Würzburg Franconian Wine and City Tour

Guided Tour in English | The perfect start to an enjoyable weekend in Würzburg. From the Falkenhaus at the market, the tour leads you to the city's most sociable meeting point, the Old Main Bridge. The tour offers a cheerful and informative experience about the city and Würzburg's "Brückenschoppen," while enjoying a Franconian wine.

Meeting Point

Tourist Information & Ticket Service im Falkenhaus am Markt

Marktpl. 9, 97070 Würzburg, Germany

The guide will be waiting directly in front of the entrance to the Tourist Information. The guide will be wearing a name badge/license that clearly identifies them as a tour guide.

What's included:

• Tour guide service is included

Not included:

• Please have € 5.00 per person ready for the glass deposit on the Old Main Bridge.

What to expect:

Duration: 1 hour

Falkenhaus

Marktpl. 9, 97070 Würzburg, Germany

The tour starts in front of the tourist information office in the Falkenhaus on the market square. The facade of the Falkenhaus is decorated with rich stucco ornamentation in the Rococo style and is a testament to Würzburg's heyday in the 18th century. Right next to it stands the majestic Marienkapelle (St. Marys Chapel), which was built in the Gothic era. You will learn about the eventful history of the market square and the tragic background of how the Marienkapelle and the market square came to be built.

20 minutes

Grafeneckart

Beim Grafeneckart 1, Wurzburg, 97070, Bavaria

We continue to the Grafeneckart, the oldest part of Würzburg's town hall. Originally built as a residential tower and used also as a center of municipal administration, it now houses the Wenzelsaal, one of the oldest secular rooms in Germany. The ground floor is home of the documentation room, in which a model of the destroyed city after the attacks in World War II can be seen.

10 minutes

Alte Mainbruecke

Ruckermainstrasse 2, , Wurzburg, 97070, Bavaria

At the Old Main Bridge, your tour guide invites you to a “Brückenschoppen”. This means that you can enjoy the unique atmosphere and the magnificent view with a glass of excellent Franconian wine. You can relax and listen to your guide’s captivating explanations: about the 1300-year history of the time-honoured Marienberg Fortress, which stands proudly on the hill above, about the river Main as the epicenter of culture, commerce and wealth, about the wine that is being cultivated directly on the adjacent vineyards since centuries and about St. Kilian’s Cathedral, which stands in a line of sight to the bridge.
Here, at the locals’ favorite meeting place, let yourself be captivated by the city’s way of life, which is both vibrant and homely. The perfect start in getting to know and love Würzburg.

30 minutes