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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.
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Itinerary
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1Deutsches Eck (German Corner)
Stand where a giant emperor vanished from his own monument, and stayed missing for decades
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
(Pass by)
Spot the giant bronze thumb outside this modern art museum, and find whose actual print it copies
Admission ticket free -
2Ehrenbreitstein Fortress
Look across the Rhine at a fortress no army ever beat in battle, yet still lay in ruins
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
3
Decode a fountain's confident boast about a war, then notice who quietly signed beneath it
8 minutes • Admission ticket free -
4Basilica of St. Castor
Step inside the city's oldest church, where three warring brothers once redrew the map of Europe
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
5Altes Kaufhaus
Watch the mechanical face above this merchant house roll its eyes, and hear the curse behind it
8 minutes • Admission ticket free -
6Florinskirche
Discover the outrageous fate nearly assigned to this ancient church under Napoleon's rule
8 minutes • Admission ticket free -
7
Learn the history of this townhouse, once the heart of Koblenz's Jewish community, and the night that changed everything
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
8Alte Burg
Notice why this lordly castle was built facing inward, aimed at the city's own citizens
7 minutes • Admission ticket free -
9Balduinbrucke
Cross the oldest bridge in Koblenz, built over decades and funded partly through promises of spiritual reward
7 minutes • Admission ticket free -
10
Step into the birthplace of Europe's most powerful coachman, the man who redrew an entire continent
8 minutes • Admission ticket free -
11Liebfrauenkirche
Look up at two onion domes that exist only because an enemy army blew the originals apart
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
12
Stand in the square where a robber was executed and an opera legend was born
8 minutes • Admission ticket free -
13Jesuitenplatz
Piece together how a Jesuit school for training priests became this state's very first parliament
8 minutes • Admission ticket free -
14Schangelbrunnen
Watch a grinning bronze boy spit water at unsuspecting visitors, and learn the insult hidden in his name
7 minutes • Admission ticket free -
15
Trace two thousand years of Koblenz's history climbing a single bronze column from base to crown
7 minutes • Admission ticket free -
Theater Koblenz (Pass by)
Uncover how two caretakers may have saved this theatre with a message that never really existed
Admission ticket free -
(Pass by)
Follow this wine cellar's rise into a sparkling empire, and hear the composer's dry joke inside it
Admission ticket free -
16Kurfurstliches Schloss
Walk the gardens of a palace built as one archbishop's triumph, and the start of his downfall
8 minutes • Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Cancellation Policy
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- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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