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Bamberg Castles, Churches and Historic Centre

Bamberg Castles, Churches and Historic Centre

Bamberg · Germany

14 stops5.5 km1 h 8 min
  • Audio guide
  • 4 languages
  • Quizzes
  • Offline

Walk through Bamberg’s historic character, beginning at Altenburg castle before continuing to churches, monasteries and the Neue Residenz. In the central sequence, compare Domplatz, the Old Court and Bamberg Cathedral, then enter Bamberg historic old town and follow its civic landmarks. Altes Rathaus, Böttingerhaus and Schloss Geyerswörth show different sides of the town’s built heritage, while Gabelmann and Klein Venedig bring the walk to distinctive urban and waterside scenes. This route is worth taking for its concentrated mix of religious, civic and residential architecture.

The walk

Stops 1–6 of 14. The rest are in the app.

  1. Altenburg

    Altenburg

    A medieval bishops’ stronghold remade by war, writers, restorers, and one very useful view.

  2. Sankt Jakob

    Sankt Jakob

    A nearly Romanesque church whose medieval fabric survived Baroque fashion, secularisation, and restoration.

  3. Kloster Michelsberg

    Kloster Michelsberg

    A former Benedictine abbey where a painted paradise hides a complicated thousand-year history.

  4. 8 more stops on this walk, in the app
  5. Michelsberg monastery

    Michelsberg monastery

    Michelsberg monastery is a place of worship and tourism attraction in Bamberg, Germany.

  6. Neue Residenz

    Neue Residenz

    A prince-bishops’ residence built in two eras, now holding Bamberg’s library and gallery.

  7. Domplatz

    Domplatz

    Domplatz, an attraction in Bamberg, Germany

  8. Stop 7

  9. Stop 8

  10. Stop 9

  11. 8 more stops in the app

Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places

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How a walk works

8 more stops in the app

This page shows the first 6 of 14 stops. The rest of the walk, and the guide who narrates it, are in the app.

  1. Pick a walk

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  2. Pocket your phone

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  3. Listen as you arrive

    On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.

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  • A guide who talks

    Narration at every stop, starting on its own as you arrive — phone in your pocket.

  • The route, followed

    A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.

  • In four languages

    English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.

  • Something to answer

    A few questions as you leave a stop, written from the story you just heard.

  • Or build your own

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  • The unglamorous things

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  • No signal needed

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  • Picks up where you left off

    Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.