Blue tips in "Franconian Rome"
Discover Bamberg on a varied city walk through the historic Gardeners’ Town, Island Town and Cathedral District. Experience UNESCO World Heritage sites, remarkable architecture and authentic Franconian cuisine all in one day.
Bamberg
4 h
4 km
Those who come to Bamberg can choose: Do you want to enjoy the culinary delights - especially the beer? Or the baroque splendour of the historic old town? Or the Bamberg Horseman and the other works of art from church history or the lively, trendy neighbourhoods of a university town? This city tour doesn't ask you to choose - it introduces you to all facets of this exciting Upper Franconian city.
Bamberg lies at the confluence of the Regnitz and Main rivers. The city stretches over seven hills. This similarity to the Italian capital gives it the nickname "Franconian Rome". Bamberg Cathedral and the associated "Old Court" also suggest themselves as a parallel to St Peter's Basilica and the Vatican. It is thanks to its largely intact historic town centre that the entire old town has been recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993.
Fortunately, the railway station and the many sights are not far from each other in Bamberg, so most of them can be easily explored in one day. The route takes you through all three areas of the city: the Gardeners' Town, the Island Town and the Cathedral Town. There is no need for any special catering tips here, as Bamberg offers a large number of restaurants, beer pubs and cafés, so you can take a long break almost anywhere and at any time.
How about a charming companion on your way through Bamberg? A former wine queen introduces the city in an audio guide that can be downloaded at www.wir-entdecken-bayern.de/audio-guides. So, off you go.
A city tour for culture lovers and connoisseurs
Start and end station
Start station
Bahnhof Bamberg
5 tour steps
4 km / 4 Stunden
End station
Bahnhof Bamberg
Our tip: Please make sure to check your train connection and the expected capacity before you start your journey.
Schedule
Tour starts on Bahnhof Bamberg
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Bamberg has a very old railway tradition. Only nine years after the legendary first journey from Nuremberg to Führt in 1835, Bamberg was connected to Nuremberg by rail. Today, the station is the busiest railway junction in Upper Franconia. The approximately 120-year-old station building is on the list of Bavarian architectural monuments.
Once you leave the station, you are in the garden centre, where you can take a closer look around at the end of the tour. First you walk along Luitpoldstraße and then - turning right - along Obere Königstraße. Here you can already see the splendour of the local town houses. You feel transported to a fairytale world. The chain bridge, decorated with thousands of "love locks", cannot be overlooked. The pedestrian bridge leads over a branch of the Regnitz, a section of the Main-Danube Canal, to the island city and directly into the pedestrian zone around Maximiliansplatz. The Bamberg locals simply call it Maxplatz.
Maximiliansplatz 3
96047
Bamberg
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Domplatz 7
96049
Bamberg
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