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Rudesheim Private Walking Tour
Rudesheim Private Walking Tour
Rudesheim Private Walking Tour With A Professional Guide
Rudesheim Private Walking Tour

Rudesheim Private Walking Tour With A Professional Guide

By Global Guide Services
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$396 per traveller* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple travellers
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview

Meeting point: Adlerturm, the Eagle Tower next to the river or Meeting Point at hotel possible if central, without extra charge

Duration: 2h

Maximum 25 participants per Guide

You will see:
• Eagle Tower
• Old Town
• Market Square
• Catholic Parish Church of Saint James
• Klunkhards Estate
• Brömserburg Castle
• Wine Museum
• Boosenburg tower
• Brömserhof
• Mechanical Music Cabinet

You will learn about:
• History of the city
• Wine-making tradition
• History of medieval fortresses
• Witch-hunting in Middle Ages
• History and meaning of Niederwald Monument

 

Activity location

  • Adlerturm
    • Am Adlerturm
    • 65385, Ruedesheim am Rhein, Hesse, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Seilbahn Rüdesheim
    • 37 Oberstraße
    • 65385, Rüdesheim am Rhein, Hessen, Germany

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Rudesheim Private Walking Tour With A Professional Guide
  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h2h
  • English
Price details
AU$396.24 x 1 TravellerAU$396.24

Total
Price is AU$396.24
Until Sat, 9 Nov

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedPrivate guided Tour
  • What's includedWhat's includedLocal Guide who will be with your group only
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedService charge

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • This walk tour suitable for any age
  • For this walk tour no transport needed

Activity itinerary

Adlerturm
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket not included
Meet your guide at Adlerturm, the Eagle Tower next to the river, a Gothic corner tower of the old town fortification. Built in the 15th century, it once was located directly on the Rhine. From there immerse into the charming Old Town with its crooked cobble-stoned streets. Walk up Marktstrasse and get to the Market Square. In the middle of the square you will discover a fountain decorated with the statue of a wine-drinking man. View the Catholic Parish Church of Saint James built in the 14th century and reconstructed with quarry stone from the Rhineland after its almost complete destruction in 1944. Next we continue to Klunkhards Estate, one of the architectural pearls of the old town: this slightly curved half-timbered building dates back to the 16th century and was formerly owned by one of the highly-esteemed families of Rüdesheim. Walk along the pedestrianised area on Oberstrasse, the „upper street“, and pass in front of the Medieval Torture Museum which illustrates the history of punishment and torture in the Middle Ages as well as the time of witch-hunting in Germany.  Get a glimpse of the cable cars departing from the station Oberstrasse and gliding smoothly over the vineyards up to Niederwald Monument with its main figure Germania. It was erected between 1877 and 1883 to symbolise the re-establishment of the German Empire. Stroll down Drosselgasse, the famous picturesque lane amid the old town and definitely the heart of Rüdesheim. Formerly built for boat owners to settle into town, it nowadays provides beautifully decorated restaurants, wine-taverns and in summer never-ending music performances. Your guide will also take you to Brömserburg Castle, originally the residence-stronghold of the bishops of Mainz built in the 10th century. In earlier times it was situated directly on the banks of the Rhine, completely surrounded by water and its more than 2 metres thick walls successfully withstanding any attack. Brömserburg is actually one of the oldest castles in the Rhine Gorge World Heritage site. Nowadays, it houses an outstanding wine museum which informs how winemaking has evolved throughout the ages and exhibits an extensive collection of wine presses. In Rüdesheim, some of the vineyards are right in the middle of the town’s centre thus giving it an amazing rustic charm and blending perfectly with the historic buildings. In the immediate proximity of Brömserburg you will find Boosenburg tower from the 9th century dominating all other buildings in the city with its 38 metres high Romanesque defensive construction. Returning to Oberstrasse up the slope, you will discover some more beautiful aristocratic residences with half-timbered architecture. The most attractive of them undoubtedly is Brömserhof which was constructed in 1542.  Brömserhof today is the site of Siegfried’s Mechanical Music Cabinet providing a vast collection of fascinating musical instruments dating back 3 centuries. End your tour here listening to the carillon played every half hour in the courtyard by bells made of original Meissen porcelain.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESAdlerturm
    • Am Adlerturm
    • 65385, Ruedesheim am Rhein, Hesse, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLESeilbahn Rüdesheim
    • 37 Oberstraße
    • 65385, Rüdesheim am Rhein, Hessen, Germany

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