Tour of Regensburg

Thanks to the university and many small cafes and restaurants, the atmosphere in the city is so lively and young that it is hard to believe that it is more than 1800 years old. And yet it is. Regensburg or, as the Romans called it, Ratibona arose on the site of a camp of Roman legionaries, built here in 179 AD by the personal order of Marcus Aurelius.

Regensburg is one of the oldest cities in Germany and is also included in the UNESCO list of cultural heritage. Inside the Old Town there are about one and a half thousand buildings of historical significance. St. Peter’s Cathedral is considered the most significant monument of Gothic architecture in southern Germany. It took 600 years to build. The famous Stone Bridge, left crooked after the devil tried to destroy it. The first coffee shop in Germany, where today they serve fine coffee, delicious pastries and chocolate of their own preparation.

Goethe also noted that it is perhaps difficult to find another city in Germany with more churches than Regensburg. During a 3-hour walking tour of Regensburg, you will see the Old Chapel, the walls of which are remembered by Methodius with his younger brother Cyril, the former convent of Neumünster, the monument of early German Gothic - St. Ulrich's Cathedral, the best example of South German Gothic - St. Peter's Cathedral, the famous Stone Bridge, for which many bridges were built throughout Europe. In Regensburg, there are many city family castles-towers that belonged to local patricians.

In addition, you will see the Old Town Hall, famous for the fact that the Reichstags gathered here for several centuries, Goliath Street with a giant, medieval fresco, the Scottish Church of St. James, the palace of the Bavarian princes Thurn und Taxis, the ancient abbey of St. Emmeram.