Weimar

Tours

Explore Weimar on foot. During the public city tour, you'll delve into the fascinating history of the city's key attractions and likely find yourself amused by a few anecdotes. The itinerary guides you from the Market Square through Democracy Square, past the park to Goethe's residence, down Schillerstraße and culminates at Theaterplatz, home to the renowned monument of the poet duo. End your guided stroll with a heightened admiration for the town, its architectural marvels, and its rich history.

Your city game box contains 11 sealed and numbered envelopes, each holding riddles that need to be solved. Following clear and precise directions, you will be taken on a walk through Weimar’s wonderful historic city center, as you solve the riddles to find your way to the various sights. Once you solve a riddle you will be given a number, which reveals which envelope to open next. You won’t know ahead of time in which succession the Scavenger Hunt City Game envelopes need to be opened, and additionally, for all the sights you visit, you will receive detailed information regarding their historical background, current use, and much more. It’s up to you when to start your scavenger hunt through Weimar historic city center, as well as how long you wish to stay at each location. You can let yourself be transported on a mysterious and unconventional tour. You can take a break from your city game at any time or even continue your scavenger hunt on another day, just as you like. You will start at the newly-opened Bauhaus Museum, from where you will pass the national theater and the former residences of Goethe and Schiller, as well as the famous Anna-Amalia-Library. You will also come by the castle and park around the river Ilm. There is no need to make an appointment for your scavenger hunt game. Simply book the game box and get it sent to you (the shipping costs are already included in the price), or notify your guides to pick it up during opening times.

Let yourself be inspired by historical architecture, interesting stories and surprising details. All the famous sights, such as the homes of Schiller and Goethe, are on your way through Weimar. You will come to the most beautiful places in the city, walk through the park on the Ilm and discover many details and their stories in the city. The tour starts at Theaterplatz in the heart of the city and takes you on a family-friendly and varied route of approx. 3.5 km past the city's sights. These include the Goethe-Schiller Monument, the German National Theatre, the City Palace, the Weimar House, a multimedia experience museum, Schiller's home, Goethe's home, the Goethe Fountain, the Prince's Crypt and Goethe's grave, the Liszt House, the City Palace and the Herder Church. The tour ends in the centre of Weimar, on the market square. At the tour stops, there are entertaining tasks to solve and fun questions to answer. Who knows, for example, what ... but no, we won't tell you yet! The tour is a great way to get outside and discover new things with family, friends or on your own. It's like being shown Weimar by a good friend. Many anecdotes will enrich your walk through the city. You can start the tour at any time and as often as you like in the browser of a smartphone. On site or even from the comfort of your sofa. Enjoy your time in Weimar! *** Good to know *** You will receive the link to start the tour in an email directly after booking.

Discover classical Weimar in an hour and a half: This city tour, which is limited to the old town, takes you to the highlights of the classical period and the places where Goethe, Schiller, Herder and Wieland worked. Participants receive an informative overview of Weimar's most important sights in the Old Town. Itinerary: Market Square, City Palace, City Church of St. Peter and Paul, Theater Square, Schiller's Residence, Goethe's Residence, flanking Park on the Ilm and Goethe's Garden House, Square of Democracy, Duchess Anna Amalia Library, Princely House

You receive free admission to the following museums: Classical Weimar • Goethe-Nationalmuseum und Goethes Wohnhaus • Schillers Wohnhaus • Goethes Gartenhaus • Wittumspalais • Schloss Belvedere • Schloss Belvedere • Fürstengruft und Historischer Friedhof • Schloss, Park und Liebhabertheater Kochberg The Bauhaus and Weimar Modernism • Bauhaus-Museum Weimar • Museum Neues Weimar • Haus Am Horn • Haus Hohe Pappeln • Nietzsche-Archiv • Haus der Weimarer Republik • Stadtmuseum • Museum Zwangsarbeit im Nationalsozialismus (admission, guided tours and museum talks) Further sights • ACC Galerie • Deutsches Bienenmuseum • Dornburger Schlösser • KZ-Gedenkstätte Buchenwald (Public tour or lending Multimedia Guide) • Kirms-Krackow-Haus • Museum für Ur- und Frühgeschichte • Palais Schardt • Pavillon-Presse Weimar • Schwanseebad • WEIMAR HAUS

DunkelWeimar is the most special city tour that you can find in Weimar. Goethe‘s son will talk to you, guide you and share his secrets. This tour is about some of the less dazzling and less shiny sides of Weimar‘s history. It's about crimes, missteps, pranks, rumours, secrets, secret societies and scandals. In this tour we connect the most important historical places and buildings in the city center with their dark past. We tell things and stories that are otherwise often kept secret. Of course, the great poets and thinkers, musicians and painters, or the dukes have also once been on the wrong side of the law. We combine anecdotes and stories, the funny and the scary, the amazing and the murderous in our tour “DunkelWeimar”. You can enjoy this excursion during day time, or in the dark, whenever you want. An app on your smartphone will assist you and includes all audios, stories and useful information. You can set your own pace and start your tour at whatever time you want. It is suitable for groups up to 5 persons. Larger groups should book this item multiple times (for example 20 persons = 4 groups = 4x bookings). As we guide you through the center and the nearby city park, we jump back and forth between the centuries. From the Middle Ages to the time of the National Socialists, then back to the classic era and the GDR. Back and forth again and again. It's about executions, spectacular art thefts, about rebels who wouldn't be forbidden to speak, about Goethe's small mistakes and missteps, about stolen bones and empty coffins, about strong women who didn't allow themselves to be intimidated, about robberies and rumors and about Hitler in Weimar. Franz Liszt, Johann Sebastian Bach, Goethe, Duke Carl-August, Anna Amalia, Schiller, they all also play a role in DunkelWeimar. We promise an entertaining and exciting tour, which is also structured like a game. You will listen to audio stories, sometimes have to answer guessing questions, test your memory and solve small puzzles. This is more than just a tour. How many points do you get? If the approximately three-kilometer route is too much for you or if the weather throws a spanner in the works, you can skip the remaining stations and locations of the tour at any time and still listen to all the content and stories. For example at your hotel. At the end of the tour you can also compare the points you have achieved with other teams that have been on the road before you or at the same time. Have fun and success and get to know this beautiful city and it‘s history from a rather unexpected perspective.

Welcome to the city of poets and philosophers. This city is an essential stop for anyone with a passion for German history and culture. Annually, 3.5 million tourists visit the city of Thüringen to retrace Goethe's footsteps. Among those who have made history in Weimar was the renaissance painter Lucas Cranach, who lived near the Market Square. But it is mainly the classicists like Friedrich Schiller, Goethe, the composers Franz Liszt und Bach, and the famous philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. See the Goethe and Schiller memorial, standing tall In front of the National Theater. Get to know the House of the Weimar Republic, where in 1919 the future of post-World War I Germany was decided. Wonder at the gothic Saint Peter and Paul Church, where Martin Luther himself preached and where the famous theologian Johan Gottfried Herder is buried along with the Duchess Anna Amalia. Stop at Goethe’s House on Frauenplan, where the famous writer worked on his Opus Magnum, “Faust”, and where he lived until the end of his life. View the Liszt Haus, where the composer Franz Liszt lived and taught. Know Friedrich Schiller’s House, who came to Weimar under the invitation of his friend Goethe. Discover Weimar’s legacy of high culture, philosophy and music in a walking tour where you will discover the story of an important friendship.

The most secret of all secret societies, to which numerous famous people belonged and still belong, is looking for worthy successors. Are you capable of guarding the secrets of a secret order in order to protect the world from chaos? An old sailing ship, located in the old town of Weimar, serves as hideout for this secret society. Here you will be tested and put to the test. Can you solve the many mysterious tasks that have been prepared for you? Can you find the missing piece form Goethe's secret and legendary collection? it will definitely be a surprise for you! To fullfill your mission you will have 60 minutes time. Search the location, become creative find out about this well kept secret. This Escape Game / Escape Room ist located inside a real pub and therefor unique in Germany. You can enjoy a drink while solving tasks and riddles. Through an exciting background story and this very special location (the pub looks like a sailing ship) in the old town you will have a great adventure and create memories. Recommended team size: 2 to 6 people Difficulty: semi difficult

A unique excursion and itinerary through the Beichlingen adventure castle. Decide for yourself whether you want to walk, hike or stroll. It's the experience that counts! Move through unknown and unique terrain as a team, discover secret and abandoned places and solve small puzzles, search tasks and orientation tasks together as a team. In the highest part of the castle and underground - on the grounds of the fairytale Beichlingen Castle and in an old school. Suitable for beginners or advanced puzzle lovers. Suitable for couples, for groups of friends, for families (with children aged 10 and over) for companies, clubs... The RätselQuizLAUF leads through a secret bunker, a GDR school, through museum rooms and through an "empty" wing of the fairytale Beichlingen Castle. There are simple and more challenging puzzles, orientation tasks, memory exercises, search tasks... Fun and variety are guaranteed. Bookable for teams of 2-6 people per team. RätselQuizLAUF - the short version - approx. 2 hours - our recommendation for the winter time!

The complete novelty - THE ADVENTURE DATE. Get to know each other (anew). In a special atmosphere, at a spectacular location in Weimar. We have prepared a unique, fun and amazing program for you. Whether it's your first date, or your second, or your third, or whether you've been a couple or married for years. Also suitable for best friends. This event will make you laugh, amaze you, challenge you and reveal completely new sides of yourselves. As a couple, you will complete numerous stations where you will have to make quick decisions, find your bearings, discuss or find compromises. There are creative tasks, small puzzles, a selfie session and lots of funny and absurd topics of conversation that you discuss and experience discreetly as a team. You'll move through the adventure village of Weimar, climb into tree houses, squeeze into telephone boxes and get into strange vehicles. The AdventureDate is a wonderful experience for two and a perfect gift. Who will you treat to time together?