Augsburg Private Walking Tour

Get a comprehensive overview of Augsburg on a 2-hour private walking tour of the city center. In addition to navigating, your guide provides anecdotes about top landmarks and historical gems, including Elias Holl, the world’s oldest social housing complex, and locations associated with both Martin Luther and Marie Antoinette. This private tour allows you to customize the day’s itinerary according to your preferences.

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

You will see:

• Fuggerei

• House of Bertolt Brecht

• Butcher’s Guild

• St. Peter am Perlach Church

• Weaver’s guild

• Zeughaus, the Armory

• Damenhof

• Schaezler Palais

• The Town hall, the first building in the world to have 6 floors