Historical Hitler Self Guided Walking Tour and Audio Guide Graz
- 2h 30m
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 2 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Graz Under National Socialism Walk the streets where one of Austria's darkest chapters unfolded. This self-guided audio tour traces Graz's role during the Nazi era and the Second World War — from the Anschluss and the persecution of Jewish and political communities, to the Allied bombing raids that left scars still visible today. Hear the personal stories behind the buildings and squares you pass, told with the historical depth this period demands. A serious walk, at your own pace. How It Works No human person for guiding (tourguide), this is self-guided audio tour. You use your own smartphone to navigate and listen. No app download is required—just click the access link in your ticket to begin instantly. This route explores the free public sights, so no entrance tickets are needed or included. Tour Details * Duration: 2h walking, 30m audio * Stops: 8 * Start: Am Eisernen Tor * End: Uhrturm Graz * Languages: EN, DE
Inclusions
What's included
- Audio and Writing in different Languages
- Audio Guide App
What's not
- Headphones
Itinerary
A gilded Baroque column to the Virgin Mary marks the southern gateway into Graz's old town. In 1938 the National Socialist regime sheathed it in a towering propaganda obelisk to crown the city it had named 'City of the People's Uprising'.
A medieval friary church whose narrow Gothic chancel was gutted by an Allied bomb in the last winter of the war. Its tall tower still rises over the old town as a quiet witness to the destruction of 1945.
The medieval heart of Graz, framed by the grand Rathaus and the bronze Archduke Johann Fountain. In 1938 this square became a stage for Nazi mass rallies and was renamed Adolf-Hitler-Platz.
The grand artery of the old town, lined with arcaded shops and the Renaissance Landhaus, the seat of Styrian power. It also runs through the heart of what was once Graz's Jewish quarter, whose community was shattered in 1938.
A late-Gothic ducal residence begun for Friedrich III in 1438, today the seat of the Styrian provincial government. Under National Socialism the same halls of power housed the apparatus of Gauleiter Siegfried Uiberreither.
The building beside the Paulustor that housed the Graz Gestapo from 1938 to 1945, where thousands were interrogated and tortured. Today only a small plaque in the inner courtyard of the police detention centre marks what happened here.
A network of more than six kilometres of tunnels driven into the hill above you, dug from 1943 onward by prisoners of war and forced labourers to shelter Graz from Allied bombs. Today people glide through the rock in a glass lift, but the stone remembers the hands that hewed it.
The beloved clock tower crowning the Schlossberg, where the people of Graz once paid a ransom to save it from demolition. From the summit, the whole rebuilt city spreads out beneath you.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Know before you go
- Meeting point
- Please note: There is no human person (tourguide) to meet you here. Simply open the link provided in your ticket on your smartphone to start the audio guide and navigation entirely on your own.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 20 travellers
- Operated by
- gAIdly – Self-Guided Audio Tours
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How it compares in Graz
- Its from-price is 97% below the median of the 13 city tours we list in Graz.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- By number of reviews it ranks 6 of 13.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Graz
Graz, Austria's second city, is a graceful old town of Renaissance courtyards and red roofs below a clock-tower hill, on the Mur river in Styria.
The historic centre of Graz is a World Heritage site, a mix of Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque buildings around the Hauptplatz, with arcaded courtyards and red-tiled roofs. The Schlossberg hill rises above, topped by the Uhrturm clock tower, whose hour hand is the long one. Nearby, the Landeszeughaus holds a vast collection of historic arms and armour, preserved in the arsenal that once supplied the region's defenders.
Top-ranked sights in Graz: Graz Schlossberg, Kunsthaus Graz Art Museum (Kunsthaus Graz), Graz Main Square (Hauptplatz).
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