Cologne

Cologne City Tour Experience cathedral city on the Rhine

Badge of ExcellenceCologne, Germany
COLOGNE CITY TOUR
  • 2 hours (approx.)
  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English

Overview

Get more out of your sightseeing time in Cologne, and explore the handsome old town with a guide. This top-rated walking tour combines the history of sights like Cologne Cathedral and Hohenzollern Bridge with fun curiosities to keep your interest piqued as you explore. For an extra perk, you'll receive a Cologne gift when you finish the tour.
  • Book a top-rated walking tour online to secure your preferred date
  • Find the best photo spots around Cologne old town as you explore by foot
  • Hear lesser-known details about the city that the guidebooks might miss
  • Enjoy engaging commentary that spans Roman history to present-day life

What's Included

  • Professional tour guide
  • Small surprise present - typically Cologne ...
  • Snacks
  • Bottled water
  • Alcoholic Beverages

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

  • Petrusbrunnen
    Papstterrasse des Kölner Doms, Roncallipl. 2, 50667 Köln, Germany

    OUR MEETING POINT: KÖLNER DOM, AM PETRUSBRUNNEN (op Kölsch "The Drüje Pitter"): Right next to "Dom-Shop" on the "Pope's Terrace", southern aisle of the cathedral (Address: DOMKLOSTER 4, 50667 KÖLN)

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Additional Info

  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Stroller accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • Transportation is wheelchair accessible
  • Most travelers can participate
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 30 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
  • This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Reviews

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Great tour
PIETER_I, May 2024
Very good guide who provided good information. Pace of the tour was good. He was good to hear and understand. Would be better if the guide was better recognizable and carried a readable sign. Would definitely recommend the tour.
Best tour guide yet on Viator tours
Steve_G, Apr 2024
Our guide, Christophe was so knowledgeable in the history of Strasbourg. Even more impressive is his civic work to preserve and beautify historic sites. Slow paced to highlight areas and to answer all of our questions
Great
Judith_P, Apr 2024
Our tour guide Sasha was great. Great overview of the city. Combine this tour with one inside of the cathedral for ultimate experience
Fun and informative highlights tour
tzv8xny7zk, Apr 2024
This was a good tour to go on because it gave highlights of key areas. Sascha was a great guide…very informative and funny.
Excellent walking tour of Cologne
LaurenceD_S, Apr 2024
This was a walking tour around Cologne. There were two couples - us from United States and one from Germany. The guide Sascha was great and did the tour in two languages very easily. He was super knowledgeable and very open to any questions. Started at the Cathedral and went all around the old town. Very excellent for an orientation to the city and its history.
Awesome Tour Guide
Nick_S, Apr 2024
Sascha was an amazing guide. Very knowledgeable about the city and answered all of my questions. I found out so much history I otherwise wouldn’t have known about. It ended up being just me on the tour which made it more personal and allowed me to really pick his brain. Would definitely recommend!
Sascha is a great guide and beautiful scenery.
Samantha_C, Apr 2024
Sascha was awesome! He was very knowledgeable, nice, and funny. He made the tour a great experience and I would recommend this tour with him.
Fabulous Tour
Dawn_L, Apr 2024
Our guide Sascha was wonderful and extremely knowledgeable about the city’s history. We had a lovely time and look forward to going back to Cologne.
2 hrs in Cologne
james_s, Mar 2024
The cathedral key points in the city of nite was well thought out - appreciated the Roman history notes
Fun tour with fantastic tour guide
Scott_B, Mar 2024
The tour guide did an excellent job of relating the history of all the different sites while consistently injecting a healthy dose of well-done humor into the mix to keep it fun.
Solo experience in Cologne
Teresa_B, Feb 2024
Sasha was an excellent tour guide. He knew his history very well. I would recommend anyone to join this tour as ir gives an insite about the historical city of Cologne. The two hours flew by without feeling board. Good luck with all your duture tours Sasha
Great sights although guide is an acquired taste
Samantha_G, Feb 2024
The city was lovely to explore, the guide was flexible and knowledgeable about the city. Unfortunately throughout the tour, many comments made by the guide were political, offensive or sexist. This would be fun for some although would not recommend whole heartedly for most travellers.
Response from Host, Feb 2024
With regard to the description, it must be concluded that the writer of the review has a delicate attitude of subjectively interpreting things from his own special world view instead of recognizing the objectively presented information content, which is naturally also given humorously. If things that are shown and explained do not correspond exactly to one's own preconceived world view, this of course in no way means that it is wrong. When a lack of flexibility, openness and humor are added to this, the result is, unfortunately, a review that is far-fetched and incompatible with objective reality. In this day and age, some people unfortunately like to use certain, loaded and discriminatory buzzwords, such as those used here by the author of the review, in order to get back at others in a pathetic way because they are probably not at peace with themselves in the first place. Fortunately, the overwhelming majority of reviews are clear proof that the majority of people are very happy not to receive prefabricated standard information, but appreciate quality which includes humor also.
Good tour, informative
Joanne_M, Feb 2024
Humorous and knowledgeable tour guide. He managed the 1/2 English, 1/2 German language needs of the group well. Since this was also during Karneval, access varied but navigated well. Only one drawback - no gift as advertised.
Get Sascha!!!
Ann_R, Feb 2024
Sasha was the best tour guide!!! He was full of info and funny things to say. Lots of history and a great walk around the city.
Amazing!
John_D, Jan 2024
Sascha was a great orator and had great historic details about the city. He was able to draw in history with humor.
Fantastic time
Kailah_R, Jan 2024
Sascha was our guide! He was excellent, funny, and knowledgeable. The banter in our small group, thanks to the encouragement and openness of Sascha, made the tour a wonderful experience. Thank you again! ☺️
Experience you don’t want to miss!
Kimkea_H, Jan 2024
We had a fantastic time with our guide Sascha ! We were a small group of 3 but we faced the cold and learned so much about this charming city. Afterwards our group shared lunch together and everyone left feeling the warmth of fellowship. Highly recommend!
A wonderful introduction to Cologne
Danielle_B, Jan 2024
This is an excellent city walking tour! Sascha is knowledgeable about the city's history and has a great sense of humour.
Very worthwhile tour.
William_R, Dec 2023
Our guide was very friendly and animated with tales of the city that otherwise might have been seen, but without meaning. Really enjoyed the tour and the 2 hour timing was just right.
Outstanding Cologne Tour
Kathleen_G, Dec 2023
Sascha was a fantastic guide, he provided a lot of history with interspersed with German humor. Pointed out great places to eat or visit on our own.
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