Koblenz Self Guided Tour of Rivers and Rulers

Koblenz, Germany
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Duration2h - 4h
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LanguagesGerman, Russian, Portuguese, English, Italian, Polish, French, Dutch, Spanish
Private tourOnly your group will participate

Overview

Everyone assumes Koblenz’s giant riverside statue is named for the emperor. It isn’t. The name is centuries older, and the Teutonic monks’ story only gets stranger at this river confluence. Then there is the French official who carved his emperor's coming victory over Russia into a fountain, before that campaign became one of history's great disasters. When the Russian commander read the boast, he quietly signed his own reply underneath.
This self-guided walking tour, led by a downloadable audio app, takes you past that fountain and 20-plus more Koblenz stops, including a fortress no army ever beat in battle was blown up by its own defenders, and a mechanical face that has stuck its tongue out at pedestrians for centuries.
No set start time, no group to keep up with, just download the app, follow the map at your own pace, and stop for a cup of coffee or a glass of wine whenever the mood strikes. Over 25,000 travelers have used our self-guided tours, backed by a full refund guarantee.

What's included

  • 1-year access to audio on iOS & Android. Listen to the tour anytime, as many times as you like
  • Audio and written guide included
  • 100% Satisfaction Guarantee: If you don’t love the tour, write to us for a full refund
  • Offline access to the tour (no internet connection needed) once tour is downloaded
  • Images to identify stops and in app interactive map for navigation
  • Any physical devices or headphones
  • Human tour guide at location

What to expect

  1. Deutsches Eck (German Corner)
    10m
    Stand where a giant emperor vanished from his own monument, and stayed missing for decades
  2. Deutschherrenhaus (Ludwigmuseum)
    Pass by
    Spot the giant bronze thumb outside this modern art museum, and find whose actual print it copies
  3. Ehrenbreitstein Fortress
    10m
    Look across the Rhine at a fortress no army ever beat in battle, yet still lay in ruins
  4. Kastorbrunnen
    8m
    Decode a fountain's confident boast about a war, then notice who quietly signed beneath it
  5. 10m
    Step inside the city's oldest church, where three warring brothers once redrew the map of Europe
  6. Altes Kaufhaus
    8m
    Watch the mechanical face above this merchant house roll its eyes, and hear the curse behind it
  7. Florinskirche
    8m
    Discover the outrageous fate nearly assigned to this ancient church under Napoleon's rule
  8. 10m
    Learn the history of this townhouse, once the heart of Koblenz's Jewish community, and the night that changed everything
  9. Alte Burg
    7m
    Notice why this lordly castle was built facing inward, aimed at the city's own citizens
  10. Balduinbrucke
    7m
    Cross the oldest bridge in Koblenz, built over decades and funded partly through promises of spiritual reward
  11. 8m
    Step into the birthplace of Europe's most powerful coachman, the man who redrew an entire continent
  12. Liebfrauenkirche
    10m
    Look up at two onion domes that exist only because an enemy army blew the originals apart
  13. 8m
    Stand in the square where a robber was executed and an opera legend was born
  14. Jesuitenplatz
    8m
    Piece together how a Jesuit school for training priests became this state's very first parliament
  15. Schangelbrunnen
    7m
    Watch a grinning bronze boy spit water at unsuspecting visitors, and learn the insult hidden in his name
  16. 7m
    Trace two thousand years of Koblenz's history climbing a single bronze column from base to crown
  17. Theater Koblenz
    Pass by
    Uncover how two caretakers may have saved this theatre with a message that never really existed
  18. Koblenzer Sektmuseum
    Pass by
    Follow this wine cellar's rise into a sparkling empire, and hear the composer's dry joke inside it
  19. Kurfurstliches Schloss
    8m
    Walk the gardens of a palace built as one archbishop's triumph, and the start of his downfall

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Additional information

  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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