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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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The total tour duration includes the time spent at the stop and time required to walk through all the stops.
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The water under Aachen smells of rotten eggs, and for two thousand years that has been the city's secret. Romans found it, Charlemagne built his capital on it, and thirty one German kings were crowned beside it.
This self guided audio walking tour, narrated through the Tourific app on your phone, traces those springs to the cathedral, the apothecary that produced one of Germany's first chocolate bars, and the spot where Paul Julius Reuter trained pigeons to beat the telegraph.
You will meet the Bahkauv, a sulphurous calf locals say climbs onto the shoulders of drunken men, and hear how a young baker once tricked the devil with a tray of hot Printen.
Walk at your own pace, pause for a rice...
Highlights
2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 8 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 8 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
100% Satisfaction Guarantee: If you don’t love the tour, write to us for a full refund.
Audio and written guide included ( AI generated )
Offline access to the tour (no internet connection needed) once tour is downloaded
Images to identify stops and in app interactive map for navigation
1-year access on iOS & Android. Listen to the tour anytime, as many times as you like
Check or search your inbox for an email from “Tourific” with tour access instructions.
Any physical devices or headphones
Human tour guide at location
Transport
Meeting Points
Departure
Elisenbrunnen
This is a self-guided audio tour on the "Tourific self-guided tours" app. To activate the tour, check your email for instructions from Tourific or your booking platform sent right after booking. Can’t find it? Search for “Tourific” in your email inbox and spam folder. OR contact us via support.
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Fischpüddelchen
Items | Emperors Bakers and Beasts Tour of Aachen
Itinerary
1
Elisenbrunnen
Smell the sulphurous water that drew Romans north and once cured Europe's wealthy of bad nerves.
5 minutes
2
Kreislauf des Geldes
Circle a fountain donated by the local bank that turned into a cartoon about greed.
5 minutes
3
Puppenbrunnen
Bend the limbs of the bronze figures yourself, because every passing child rearranges this fountain.
5 minutes
4
Bahkauv
Meet the sulphurous calf that locals say climbs onto the shoulders of drunken men staggering home from taverns.
5 minutes
5
Café van den Daele
Step into the baroque interior of an Aachen café that survived two world wars somehow intact.
5 minutes
6
Couven Museum
Stand inside the pharmacy where one of the first chocolate bars made in Germany was produced.
5 minutes
7
Hühnerdieb
Spot the bronze boy caught the moment a stolen rooster crowed from inside his coat.
5 minutes
8
Printenbäckerei Klein
Bite into the spiced biscuit a young apprentice once stole back from the devil himself.
5 minutes
9
International Newspaper Museum
Follow the story of the man who trained pigeons to outrun the telegraph for a single summer.
5 minutes
10
Karlsbrunnen
Look up at the emperor French troops once carried off as war booty, until the mayor petitioned Napoleon.
5 minutes
11
City Hall Aachen
Walk through the hall where thirty one German kings sat down to their coronation banquet.
5 minutes
12
Centre Charlemagne
Lift a piece of medieval chain mail and meet the original bronze Charlemagne, retired from the rain.
5 minutes
13
Katschhof
Cross the paved courtyard where palace servants once swapped rumours between Charlemagne's chapel and his great hall.
5 minutes
14
Aachen Cathedral
Pause beside the chapel that held the bones of an emperor for three and a half centuries.
5 minutes
15
Fischpuddelchen
Notice the toddler the city kept hiding for twenty years before a council vote finally settled it.
5 minutes
16
Treasury of Aachen Cathedral
Search out a Roman pagan coffin that once held a Christian emperor, and a knife he hunted with.
5 minutes
Emperors Bakers and Beasts Tour of Aachen
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Aachen
About
The water under Aachen smells of rotten eggs, and for two thousand years that has been the city's secret. Romans found it, Charlemagne built his capital on it, and thirty one German kings were crowned beside it.
This self guided audio walking tour, narrated through the Tourific app on your phone, traces those springs to the cathedral, the apothecary that produced one of Germany's first chocolate bars, and the spot where Paul Julius Reuter trained pigeons to beat the telegraph.
You will meet the Bahkauv, a sulphurous calf locals say climbs onto the shoulders of drunken men, and hear how a young baker once tricked the devil with a tray of hot Printen.
Walk at your own pace, pause for a rice...
Highlights
2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 8 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 8 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
100% Satisfaction Guarantee: If you don’t love the tour, write to us for a full refund.
Audio and written guide included ( AI generated )
Offline access to the tour (no internet connection needed) once tour is downloaded
Images to identify stops and in app interactive map for navigation
1-year access on iOS & Android. Listen to the tour anytime, as many times as you like
Check or search your inbox for an email from “Tourific” with tour access instructions.
Any physical devices or headphones
Human tour guide at location
Transport
Meeting Points
Departure
Elisenbrunnen
This is a self-guided audio tour on the "Tourific self-guided tours" app. To activate the tour, check your email for instructions from Tourific or your booking platform sent right after booking. Can’t find it? Search for “Tourific” in your email inbox and spam folder. OR contact us via support.
