Koblenz Self Guided Tour of Rivers and Rulers

2 hours - 4 hoursGerman, Russian, Portuguese, English +5Book 1 hour aheadKoblenz, Germany

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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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1-year access to audio on iOS & Android. Listen to the tour anytime, as many times as you like
Audio and written guide included
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Offline access to the tour (no internet connection needed) once tour is downloaded
Images to identify stops and in app interactive map for navigation

Not included

Any physical devices or headphones
Human tour guide at location

What you'll do

Deutsches Eck (German Corner)
Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer, Koblenz, Germany
Stand where a giant emperor vanished from his own monument, and stayed missing for decades
10 min
Deutschherrenhaus (Ludwigmuseum)
Esther-Bejarano-Str. 1, Koblenz, Germany
Spot the giant bronze thumb outside this modern art museum, and find whose actual print it copies
Ehrenbreitstein Fortress
Koblenz, Germany
Look across the Rhine at a fortress no army ever beat in battle, yet still lay in ruins
10 min
Kastorbrunnen
Kastorpfaffenstrasse, Koblenz, Germany
Decode a fountain's confident boast about a war, then notice who quietly signed beneath it
8 min
Step inside the city's oldest church, where three warring brothers once redrew t
he map of Europe
10 min
Altes Kaufhaus
Florinsmarkt, Koblenz, Germany
Watch the mechanical face above this merchant house roll its eyes, and hear the curse behind it
8 min
Florinskirche
Am Florinsmarkt, Koblenz, Germany
Discover the outrageous fate nearly assigned to this ancient church under Napoleon's rule
8 min
Learn the history of this townhouse, once the heart of Koblenz's Jewish communit
y, and the night that changed everything
10 min
Alte Burg
Burgstr. 1, Koblenz, Germany
Notice why this lordly castle was built facing inward, aimed at the city's own citizens
7 min
Balduinbrucke
Balduinbrucke, Koblenz, Germany
Cross the oldest bridge in Koblenz, built over decades and funded partly through promises of spiritual reward
7 min
Step into the birthplace of Europe's most powerful coachman, the man who redrew
an entire continent
8 min
Liebfrauenkirche
Florinspfaffengasse 14, Koblenz, Germany
Look up at two onion domes that exist only because an enemy army blew the originals apart
10 min
Stand in the square where a robber was executed and an opera legend was born
8 min
Jesuitenplatz
Jesuitenplatz, Koblenz, Germany
Piece together how a Jesuit school for training priests became this state's very first parliament
8 min
Schangelbrunnen
Gymnasialstr. 1, Koblenz, Germany
Watch a grinning bronze boy spit water at unsuspecting visitors, and learn the insult hidden in his name
7 min
Trace two thousand years of Koblenz's history climbing a single bronze column fr
om base to crown
7 min
Theater Koblenz
Clemensstr. 1, Koblenz, Germany
Uncover how two caretakers may have saved this theatre with a message that never really existed
Koblenzer Sektmuseum
Deinhardplatz 3, Koblenz, Germany
Follow this wine cellar's rise into a sparkling empire, and hear the composer's dry joke inside it
Kurfurstliches Schloss
Neustadt 24, Koblenz, Germany
Walk the gardens of a palace built as one archbishop's triumph, and the start of his downfall
8 min

Meeting and pickup

14 locations

Pickup details

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