Cologne Day Trip from Frankfurt
Description
Explore the historic city of Cologne on this full-day trip from Frankfurt. Your tour guide will show you the most important sights of this 2000 year old city. Visit the world-famous Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom), a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Explore the city's historic old town and enjoy free time to explore the local shops and do some independent sightseeing. Discover the city's Roman heritage at your own pace, including the beautiful Town Hall (Rathaus), and sample Koelsch, Cologne’s famous local beer! Then, immerse yourself in the picturesque medieval city of Limburg before returning to Frankfurt.
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This morning we start from our departure offices for a ride over the highway to Cologne. The road is one of the most important traffic links between the Federal States of Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia. Time enough to chat with your guide on German infra-structure. Although we are moving between two of Germany's strongest industrial zones, the country is green. Left and right the road are many forest areas and expansive fields.
Visit Cologne for a day and discover 2000 years of its history, from the Roman times through to the Middle Ages to the bustling metropolis that exists today. This tour shows you some of the city’s most ancient relics, its grand Gothic Cathedral and the induring icons of culture from across the centuries. An indoor visit of the fantastic and one of the largest European Gothic Cathedrals. The foundation stone was laid in 1248, but it took more than 600 years to complete the building. Take your free time to visit the relics of Cologne’s importance in Ancient Roman times (f.i. the Dionysos floor mosaic, with 75 square meters one of the largest north of the Alps). Or the testimonies of medieval urban life displayed by the mighty city gates and fantastic churches. Or the outstanding modern art collections. If you prefer: close to the cathedral stretches a large pedestrian shopping area.
On our way back we will do a stopover in Limburg. The old bishop's residence is not well known among visitors from abroad. You'll be surprised by the cute and well preserved medieval center und the wonderful cathedral. Via highway back to Frankfurt.
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infants and children must sit in a child seat, which means they need a separate seat, no matter which age (legal regulation)
- We can only carry foldable wheelchairs with us.
Reviews(38)
My tour was cancelled literally at the last minute. I took the 24 minute walk to the meet up location. I received a call notifying me of the cancellation 2 minutes before arriving at the meet up.
Please take note we send you an email the day before informing you that the Cologne Tour is not operating as we received cancellations of other passengers. As we did not receive any reply we called you in the morning of the tour date and you told us that you did not see the email what does not mean you did not receive it. So we did not first inform you shortly before tour departure. We are of course sorry that your tour could not operate and can understand your disappointment but we informed you already one day before and you of course received a full refund. We also gave informations about alternative ways (by train) to get to Cologne.
Our Tour Guide Thomas was exceptional. He took real good care of us.he was very friendly, knowledgable and speaks good English. So no communication issuea.
My tour was cancelled after I arrived at the pick up location. I was told there that since the other party canceled they would not run the tour for me. It was too late to schedule any other tours for that day.
Was not thrilled with this tour. Did not get the hop on hop off bus as advertised. We were put on a little train.
The most memorable thing about this excursion was having to rearrange the day since the tour was canceled. I was the only one that signed up. Thankfully, I didn’t miss out and the entire fee was promptly returned to my bank account.
The Cologne Carhedral was magnificent. Enjoyed Limburg as well. Would have gotten a 5 instead of a 4 but the little train vehicle used for our drive around Cologne didn’t have much visibility and it was often hard to hear what was being said. And by the time it told us about something we were often already passed it.
Boris is a wonderful tour guide, he has a wealth of knowledge about Germany’s history, he kept all of us engaged with the tour of Cologne even though it was a cold and rainy day. The most memorable is having lunch at one of the oldest restaurant in Cologne, Fruh, which is a wonderful restaurant and a brewery of their own beer. I would definitely return and spent more time at the various sites pointed out to us on the tour.
Great guide, very friendly and knowledgeable. He knew the history and other interesting information. We really enjoyed it.
Although the tour guide was nice, the tour failed to deliver on the itinerary. I requested a partial refund for Viator who refuses ! Tour drive to Cologne … double decker bus CLOSED, Church CLOSED , stores CLOSED . Nothing to do in Cologne so we left early and didn’t get to stop for lunch until 3pm. Tour guide asked for us to chip in for parking which was unprofessional. Tour went to Limberg as described . Huge expense and a huge disappointment . I would not recommend anyone to take this tour especially when Viator doesn’t have customer service standards and tour operators do not plan well.
We were on a business trip and didn't have much time. Just one day was enough for us to visit and walk around on foot. It was magnificent and I highly recommend it even if you don't have the time. is to do
