Guided tours
Guided Tour of the Town:
“2,000 Years of History at the Confluence of Rhine and Nahe” Guided tour through the old town and visit to Klopp Castle, Basilica of St. Martin, the Food Market, “Historical Museum on the River– Hildegard von Bingen” (and many more interesting and important squares and alleys in Bingen as well).
Duration: 1 ½ hours
Price per person: 4.50 € adults,
1.50 € children aged 7 or over
Dates: Saturdays 10.30 a.m. Easter to the end of October
Meeting point: Tourist Information
Only in German language
Audio-visual guided tour of the town
Experience an entertaining tour of Bingen. The nun Almut of Rupertsberg ensures a very special visit to Bingen with exciting information and her personal experiences. With the cheeky Bingen Town Mouse, the kids experience adventures and by playing also learn something about Bingen’s history.
Loan fee:
up to 4 hours 7.50 €
overnight 10 €
2nd earphones 2.50 €
Available in English language
Museum Guided Tour
With St. Hildegard’s anniversary in 1998, in the former power station on the banks of the Rhine, the Historical Museum on the River opened its doors. The largest department is devoted to the universal scholar and theologian. One of the museum’s very special treasures is a complete set of surgical instruments from the Roman era. Another department is devoted to the epoch of Rhenish Romanticism, this 200-year era is brought vividly to life in a unique exhibition of prints, paintings and furniture.
Duration: 1 hour
Price per person: 4.50 € adults, 3.50 € reduced
Dates: every 1st Sunday in the month, 11.15 a.m.
Meeting point: Museum on the River
“Bingen’s Cultural Riverside” guided tour
Are you more interested in 500 years of original mechanics in the Old Crane or in the hypermodern multimedia exhibition of “People-Nature-Technology” in the Rhine Valley World Heritage site? Bingen’s Cultural Riverside offers an aesthetic experience for all senses and to everyone’s taste in one of the Rhine Valley’s most beautiful places: encounters with Rhenish Romanticism and “poet’s chambers”, the famous flora of Hildegard of Bingen uniquely presented in the “Hildegarden” and fascinating exhibitions on Romans and others in the Museum on the River (Museum am Strom).
Duration: 2 hours
Group size: max. 30 people
Price: 75 € per group, plus admission
Dates: Easter to the end of October
“Rhenish Romanticism” guided tour
Whether it was William Turner, Victor Hugo or Clemens Brentano: they were all in Bingen and without exception enthralled by the beauty of the landscape and the rich history of the region. Bingen has always been the starting or ending point of the romantic journey through the Rhine valley. The guided tour will bring the 19th century back to life through captivating audio equipment in the poet’s chambers and a fascinating encounter with art and furniture of the era in the Rhenish Romanticism section of the Museum on the River (Museum am Strom).
Duration: 1 ½ hours
Group size: max. 30 people
Price: 60 € per group, plus admission
Dates: Easter to the end of October
Contact
- Department
- Tourist-Information
- Street
- Rheinkai 21
- ZIP/ Location
- 55411 Bingen am Rhein
- Phone
- 06721 184-200
- Telefax
- 06721 184-214
- E-Mail schreiben
“Bingen’s Cultural Riverside”
guided tour
Are you more interested in 500 years of original mechanics in the Old Crane
or in the hypermodern multimedia exhibition
of “People-Nature-Technology”
in the Rhine Valley World Heritage site? Bingen’s Cultural Riverside
offers an aesthetic experience for all senses and to everyone’s taste in
one of the Rhine Valley’s most beautiful places: encounters with Rhenish
Romanticism and “poet’s chambers”, the famous flora of Hildegard of
Bingen uniquely presented in the “Hildegarden” and fascinating exhibitions
on Romans and others in the Museum on the River (Museum am Strom).
Duration: 2 hours
Group size: max. 30 people
Price: 75 € per group, plus admission
Dates: Easter to the end of October
