Luxembourg and 1000 Years Old City Secrets Full Day Walking Tour
Highlights
Luxembourg
battlefield, architectural, sightseeing
Private Tour
1 Day
Easy
Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, English, Serbian, Slovak
Languages
Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, English, Serbian, Slovak
Description
“Gibraltar of the North” and its turbulent 1000 history in one day. Sometimes unbelievable stories an trivial facts about medieval city that was never conquered in fight but permanently invested in its defense infrastructure. One of the three capital cities of EU, for real gourmands right place to taste delicious traditional cakes and soups and for take-breath-away stories lovers nice opportunity to get deep in mystical tales of this still undiscovered city.
Itinerary
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Luxembourgh Walking Tour
Suggested meeting point would be Luxembourg The Main Train Station or your hotel in city of Luxembourg. Up on request meeting could be customized and agreed up on customer's preferences, e.g somewhere in city center.
Whole itinerary would be executed following the stops listed below:
- Cathedral Notre-Dame de Luxembourg.
- Sacral building of higher national meaning from 17th century and final resting place of Luxembourgian monarch and John the Blind.
- Grand Duke of Luxembourg Palace and Luxembourgian Parliament- Place of residence of Grand Duke of Luxembourg with honored guardians.
- St. Michael’s Church and Fish Market- The oldest Christian religious site building from 10th century in Luxembourg and former medieval city fish market.
- Casemates du Bock and Le Chemin de la Corniche- Natural fortification on rocky cliffs ( system of caves and tunnels) and walking path along the top of former city walls.
- Pont du Stierchen- Controversial and one of two famous bridges on river Alzette as well nicknamed "Spooky Brige".
- Tutesall/ Neumünster Abbey/ St. John’s (on the stone) Church- Lowertown area near by river Alzette famous regarding its religious history and well know up to (St. Johns The Baptist ) church, former monks cluster and city prison.
- 1st Trier gate (Jacob Tower alias The''Dinselpuert'')- Rectangular tower with drawbridge and a cannon casemate, former part of the city walls so called Wenzel walls and gate to inner part of the city from 15th century.
- Rham Plateau- Elevated ground area above river Alzette across Bock casemates in bygone days settled by ordinary citizens , later used for military infrastructure and different city social institutions until 19th century. Excilent view on central part of the city and Petrusse valley.
- CIPA- A unique housing complex for 220 senior citizens as well as a nursing home on historical site.
- Biesserpuert
- Maierchen- The part of the 3rd enclosure of the City of Luxembourg built in the 15th century.
- Grund Lock- Military strategy water construction with defensive role from Austrian-Hungarian era (1731).
- Petrusse Valley- City greenery area along river Petrusse above Petrusse Casemates favorite local citizens site for recreation and relax.
- Chapelle Saint-Quirin ( Quirinus Chapel )- One of the oldest religious sites dating from Romans and first Christians times and chapel partially built in in the cliff (1355) dedicated to ST. Quirinius, once patron of Luxembourg.
- Viaduct Passarele- The oldest city bridge from 19th century.
- Pont d’ Adolphe (Adolphe’s Bridge)- The second city's bride, one of the most famous city's landmarks.
- Plateau da Saint- Esprit- A site that houses a number of courts and legal offices. It consolidates all of Luxembourg City's (not EU !) judicial buildings.
- ''Den Huelen Zant'' tower- Ruins of the northern fortress towers nostalgically commemorating old times before second part of 18th century and Luxembourg independence.
- Pont Grande-Duchesse Charlotte (Grand Duchess Charlotte Bridge)- The third and the youngest city's bridge dedicated to Grand-Duchesse Charlotte as well known in black chronicles.
- WW2 monuments- Monument de Souvenuir/Gelle Fra ( Monument of Remembrance )- War memorial dedicated to the thousands of Luxembourgers who volunteered for service in the armed forces of the Allied Powers during WW1, WW2 and the Korean War.
- Monument National de la Solidarité Luxembourgeoise ( National Monument of Solidarity)- Monument commemorates the dead of the Second World War and recalls the resistance and the solidarity of the Luxembourg nation in the face of the Nazi occupation.
- Kaddish monument (Holocaust Remembrance)- Monument commemorates the fate of the Jews living here who fell victim to the anti-Semitic persecution and extermination policies of the Nazi occupying power.
- Museum-memorial of deportation (optional)- Train station and gathering sites and departure points for young Luxembourgers forced to join the German labour (''RAD'') and military service during the Nazi occupation of Luxembourg (1940-1945).
- Luxembourg American Military Cemetery (optional)- WW2 American military war grave cemetery containing 5,074 American war dead soldiers who perished in the Battle of the Bulge, in 1944-45, at the end of the Second World War, against the Nazi German.
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Cancellation Policy
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For cancellations within 24 hours before the tour -
Refund of 50% of the tour price.
Price
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1 to 20 | /group |
This is a private tour |