Bern Unesco World Heritage Site Walking Tour
- 3 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 4 languages
- Private tour
Highlights
The old town of Bern is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Legend states that Duke Berchthold of Zahringen named the city after the first animal he killed during a hunting expedition: it was a Bear! Here you will enjoy a medieval air of the city with its Renaissance fountains, narrow streets and historic towers... and not only! During our tour we will: - taste the best, according to the version of the last few years, the country's chocolate. And it's not about Toblerone, who, by the way, is also from Bern. - We will see a very unusual restaurant, it is better to book a table in it in advance, where the French invaders died drowning in wine. - Find out where Bernese gin is produced (you can learn how to cook it, for extra money, by prior arrangement) - take a picture at three monuments to Einstein. - We will visit a perfume studio where you can make your perfect perfume (for extra money, by prior arrangement).
Inclusions
What's included
- Guiding Services
What's not
- Bern Cathedral tower 5 CHF; Einstein house 7 CHF
Itinerary
The Bern Münster Cathedral is the most impressive and important late medieval church in Switzerland. From the Swiss capital’s 101-metre high cathedral you may admire the magnificent view over the old city, of the Aare river, the Alps and the Matte.
Zytglogge, the 15th century astrological clock in Bern. The tower was built in the 13th century and was part of the fortress wall of the Cityland has served the city as guard tower, prison, clock tower, center of urban life.
Albert Einstein lived in Bern from 1903 to 1905 and developed his Theory of Relativity in this house. Albert Einstein rented this flat from 1903 to 1905 and lived there with his wife Mileva and son Hans Albert. They are some voices that Mileva and Albert have worked on the theory of relativity together, but her name was not on the work, nevertheless he gave the Nobel Prize in full to his then ex-wife.
Bern was chosen as the Federal Capital of Switzerland in 1848 thanks to its central location between the German- and French-speaking parts of the country. The parliament building was completed in 1902. In the central hall, under the cupola between the two assembly rooms, there are numerous symbolic depictions of Swiss history. Curiosity. During the summer, you can see the 26 water fountains in Parliament Square represent the 26 cantons of Switzerland.
One of the Bernese fountains depicts an ogre devouring defenceless, half-naked children.Its Kindlifresserbrunnen. There are various theories about the significance of this fountain, the most plausible of which is that the fountain was built for an educational purpose and that the monster was meant to scare little children. The most popular theories are three. And the most truthful one is even more horrific than the scarecrow for children.
Käfigturm as well as the clock tower were built at different times as Bern's fortification system. In the past Käfigturm was where criminals were interrogated and locked up! Bernese, as befits the Swiss, lovers of order, have documented and preserved in the so-called "Tower Books" information about murders, thefts and other crimes, as well as interrogations, confessions and sentences. Have you ever been to the Musée Dorcet in Paris? Perhaps the painting "The Tin Man" by the Swiss artist Hodler caught your eye. They say he was born in this tower.
Now is a very special restaurant, it is better to book a table in it in advance, where the Napoleons invaders died drowning in wine.
You will learn why did the inhabitants of the Matte district – the oldest part of the city develop their own languageabout special Matten-Berndeutsch (a mixture of French, Hebrew, German and other languages) part of the city.
Just next to the Rose Garden - Bears lives. Here we will learn the story why this animal is the symbol of the city.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- The Schweizerhof Bern is located opposite the central Bern railway station at Bahnhofpl. 11, 3001 Bern
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- Iuliia Solodenko
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
How it compares in Bern
- Its from-price is 93% above the median of the 130 experiences we list in Bern.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Bern
Bern, the Swiss federal city, is a medieval old town on a bend of the Aare River, with arcaded streets, a clock tower and a park of bears.
Bern's old town sits on a narrow peninsula in a tight loop of the Aare River, a UNESCO World Heritage Site of sandstone houses with long covered arcades that shelter shops and cafés along the main streets. The Zytglogge, a medieval clock tower with an astronomical clock, puts on a show of moving figures before the hour. The Gothic Minster has the tallest spire of any church in Switzerland, and the city is the seat of the federal government.
Top-ranked sights in Bern: Kleine Scheidegg, Bern Clock Tower (Zytglogge), Bern Cathedral (Bern Minster).
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