With all buses and trams banished to exterior town centre and automobiles saved to a minimal, Leipzig is a pedestrian’s paradise.
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The pleasant East German metropolis is a pleasure to discover on foot, with its compact central district becoming an unbelievable variety of sights – together with six museums, two live performance halls, two church buildings, three buying malls, and two massive plazas – into a comparatively small house. If you happen to’d prefer to traverse Leipzig’s streets whereas studying all in regards to the metropolis’s wealthy historical past, there are a selection of guided strolling excursions on provide. We’ve in contrast the perfect under.
Johan Sebastian Bach Strolling Tour
Legendary German composer Bach stays indelibly linked with Leipzig and classical music lovers can be taught all about his connections to town on this 2.5-hour guided tour. Beginning late afternoon, you’ll go to a few of Leipzig’s most essential establishments and sights – lots of which have performed a task within the metropolis’s wealthy musical previous, together with the Leipzig Opera Home and St. Nicholas Church. Alongside the way in which, your information will regale you with fascinating tales and info about this long-standing musical heritage. From €20 per particular person.
Leipzig Like a Native: Custom-made Personal Tour
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Get to know Leipzig by way of the eyes of a passionate native on this insightful introduction to town. With no set itinerary, you may customise the tour to your particular preferences or go away it as much as the native to resolve the place you go. With excursions working for something from 2 to six hours, you’ll have time to see as a lot of town as you want, with no rush. Company can request the tour to begin from any centrally situated lodge or metropolis centre location. From €40 per particular person.
Gruseltour Leipzig: A Haunted Guided Tour
Each metropolis has a darkish underbelly and Leipzig is not any totally different. This spine-tingling 1.5-hour tour invitations you to expertise the haunted facet of Leipzig by getting into a world of grisly legends, creepy secrets and techniques, and goose-bump-inducing occasions of the previous. You’ll additionally study why Leipzig has been such an essential vacation spot for many who believed in ghosts, even bustling with gravediggers who would bury folks alive. From €14 per particular person.
The Instagrammable Spots of Leipzig with a Native
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If you wish to boost your Instagram feed and impress your mates with gorgeous pictures out of your travels, then this tour might be for you. Over 1.5 hours, your in-the-know information will take you to among the metropolis’s most Insta-worthy spots when you be taught all about its secrets and techniques from a neighborhood’s perspective. Highlights embrace stop-offs on the gothic and baroque St. Thomas Church, the bustling road lifetime of Mädler-Passage, the Outdated City Corridor, and the Metropolis Panorama Tower. From €60 per particular person.
Sightseeing and Meals Tour
Leipzig has a vibrant culinary scene that spans each conventional German classics and up to date fare too. This 3-hour tour enables you to uncover (and style) among the metropolis’s most mouth-watering delicacies and dishes whereas additionally studying about its historical past, visiting main landmarks, and traversing its distinctive community of arcades. Throughout the tour, you’ll cease at 5 to 6 tasting stations to attempt native treats whereas your information explains the historical past of the area’s delicacies and tradition. The tour worth consists of all foods and drinks. From €48 per particular person.
