What is the Freiburg self-guided walking tour?
The Freiburg self-guided walking tour is a walk through the old town with audio narration on your phone telling you what a guide would. Allow about 3 hours: 25 minutes of that is walking, the route covers 2.1 km, and there are 10 stops where you stop to listen. The distances are short, so most of the time goes on looking and listening rather than on getting from place to place.
On the first square the narration explains the shallow water basin that traces the outline of the synagogue destroyed in the November pogrom of 1938. At the Schwabentor you hear the legend of the rich Swabian who wanted to buy Freiburg with barrels of gold that his wife had secretly filled with sand. By the Minster the story turns to its openwork spire, which the historian Jacob Burckhardt is said to have called the most beautiful tower in Christendom, and on Rathausplatz to the monk Berthold Schwarz, who according to legend invented gunpowder here.
- Durationabout 3 hours
- Walkingabout 25 min · 2.1 km
- Stops10
- LanguagesEnglish, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch
What you do on the walking tour
Listen
At each stop the narration covers the history of the place, its legends and the details that are easy to miss. If you would rather read, the same text is on your screen.
Walk on
The way from one stop to the next is shown in Google Maps: 25 minutes on foot over 2.1 km, at an easy pace.
Take a break
Grab lunch in the Markthalle or spend an hour in a museum, then carry on later the same day or on another one.
Eat and shop
Tips for food and local shops near the route come with the stops, and in the app you can change the first stop and the order.
See the route and attractions →
How it works
- Book online Choose the number of people. Your booking reference arrives by email straight away.
- Get the app Download the World City Trail app from the App Store or Google Play and enter your booking reference.
- Walk when you like Start whenever you are ready, walk at your own pace and pause any time. No guide, no fixed schedule.
Who the walking tour is for
A first visit
One walk links the university, both medieval gates, Münsterplatz and the town hall square, and explains what you see.
Anyone who avoids groups
No flag to follow and no fixed departure: stay where something interests you and move on when you want.
A Black Forest trip
The old town is compact, so the walk fits easily into a stay that also takes in the hills of the Black Forest around the city.
Good to know
- Bring a charged smartphone with mobile data; a power bank helps.
- No entry tickets needed: everything happens outside the buildings. Going inside is optional and paid separately.
- Family friendly; children must be accompanied by an adult.
- Not suitable for wheelchair users and difficult with strollers.
- Groups of up to 5 work best; larger groups split up, one ticket per person.
- Every purchase helps support stray cats and dogs in Greece.
Gülten– Germany –
Collected on GetYourGuide
Ilknur war super, hat alle Fragen beantwortet und verfügt über ein großes Wissen. Gepaart mit Witz und ihrem Charme war alles genial. Werde ich auf jeden Fall weiterempfehlen
Carolin– Germany –
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Viel zu lesen, aber sehr informativ. Die Routenf?hrung ist individuell und das ist super so.
Germany –
Collected on GetYourGuide
The self-guided tour is available in several languages and saved us at a time when no guided tours in English were available. We got a good impression of the old town with lots of opportunities to take good pictures. To improve the guide, I’d add more fun facts that makes it a bit more entertaining. Also a audio version might improve the experience.
Hanna– Germany –
Collected on GetYourGuide
Macht Spa? ist kurz, knackig & informativ. Die Sehensw?rdigkeit sind zu Fu? nicht weit auseinander.