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Meet Your Guide
Dear guests, Willkommen in Weimar in Thuringia the "Green heart of Germany"! My name is Aurélie,,... more
Half-day private walking tour focused on historical events, culture and art
From the beginning of the 20th century, Weimar was the sky laboratory for avant-garde European artists and architects. In the aftermath of the WW1 it is in Weimar that the "Bauhaus" university was born, then the Weimar Republic with the creation of the 1st Constitution of the German Nation. . . but it is also in Weimar that will be known the concentration camp "Buchenwald" and the city will be sadly famous to be baptized "Capital of the Führer".
The period of the 20th century was overwhelming for Europeans but particularly for Germans, from the defeat of the 1WW and the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1918 until the surrender of the 2WW in 1945.
Nazism is synonym of shame in the world's collective unconscious and it is difficult to approach this period of history without emotions. It's crucial that you take this tour if you want to have the perspective of an expat who has studied psychological and socio-economic mechanisms extensively and get an educated knowledge on this tragic period in history.
Itinerary
The tour will start in front of the iconic Hotel Elefant.
Here will be the itinary:
- Start at the market place (Elefant Hotel)
- Democracy square (town castle, the house of the Lord)
- The city park (stop at The Manor Temple house)
- Bauhaus campus
- Frauenplan Goethe Haus
- Schiller Haus
- Theater place
- The end of our tour ends in front of the Bauhaus Museum.
Several options are available to you:
a visit to the Bauhaus museum is possible (closed Tuesdays), tickets are to be taken on site and the visit is individual with audio guide.
Or second possibility of leaving you in front of the bus stop if you wish to go to the Buchenwald concentration camp only 4 km away from the city center, on site also possibility of visiting for free with an audio guide. Buses are available hourly.
Meeting Point + Tour Duration
Meeting Point Options: Suggested by Guide: Hotel Elefant: https://goo.gl/maps/LD4Dp5npzmBFpPF59
Duration: 3 hours
Transportation
This is a walking tour
What’s Included
- Guiding Services
Estimated Local Cash Needed
10 EUR - Extra cash for souvenirs or personal expenses
What’s Extra
- Food, Drinks, Snacks
Other: If you would like to spend more time please send me a message for a quote and I'll create a customized tour for you.
Food/drinks expenses are not included in the tour
Possibility of the coffee break (on request)
Restrictions
I do not have a license to give tours inside the Museums.
A Recent Review of this tour
Read More Reviews For This TourAurelie gave my husband and me a wonderful tour of Weimar, Germany. We came away with a thorough understanding of the role Weimar played in Hitler's plan for world domination. Not only that, though, she walked us through this amazing city and gave us a history of various locations as well as all the famous people who had a base there, so that in subsequent days we knew where and what we wanted to explore further. Aurelie is so friendly and worked so hard to make sure our tour was 5 stars, which it was!
Sylvia Kelly
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Tour Price$244 USD PER TOURFor up to 10 people (duration: 3 hours) deposit ?
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