Koblenz Self Guided Walking Tour Deutsches Eck Audio and Quiz
- 1.5–2 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 7 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Koblenz has spent two thousand years organising itself around one stubborn fact: this is where the Rhine and the Moselle meet. This self-guided walking tour follows that story on foot, from the Electoral Palace, the last great residence of Trier's prince-electors, through the old town to the Deutsches Eck, where the two rivers finally collide. Everything runs from your own smartphone, and there is no app to download. You get a map of all 8 stops, simple directions between them, a short audio story at each location and an interactive quiz that turns the walk into a game. Along the way you meet the fortress-like Prussian Government Building, the spitting Schängelbrunnen, the Baroque Four Towers, the eye-rolling clock on Florinsmarkt and the Basilica of St. Castor, where the Carolingian Empire was carved up in 842. Start whenever you like, walk at your own pace, stop for coffee, and pick the route back up when you are ready. About 2 km and roughly 90 minutes.
Inclusions
What's included
- Self-guided tour on your smartphone, APP not needed!
- Audioguide with quizzes about each point of interest along the tour
What's not
- A physical guide (the tour is accessible on your smartphone)
- Access offline. Internet needed on your phone
Itinerary
Start your self-guided tour at the Electoral Palace (Kurfurstliches Schloss). Open your Ciceru experience on your smartphone and follow the walking route from here. Discover the riverside Neoclassical palace built for Clemens Wenceslaus, the last Prince-Elector of Trier, before continuing on foot to the next stop using the in-app directions.
A 158-metre Wilhelmine complex of volcanic tuff on the Rhine waterfront, built 1902-1906 by Paul Kieschke for the Prussian regional government and later used by American occupation forces.
The bronze spitting-boy fountain in the Town Hall courtyard, unveiled in 1941 and dedicated to dialect poet Josef Cornelius. Its basin reliefs show scenes of childhood mischief.
A crossroads framed by four Baroque corner houses with matching decorated oriel windows, rebuilt between 1689 and 1692 after French bombardment and restored after 1944.
The parish church on the highest point of the old town, its two Baroque onion domes added in 1694 above a Romanesque nave and a late Gothic choir.
The medieval market square with the Romanesque Florinskirche, the 1419 Altes Kaufhaus trade hall and its Augenroller clock face, whose eyes roll with the pendulum.
The Romanesque basilica dedicated in 836, where envoys of Charlemagne's warring grandsons met in 842 to prepare the partition confirmed by the Treaty of Verdun. The Kastorbrunnen fountain stands outside.
The headland where the Moselle joins the Rhine, crowned by the equestrian monument to Kaiser Wilhelm I, with segments of the Berlin Wall and the flags of the German federal states on the terrace.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- Start your self-guided tour at the entrance of the Electoral Palace (Kurfurstliches Schloss). Open your Ciceru experience nearby and follow the route on your smartphone.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- Ciceru
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How it compares in Koblenz
- Its from-price is 92% below the median of the 36 experiences we list in Koblenz.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Koblenz
Koblenz stands where the Moselle meets the Rhine, with a promontory called the German Corner, a hilltop fortress and the gateway to the Rhine castles.
Koblenz lies at the confluence of the Rhine and the Moselle, in Rhineland-Palatinate. The tip of land between the rivers, the Deutsches Eck, or German Corner, is marked by a tall monument topped by an equestrian statue of Kaiser Wilhelm I. A cable car crosses the Rhine to Ehrenbreitstein Fortress, a huge 19th-century Prussian stronghold on a rock, with views of both rivers.
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