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Old city, Trier

Walk through the oldest city of Germany

🕒 Mid morning, Lunchtime, Mid afternoon

Take a different kind of tour in Trier. Grab a drink or snack, admire the architecture of the old houses and relax at the beautiful palace garden

Walk through the oldest city of Germany

Start your Trier tour at the old roman entrance of the city, called the Porta Nigra. Built in 170 AD, today it's one of the town's iconic landmarks. After that, we will visit the museum of Simeonstift.

Next, visit Coffee Fellows. There, grab some drinks and something to eat for the palace gardens later on. Take a walk through the city and enjoy the beautiful architecture. Visit the basilica of Constantine, another Roman structure built between 308 - 337 AD.

Then, journey to the Electoral Palace and head to the garden to sit down, relax, and eat your food.

Itinerary

The Porta Nigra

The Porta Nigra

The city gate was built around the year 180 AD. Weathering has given the light brown sandstone a dark colour. This is why people have spoken of the Porta Nigra since the Middle Ages. This is Latin and means "black gate"

Stay for 30 minutes

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The Museum of Simeonstift

The Museum of Simeonstift

City museum beside Trier's Porta Nigra, with art, civic history and cultural treasures from the Middle Ages to the 21st century

Stay for 30 minutes

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Coffee Fellows Trier

Coffee Fellows Trier

True to the motto "Feel at Home", the Coffee Fellows team welcomes everyone with their specialty coffee, fresh bagels, and snacks. Vegetarians, vegans or tea drinkers are not left out either

Stay for 30 minutes

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The Basilica of Constantine

The Basilica of Constantine

The Basilica of Constantine is Trier's vast Roman audience hall, built around AD 310 for Emperor Constantine and now used as the Protestant Church of the Redeemer

Stay for 10 minutes

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The Electoral Palace

The Electoral Palace

As electors, the prince-bishops governed the Electorate of Trier and presided over the Archbishopric of Trier as archbishops. It's also been used as a barracks by both French and Prussian troops

Stay for 5 minutes

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The Palace garden

The Palace garden

Free central Trier garden beside the Electoral Palace, with baroque-style beds, fountains, lawns and a livelier rear section near the Imperial Baths

Stay for 1 hour

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