Itinerary
Hamburg & Lubeck
Route Duration: 7 hours
Stops on the Hamburg & Lubeck:
- Hamburg - You will be met at your hotel by a professional, local guide and a driver with a private vehicle.
- Town Hall Market - First we head to the heart of Hamburg and to the stunning, sky-scraping, neo-renaissance Town Hall.
- Deichstraße - Next we witness where the Great Fire of 1842 started and see Hamburg’s iconic ‘Kontor building’s.
- St. Nicholas' Church - Moving on we stop to admire one of the finest examples of north German, neo-gothic architecture, and witness the devastation caused by Allied bombing raids in WWII.
- Trostbrücke - As we continue into the heart of the medieval city we cross one of Hamburg’s myriad canals using the oldest bridge in the city.
- Speicherstadt - Next we explore the city’s first UNESCO-listed World Heritage Site and the largest warehouse district in the world.
- HADAG Elbphilharmonie - We then visit Hamburg’s state-of-the-art concert hall – a true modern architectural gem and one of the most acoustically advanced concert halls on the planet.
- Lübeck - After a short break it’s time to head to the North Sea city of German literary giants Thomas Mann and Günther Grass. The drive takes between 1 and 1.5 hours
- Museum Holstentor - Upon our arrival our first stop is Lübeck’s most iconic monument – the colossal red-brick city gate slumping under its own impressive weight.
- Salzspeicher - Entering the Old Town we stop first at the six historic buildings, built between the 16th and 18th centuries, in which salt mined in nearby Lüneberg was stored.
- St. Peter's Church - Next we take in some of the finest views of Lübeck, climbing the tower of this gothic hall church turned exhibition and events center.
- Breite Straße - Next we bathe in the splendour of one of the most beautiful pieces of town hall architecture in all of Germany.
- Marienkirche - At our final stop we pay tribute to the ‘mother’ of northern German brick gothic architecture.
- Hamburg - You will then be driven back to Hamburg and dropped off at your hotel.
Attractions on the Hamburg & Lubeck:
Hamburg
Operates: Visit Hamburg's essential highlights and then get to know another of Germany's Baltic gems: Lübeck – the red-brick gothic city of the Hansa.