Private Hamburg City Tour – at your preferred start time
This Private Hamburg City Tour is a wonderful option to explore our city. We have created this tour 5 years ago and are constantly refining it, to give you the maximum experience of what Hamburg has to offer.
Please note:
The following tour description is for a three-hour-tour. If you prefer a two-hour-tour only, we can shorten the tour and skip some of the highlights (or just hint at them).
Tour Description – Private City Walk
The sightseeing will begin right in front of the city hall (Rathaus), to give you first impressions. We will take a look at …
Moenckebergstrasse,
one of the most popular shopping districts in Hamburg.
We are right in the middle of Hamburg’s city center and will see buildings that are uniquely hamburgian, the …
Kontorhaeuser,
office buildings built in the 20s, 30s and 40s of the 20th century.
Highlight in the center is our …
City Hall,
a neo-renaissance building with an impressive elaborate architecture, a reflection of Hamburg’s wealth and prosperity at the time.
Then …
St. Michael’s church.
We’ll visit northern Germany’s most beautiful neo-baroque church and might take the lift* up to the platform, where we’ll have a 360° degree view of the city.
Descending the original staircase, we’ll see the historic clock-work from 1911 and the several monumental bells of the church (*ticket is not included).
The next highlight of the Private Hamburg City Tour is one of the oldest, still preserved alleys that is called …
Krameramtsstuben (grocers’ houses).
These timber-framed merchant houses date back to the 1600s.
We will stroll through the …
Portuguese quarter,
home of some of the best seafood restaurants in the city.
Our next stop will be …
Hamburg Harbor, Landungsbruecken.
Experience Hamburg’s ‘time tunnel’:
The Old Elbe Tunnel,
was built in the early 1900s for the many workers who needed to cross from one side of the Elbe river to the other.
Marvel at this state of the art landmark with beautiful tiles and reliefs who capture stories of that time.
Next will be a trip on one of the public harbor ferry boats.
Discover some of the city’s latest architectural projects in the brand new HafenCity by boat. Marvel at Hamburg’s new world class concert hall, …
the Elbphilharmonic Hall.
We will jump off into the …
19th century Warehouse District
(which is part of the UNESCO World Heritage) called …
Speicherstadt,
where we’ll visit a …
coffee roastery
or sample spices in a …
former spice warehouse.
Further down the way, we’ll see …
some historic and protected merchants’ residences
in the …
Deichstrasse.
One of very few streets that remained in its original condition, the Deichstrasse presents a charming sight and opportunities to return for dinner, ice cream, or whiskey tastings.
See the ruins of the St. Nikolai church,
destroyed during the second world war, it is preserved as a memorial to the victims of a war that redefined Western Europe.
Just a few steps away we’ll see the remains of the first port of Hamburg, from the 12th century …
Nikolai-fleet.
This Private Hamburg City Tour tour will finally lead you back to the middle of the city center, …
the City Hall
and the …
Alster Arcades
framing the Alster canal with Hamburg’s famous swans.
If you like you have now the opportunity to discover Hamburg’s charming and winding Alster canals during the Alster Canal Tour.
You’ll see mansions and other waterfront sights along the
Alster Lake.
Fall in love with one of the most beautiful cities in Germany!
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Pictures “Private Hamburg City Tour”:
Town Hall, Alster Lake: © JFL Photography / Fotolia | Moenckebergstrasse, Town Hall: Lisa Schwarz, pixelio.de | St. Michael’s Church: © powell83 / Fotolia | Grocers’ apartments: Bernd Sterzl, pixelio.de | Old Elbe Tunnel: haiefan, pixelio.de | Elbphilharmonic Hall: Lupo, pixelio.de | Deichstrasse: Marlis Dülsen, pixelio.de | Small Alster: Bernd Sterzl, pixelio.de | Alster: Birgit Winter, pixelio.de | Warehouse District: Olaf Sturm / pixelio.de | Alster swans, townhall: Rainer Sturm, pixelio.de | Others: Jutta Huelsmann