Augsburg Private Walking Tour With A Professional Guide

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About this activity

Meetingpoint: At Fuggerei

or Meeting Point at hotel possible if central, without extra charge

Duration: 2h

Maximum 25 participants per Guide

You will learn about:

Augsburg’s golden age in the 16th and 17th century
Understand why the city is landmark for the Lutheran church and Christianity
The rise and fall of an Imperial Roman City.
The architecture of Elias Holl
Berthold Brecht and his “Three Penny Opera.”
Martin Luther being interrogated by the Pope about his beliefs.
Marie-Antoinette and her marriage with Louis the XIV, King of France.
Fuggerei, the oldest social settlement

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At a glance

Duration: 2 hours
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–15
Guide: German, English
Operated by: Global Guide Services

What is included

Included

Included: Possible customizing on tour with your local guide on the spot
Included: Private guided Tour
Included: Local Guide who will be with your group only

Not included

Not included: Gratuities

Itinerary

Fuggerei

15 min Admission not included

Our adventure starts at Fuggerei, where you can admire the oldest social settlement in the world history which was founded by one of the richest families in the world. It is the home of 150 people today.
Stop 2

30 min Admission not included

From this point, we will head into the old city and begin by visiting the birthplace of the worldwide acclaimed artist Berthold Brecht, and about his the Three penny opera. We continue our walk until we reach the Butcher’s Guild, built by Elias Holl, the master architect who designed the most important buildings during Augsburg’s golden age, the 17th century. We stop at the St. Peter am Perlach Church to take a look at the painting of Mary untie of knots, a unique depiction of the virgin Mary and a site of pilgrimage for believers around the world.
Zeughaus

30 min Admission not included

Get a look at the Town hall, the first building in the world to have 6 floors. Also designed by Elias Holl, it was built to host the Imperial diet. There will be time to learn more about the Weaver’s Guild, important for the trade of textiles, the place that put Augsburg on the map. Here, you can admire the paintings adorning the Weaver’s Guild’s outside walls and get a glimpse of Augsburg’s history. We then make our way to the Zeughaus, the Armory, which was converted into a cultural building after the Second World War. Another of Elias Holl’s masterpiece.
Stop 4

30 min Admission not included

Visit the Damenhof, the lady’s courtyard, and the Fuggerhaus, home of the Fugger family and where Martin Luther was interrogated by the Pope’s envoy about his beliefs.
Schaezlerpalais

15 min Admission not included

Next stop is the Schaezler Palais, a place which survived the Second World War without a scratch. Its ballroom is the best conserved in Germany and host many exhibitions.