What is the Liège self-guided walking tour?
The Liège self-guided walking tour is a walk through the old city of the prince-bishops and across the Meuse, taken at your own pace, with audio narration on your phone where a guide would otherwise be. Allow about 3 hours: 54 minutes of that is walking, the route measures 4.2 km, and at 10 stops you stand still and listen. There is no departure time and no group to keep up with.
On Place Saint-Lambert the narration explains how the city grew around the spot where Bishop Lambert was murdered about the year 700, and why the huge cathedral that later stood here survives only as foundations under the square. Outside the Royal Opera of Wallonia you hear that the composer Grétry, born in Liège in 1741, has his heart kept inside the pedestal of his statue, and at St Bartholomew's about the brass font Renier de Huy cast between 1107 and 1118.
- Durationabout 3 hours
- Walkingabout 54 min · 4.2 km
- Stops10
- LanguagesEnglish, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch
What you do on the walking tour
Listen
At every stop the audio gives you the history of the place, the stories attached to it and the details you would otherwise walk past. The same text sits on screen if you would rather read.
Stroll
The centre is flat and the route crosses the river once each way: 54 minutes on foot in all, 4.2 km in total, with Google Maps pointing the way.
Break off
Stop for coffee on Place du Marché or an hour in a museum, then pick the walk up again, the same day or another one.
Eat and browse
Tips for food and shops near the route come with the walk. The opening stop and the order of the stops are yours to change in the app.
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 explains the prince-bishops, the revolution of 1789 and the Mosan churches, and what you are standing in front of.
Walkers who dislike groups
No umbrella to follow and no meeting point: you stay where something holds you and move on when you feel like it.
A day in the city
3 hours covers the old centre and both riverbanks, which leaves time for a museum, the Sunday market quay or the climb up the Montagne de Bueren.
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.
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Het was een mooie wandeling Eerst niet duidelijk dat je per bezichtiging moest doorklikken zodat je ook informatie krijgt, Wel vreemd dat je voor het aantal personen betaald terwijl je maar 1 app gebruikt , naar mijn mening €3,- te veel betaald Was mij ook niet duidelijk dat dit alleen kerken en musea waren , ik dacht een mooie stadswandeling. Verder hebben we van de stad luik genoten vriendelijke groet Eric