservations needed and no admission fee. Even on a Sunday summer afternoon it was not crowded. Car or train are both easy. Be sure to give yourself plenty of time - we spent 5 hours and still didn't read/see everything in the exhibition. It is a deeply moving experience that will stay with you forever.

We just went last week and it was an interesting experience. Definitely take the train and then bus. We decided to walk from the train station and it was a huge mistake, as the walk was really long.

As mentioned above, no reservations and no admission fee, although you may want to invest in the .50 English map or an audio guide.

Tracy