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Heidelberg Night Watchmen Tour: A Fun and Educational Journey through Centuries
4.9
84 Ratings
Heidelberg
The night guard engagingly recounts experiences from the nighttime streets of Heidelberg, weaving tales about the city’s history, its avenues and plazas, its quirky locals, notable figures and most captivating stories. This tour provides an enjoyable and informative journey through the ages.
The night guard engagingly recounts experiences from the nighttime streets of Heidelberg, weaving tales about the city’s history, its avenues and plazas, its quirky locals, notable figures and most captivating stories. This tour provides an enjoyable and informative journey through the ages.
Duration:
1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Church of the Holy Ghost (Heiliggeistkirche) - Late Gothic town church, the place where Heidelberg University was founded
- Kornmarkt - “Kornmarktmadonna”, symbol of the Counter Reformation in the Electoral Palatinate
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Carl’s Square (Karlsplatz) - The most beautiful view from the city of the world-famous castle ruins over Heidelberg
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- Church of the Holy Ghost (Heiliggeistkirche) - Late Gothic town church, the place where Heidelberg University was founded
- Kornmarkt - “Kornmarktmadonna”, symbol of the Counter Reformation in the Electoral Palatinate
- Carl’s Square (Karlsplatz) - The most beautiful view from the city of the world-famous castle ruins over Heidelberg
- Leyergasse - former red tanner district of the city
- Old Bridge (Karl Theodor Bridge) - A landmark of the city with a view of the Odenwald, Rhine valley, Neckar valley and castle ruins.
- Market Square (Marktplatz) - Central square in the old town with many cafes and restaurants, framed by the town hall and baroque town houses.
- Hotel Zum Ritter - Beautiful Renaissance building from the 16th century
- Bruckenaffe - “What are you gazing at me here? Have you not seen the old monkey at Heydelberg / Go back and forth / There you will find more of my like”
What's Included
- Tour language: German
- Nightlife stories in Heidelberg
- Guided tour with night watchman or family
- History of Heidelberg and Electorate of the Palatinate
- Tour language: German
- Nightlife stories in Heidelberg
- Guided tour with night watchman or family
- History of Heidelberg and Electorate of the Palatinate
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Gratuities
Location
Rathaus
Marktplatz
Market square, entrance to town hall
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(84 Ratings)
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Inga_t
Aug 20, 2025
With night watchwoman Marie... - With night watchwoman Marie we were able to experience a charming, fun and interesting guided tour of the beautiful Heidelberg in the evening light! Thank you so much for that!
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Alexandra_n
Aug 16, 2025
Conrad on the best mission - Nightwatchman Conrad told us really impressively great anecdotes about Heidelberg, past and present!
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Grundel_c
Aug 10, 2025
Great, you learn a lot about Heidelberg - Mixture of city history and nightwatchman tasks, simply brilliant, duration and distance is exactly right.
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Viktoria_g
Jul 26, 2025
The leadership was really... - The tour was really very original and the information given about night watchman life and the city history of Heidelberg was very exciting. We would definitely recommend it!
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Asya_g
Jul 8, 2025
Evening activity - We had an exciting guided tour with a very interesting insight into the history of Heidelberg!
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Heinz_j
Jun 2, 2025
Heidelberger Herz - detailed background information, very good expertise, open to questions, humorous, friendly,
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11merlin11
Nov 16, 2024
Nightwatchman tour - informative and entertaining - Night watchman Konrad had immediately "taken control" of the group and captivated it. We learned a lot of historical information from the time when night watchmen still existed and were shown the contrast with the present time. And the whole thing entertaining, entertainingly humorous and educationally tied up and spiced up with the Heidelberg local themes and sights.
A successful evening!
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Michael_d
Jun 20, 2025
Recommended - Informative and entertaining tour of the old town with the (female) “night watchman Konrad”, who had a competent answer to every question.
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Astrid_m
Jul 29, 2025
Air upwards - Unfortunately we expected something else ....too bad
I've done night watchman tours several times before, but I didn't feel comfortable here.
I lacked more information about Old Heidelberg, more stories, it was too general, The voice of the night watchwoman sounded disfigured and artificial, but she tried hard but still did not pick us up
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Michelle_d
Dec 23, 2023
No show guide - We showed up… the guide did not.
A call would have been nice.
We waited where we were told. I messaged Viator and guide.
Please refund.
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