Guided tours at a glance
Cologne Cathedral
High Cathedral of Saint Peter
As a licensed cathedral guide, I am privileged to give you a tour of the inside of the “perfect gothic” Cathedral . This tour takes 60 minutes.
Churches
Guided tours in all romanesque churches in Cologne:
St. Andreas with the tomb of St. Albertus Magnus (one of the greatest early-medieval scientists, founder of Cologne University)
St. Aposteln | St. Cäcilien
St. Gereon with the notable decagon
St. Georg | St. Kunibert
St. Maria im Kapitol in capitol with “Maria’s Ribs”, built on the foundations of the roman capitol
St. Maria Lyskirchen with its beautiful nativity scene during advent
Groß St. Martin in its sublime simplicity
St. Pantaleon with the beautiful late-gothic rood screen
St. Severin | St. Ursula with the “Golden Chamber”
Boroughs
Old Town, Deutz, Nippes, Kalk, Südstadt, Belgian Quarter, Agnesviertel, Bayenthal, Ehrenfeld, Mülheim, Sülz, Eigelstein etc. – depending on the borough, the tours are weighted more towards cultural or industrial history
Museums
Roman-Germanic Museum, City Museum, Museum Ludwig (modern art), MAKK (design and applied art), Chocolate Museum, the Tram Museum, Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum (Ethnology), Wallraf-Richartz-Museum (classical art )
More Guided Tours
Guided tours based on specific aspects (medieval history, roman history, architecture of the 1950s, etc.), the Melaten cemetery, the Cologne Southern Cemetery with its large sector of Commonwealth war graves, the Rheinauhafen – or generally any guided tour on any topic of your interest. Maybe a day trip to one of the beautiful cities of Bonn, Düsseldorf, Trier, Aachen and also the Upper Middle Rhine Valley – world heritage site – and its abundance of castles and vineyards?
Or a stroll in the footsteps of Heinrich Böll, literature nobel prize laureate, through the south of Cologne?
Rates:
Rate for one hour is €100 and the maximum group size is 20 participants. There is no minimum number of participants.
I do not charge extra for specific days of the week, times of day, travel or anything, nor do I charge extra for tours in English.
If there are any fees (e.g. for a cathedral tour, museums) to be paid, these are not included.
The minimum duration of each tour is 60 minutes, beyond this first hour I then bill by every half hour.
My prices are exclusive of VAT, what I do not collect, according to § 19 UStG.
