Berchtesgaden private walking tour With A Professional Guide
- 2 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 2 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
This quaint alpine village has seen millennia of history and was named after a pagan Goddess. From prehistory to celtic times, early medieval to the nazi rule, Berchtesgaden stayed a hotspot. As a town, it’s roots go back to 1102 AD, and it’s existence is deeply connected to the salt mines in this town that enriched the entire region, therefore passing hands from nobility and clergy until it joined Bavaria in 1810. On the foothills of the famous Watzmann mountain seen in “The Sound of Music”, it is no wonder that even the bavarian royalty chose it as one of their residences. Later on Adolf Hitler took interest as well, later building his mountain residence at Obersalzberg and making Berchtesgaden a nazi stronghold during the World War II. This tour will give all the hindsight on these and many more details, stories and less known facts about a little alpine town that once had a hand in international affairs.
Inclusions
What's included
- Possible customizing on tour with your local guide on the spot
- Private guided Tour
- Local Guide who will be with your group only
What's not
- Gratuities
- Entrance fees
Itinerary
You will see: Market Square Market Street Town Hall Monkey Facade Mother and Child Fountain Deer House Gasthof Neuhaus Well Ducats Fountain Christmas Shooters Square View of the Schloss Berchtesgaden You will learn about: Ancestral importance of the salt mines Stone age inhabitants First historical records in 1102 About a pre-Christian Alpine Goddess named Perchta The Prince provosty of Berchtesgaden Emperor Barbarossa The 30 Years War First World War and the Republic of Weimar The nazis and the arrival of Hitler Hitler’s mentor Dietrich Eckart and his relation to Berchtesgaden Berchtesgaden Meeting of 1938 Obersalzberg and the building of the nazi headquarters Kehlsteinhaus, the Eagles Nest Berchtesgaden as a symbol of nazi power Allied bombardment and the survival of the city The american military base from ‘45 until ‘96 The transformation of Berchtesgaden into a National Park and an UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
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
- In front of the AlpenCongress Berchtesgaden building, Maximilianstrasse 9, 83471 Berchtesgaden, Germany
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- Global Guide Services
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How it compares in Berchtesgaden
- Its from-price is close to the median of the 12 experiences we list in Berchtesgaden.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 8 of 12.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Berchtesgaden
Berchtesgaden is an Alpine town in Bavaria's far south-east, set among steep peaks beside the deep green Königssee, with a long salt-mining history.
Berchtesgaden lies in a high valley of the Bavarian Alps, ringed by the peaks of the Berchtesgaden National Park, Germany's only alpine national park. Its wealth came from salt, mined here since the Middle Ages, and visitors can still ride a miners' train into the salt mine and cross an underground lake on a raft. The old town centres on a former monastery, later a royal palace of the Bavarian Wittelsbach family.
Top-ranked sights in Berchtesgaden: Nationalpark Berchtesgaden, Dokumentationszentrum Obersalzberg, Berchtesgaden Salt Mine (Salzbergwerk Berchtesgaden).
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