Metz self-guided walking tour

Metz Self-Guided Walking Audio Tour

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Make a day of itInteractive guides by World City Trail, delivered with your tickets.

What is a city guide?

Your own guide to Metz on your phone: hand-picked places, each with why to go, what to order and a practical tip.

  • Tick places off
  • Your own notes
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  • Works offline
  • Print it or save as PDF
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Everything you need for a flexible self-guided city experience

Explore the city at your own pace

✔ Discover hidden gems & highlights
✔ Enjoy a flexible self-guided experience
✔ Explore freely with no schedule
✔ Perfect for couples, students, companies, friends & families

How your city experience works

✔ Instant ticket purchase
✔ Easy access via the World City Trail app
✔ Quick setup with your booking details
✔ Start anytime and explore freely
✔ Pause and resume anytime

Why travelers choose this tour

✔ Instant access after purchase
✔ Optional AI voice narration — listen instead of read
✔ Discover top attractions & food spots
✔ Customize your route anytime

What is the Metz self-guided walking tour?

The Metz self-guided walking tour is a walk from the railway station through the old town, with audio narration on your phone doing the explaining a guide would do. Allow about 3 hours: 47 minutes of that is walking, the route covers 3.7 km, and at each of the 10 stops you stop to listen. You start whenever you like and decide how long each stop deserves.

At the station the narration explains why the German Empire built such a grand hall between 1905 and 1908, and why it was also planned to move troops quickly towards France. In the Esplanade gardens you meet Marshal Ney, one of Napoleon's generals, and at the cathedral you hear how its windows, some of them by Marc Chagall, earned it the name Good Lord's Lantern. On Place Saint-Louis the story turns to the merchants and money changers, many of them Italian, who set up their tables under the arcades.

  • Durationabout 3 hours
  • Walkingabout 47 min · 3.7 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 most people walk past. If you would rather read, the same text is on your screen.

Walk on

Google Maps leads you from stop to stop: 47 minutes on foot over 3.7 km, at whatever speed you like.

Take a break

Stop for a coffee under the arcades or 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

  1. Book online Choose the number of people. Your booking reference arrives by email straight away.
  2. Get the app Download the World City Trail app from the App Store or Google Play and enter your booking reference.
  3. 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 takes you from the German-era quarter through the gardens by the Moselle to the medieval old town, 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.

Arriving by train

The walk starts at the station itself, so you can step off the train, put your earphones in and set off straight away.

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.

The walk stop by stop: Gare de Metz, the Esplanade, Metz Cathedral, Porte des Allemands

10 stops · about 47 min walking · start: Gare de Metz · finish: Porte des Allemands

From the Gare de Metz you walk through the Imperial Quarter to the Porte Serpenoise, a gate that has stood on its own since the ramparts came down. Place de la République opens onto the fountains and terraces of the Esplanade, and a short walk over the water brings you to the Temple Neuf on its island in the Moselle. The cathedral and Place d'Armes stand side by side, and from the Église Notre-Dame the route continues to the arcades of Place Saint-Louis before ending at the Porte des Allemands, the fortified bridge over the Seille. The app lets you change the start and the order, and no stop asks for a ticket.

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  1. Gare de Metz

    1Gare de MetzStart

    Metz station was built between 1905 and 1908, when the city belonged to the German Empire, to designs by the architect Jürgen Kröger. Its long neo-Romanesque façade and tall clock tower were meant to impress, and the station was also planned to move troops quickly towards the French border.

    Read the full story →

  2. Porte Serpenoise

    2Porte Serpenoise

    The Serpenoise Gate was one of the gates in the medieval walls of Metz, on the old road leading south. Rebuilt in the 19th century, it has stood on its own since the ramparts were pulled down in the early 20th century, between the old town and the German-era Imperial Quarter.

  3. Place de la République

    3Place de la République

    This wide square is one of the largest open spaces in Metz. It lies where the shopping streets of the old town meet the Esplanade gardens, and it is used for events and seasonal markets.

  4. Fontaines de l'Esplanade

    4Fontaines de l'Esplanade

    Fountains and flower beds fill the Esplanade, a terraced garden laid out on the site of the old citadel, with views across the Moselle to Mont Saint-Quentin. A statue of Marshal Ney, one of Napoleon's generals, stands here, close to the Templar chapel and the ancient church of Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnains.

  5. Temple Neuf

    5Temple Neuf

    This Protestant church was built between 1901 and 1905, during the German annexation, in a neo-Romanesque style inspired by the churches of the Rhineland. It stands at the tip of an island in the Moselle, and its grey stone towers are reflected in the river.

  6. Metz Cathedral

    6Metz Cathedral

    The Cathedral of Saint-Étienne was built in golden Jaumont stone from the 13th to the 16th century, and its nave, about 41 metres high, is one of the tallest in France. It holds one of the largest areas of stained glass in the world, including windows by Marc Chagall, which earned it the nickname Good Lord's Lantern.

  7. Place d'Armes

    7Place d'Armes

    The architect Jacques-François Blondel laid out this classical square in the 1760s, facing the side of the cathedral. The town hall stands on one side, and the square was designed to balance civil, military and religious power in one space.

  8. Église Notre-Dame

    8Église Notre-Dame

    The Church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption on Rue de la Chèvre was built by the Jesuits in the 17th and 18th centuries. Behind its sober classical façade lies a richly decorated interior, much of it added in the 19th century.

  9. Place Saint-Louis

    9Place Saint-Louis

    This long square is lined on one side by medieval houses resting on arcades. Under these arches merchants and money changers, many of them from Italy, once set up their tables, and the square was one of the trading centres of medieval Metz.

    Read the full story →

  10. Porte des Allemands

    10Porte des AllemandsFinish

    The German Gate is a fortified bridge over the river Seille, with 13th-century towers on one side and larger 15th-century towers on the other. Its name comes from the hospital of the Teutonic Knights that once stood nearby, and it is one of the most striking remains of the medieval walls of Metz.

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15 reviews for Metz Self-Guided Walking Audio Tour

  1. Rated 4 out of 5

    Germany –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

  2. Rated 5 out of 5

    Raymond– United Kingdom –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

  3. Rated 5 out of 5

    Netherlands –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

  4. Rated 5 out of 5

    Germany –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

  5. Rated 4 out of 5

    Claude– France –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    Pour une première utilisation , il faut s’adapter

  6. Rated 4 out of 5

    Bertje– Netherlands –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    Ging heel gemakkelijk. App op telefoon downloaden en wandelen maar. Tussendoor even bij de camper gaan lunchen en daarna de tour weer opgepakt. We hadden netjes voor 2 personen geboekt, zodat we allebei op onze eigen telefoon de informatie konden lezen. Leuke manier om het gezellige Metz beter te leren kennen.

  7. Rated 4 out of 5

    Tobias– Germany –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    Schöner Spaziergang mit gut aufbereiteten Informationen. Man kommt zu den sehenswertesten Ecken der Stadt und kann die Route auch ein wenig flexibel gestalten (andere startpunt, andere Reihenfolge). Die notwendige App ist etwas störrisch, daher nur 4 Sterne.

  8. Rated 5 out of 5

    Aurore– Luxembourg –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    Everything was perfect. All within walking distance. I recommend a boat trip on the Moselle. It gives the best view on the new temple. Best trip ever so far! Thank you.

  9. Rated 4 out of 5

    Colin– France –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    Belle découverte de la ville de metz tout en faisant une bonne marche Informations sur les différents lieux concises tout en étant assez complètes

  10. Rated 4 out of 5

    Belgium –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    À faire sans forcément des indications pour avoir un meilleur tour de la ville… Payer 3€ pour juste des infos sur les différentes sites… vous devez chercher les sites vous même ou mettre Google maps.. bof bof

  11. Rated 5 out of 5

    France –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    Très bien fait et très intéressant. Possibilité d’aller à son rythme. Une bien belle façon de découvrir Metz. Appréciable aussi, vous pouvez lire les textes explicatifs ou les écouter. Je recommande ++.

  12. Rated 3 out of 5

    Michael– Germany –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    Die Bedienung in der App ist etwas schwerfällig, wenn man sich nicht an die vordefinierte Reihenfolge hält. Das sollte komfortabler gelöst werden. Die Hinweise an den einzelnen Orten könnten ausführlicher sein. Auch wäre schön, wenn man von Ort A nach Ort B ebenfalls unterhalten würde. Insgesamt okay, aber auch nicht überragend.

  13. Rated 5 out of 5

    Simona– Slovenia –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    Very nice tour!

  14. Rated 4 out of 5

    Petra– Netherlands –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    It was fun to walk around with the audio guide. It offered a fun route to walk through the town. But it was missing other interesting POI`s that we were also interested in.

  15. Rated 5 out of 5

    Netherlands –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    Audio stops if you lock your phone. Uses google maos for nzvi so the app switches constantly from app to google maps. It’s a computer voice. Not very pleasant to hear. Information is limited.

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Frequently asked questions

How much time should I allow for the walk?

About 3 hours: 47 minutes of walking, a route of 3.7 km and 10 stops. You decide how long to stay at each stop, and you can break off halfway and finish on another day.

Which stop do I begin at, and which one ends the walk?

You begin at the Gare de Metz, the railway station, and the Porte des Allemands, the German Gate on the river Seille, ends the walk. If another stop is closer to where you are staying, the app lets you begin there.

Is there a guide, and when do we start?

There is no guide in person: the narration on your phone takes that role, so there is nobody to meet and no departure time. Book, wait for the email with your reference, type it into the World City Trail app, and the walk is ready for any day you pick.

Will any stop ask me for a ticket?

No. All 10 stops are told from outside, on the squares, in the gardens and in front of the façades. Stepping into the cathedral to see the stained glass up close is your own choice, separate from the walk.

Can I do the walk with my children?

Yes, as long as an adult comes along. The fountains of the Esplanade and the towers of the German Gate, which looks like a small castle on a bridge, tend to catch children's interest, and the audio pauses whenever you like. The route is not suitable for wheelchairs, and the cobbled lanes of the old town make a pushchair tiring.

In which languages is the narration available?

The narration and the on-screen text come in six languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Dutch.

Can a family or a group of friends walk it together?

Yes. Each person needs their own ticket so everyone can listen on their own phone, and groups of up to 5 walk together easily. Bigger groups split up and follow the same route.

Can I add the Metz city guides?

Yes, in the same booking box: six interactive guides to Metz, covering food, things to do, family outings, nights out, day trips and travelling on a budget. Choose one or all six, and they are delivered with your tickets. They work offline, so the walk explains what you see and the guides help with the rest of your stay.

Is there anything I should take along?

A charged phone with mobile data comes first, then earphones for the narration and a power bank if your battery drains quickly. With 3.7 km to cover, comfortable shoes are worth it. Google Maps shows the way between stops.

Metz at your own speed

Your booking reference arrives by email as soon as you book, and after that it is just earphones at the Gare de Metz, on any day you like. In the same booking box you can add the Metz city guides, one or all six, and plan the rest of the day around the walk.

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