Cherrytours Köln | Meine Stadtführung

Cologne Classic Tour is the perfect city tour for everyone who wants to get to know Cologne better. We start in the heart of the city at the Alter Markt. The lavish Renaissance buildings that lined the square bore names such as “Zum Olvansrucken” (back of the elephant), “To the parrot”, “To the rainbow” or “To the seven stars”. The house "Zur Bretzel" on the east side, built in 1580, has been preserved. In the middle of the Alter Markt there is a fountain built by Wilhelm Albermann in 1884 with the monument to Jan von Werth (1593–1652). We visit the historic Cologne City Hall, in the center of Cologne city center - one of Germany's oldest city hall. The fragrance museum in the Farina House is within sight of the Cologne City Hall and opposite the Wallraf-Richartz Museum in Cologne and is in the birthplace of Eau de Cologne, in the original production rooms from the 18th century. Century housed. In the house behind is the Praetorium, residential and official seat as well as the administration building of the governor of the province Germania Inferior. The praetorium was located in the ancient city directly on the eastern city wall, northeast of the forum area. It is the only administrative building of this type in the entire area of ​​the former Imperium Romanum, where the name praetorium as such has been handed down in inscriptions. We then continue past the Gürzenich to the city's landmark, the Cologne Cathedral. At 157.38 meters high, Cologne Cathedral is the second tallest church building in Europe after the Ulm Minster and the third tallest in the world. The cathedral is around 250 meters from the Rhine on the former northern Roman city limits in the immediate vicinity of the main train station, Hohenzollern Bridge, Museum Ludwig and Roman-Germanic Museum. Cologne Cathedral is one of the world's largest cathedrals in Gothic style. We tell the interesting stories about the Cologne way of life as well as interesting facts about the extensive city history of the Rhenish metropolis.