Overview
Weimar Old Town Tour - Reformation, Classicism and Democracy
The whole old town in an hour and a half: palace, classic writers, democracy, the Park an der Ilm and Goethe's ginkgo tree - vividly told, no prior knowledge needed. Ideal for your first day in Weimar.
About this tour
From the Reformation to the first German democracy in an hour and a half: the Weimar Old Town Tour links the most important places in the city centre - market square, City Palace, Herder Church, Theaterplatz, and Goethe's and Schiller's houses. Not a dry overview, but stories: why Schiller could only write with rotten apples. Why the City Palace burned down twice. And why four words in the National Theatre caused laughter - and made history. If you have time, the tour ends at Goethe's ginkgo tree - setting of one of the most beautiful love poems of Weimar Classicism. The ideal first walk for first-time visitors to Weimar.
Market Square
Cranach House, Town Hall, Hotel Elephant
Platz der Demokratie
Fürstenhaus, Anna Amalia Library, first German democracy
City Palace
Residence of the dukes, Goethe as architect, court chapel
Herder Church
St. Peter and Paul, Cranach altarpiece, Reformation
Theaterplatz
Goethe-Schiller Monument, National Theatre, Weimar Republic 1919
Schiller's House
Three years, “William Tell”, rotten apples
Goethe's House
50 years, Christiane Vulpius, Napoleon
Park an der Ilm
On the side: garden house, “Erlkönig”, Nadelöhr
Ginkgo Tree
On the side: Goethe's ginkgo poem, Marianne von Willemer (final stop)
95 €
flat price (1-20 people)
For 21 to 25 people +€10
90 min
2 km
max. 25
Meeting point: Market square - Town Hall
German and English
Choose a date and time, done. Your booking confirmation arrives immediately and your spot is reserved for the group. You pay on the day of the tour on site, by card or in cash. Free cancellation or rescheduling up to 24 hours before the tour starts.
No advance payment - pay on site
Confirmed instantly
Free cancellation up to 24 hrs before
