Romans, Dukes and Devils Self Guided Tour of Regensburg

When Napoleon's army came looting, Regensburg's priests painted their priceless silver altar white — and French soldiers walked right past it. This app-based self-guided walking tour reveals stories like these across Germany's best-preserved medieval city, a double UNESCO site that survived WWII nearly untouched. You'll trace 2,000 years from a Roman gate built without mortar to a Gothic cathedral whose facade holds a thousand carved figures. You'll hear why merchants built towers purely for bragging rights and cross the Stone Bridge where legend says the devil bent the stones in rage. This Regensburg audio tour works at your pace — no schedule, no group. Pause for coffee, linger in a Rococo chapel, skip ahead. Works offline too. If you'd rather absorb a city on your own terms than rush with a crowd, this was made for you. Over 20,000 travelers have used our self-guided tours, backed by a full refund guarantee.

1. 1

   Porta Praetoria

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   Touch limestone blocks a Roman legion hauled here without mortar — and that still hold after two thousand years.

2. 2

   Document Niedermuenster

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   Descend through five layers of civilization stacked beneath a single church floor.

3. 3

   Alter Kornmarkt

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   Trace how one scandalous royal marriage handed an entire duchy to a family that ruled for two hundred years.

4. 4

   Stop 4

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   Step through an unremarkable stone exterior into an interior locals call a glimpse of heaven.

5. 5

   Cathedral of St Peter's

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   Stand before a cathedral the merchants paid for but a bishop's scandal nearly overshadowed.

6. 6

   Cathedral of St Peter's

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   Stand before a cathedral the merchants paid for but a bishop's scandal nearly overshadowed.

7. 7

   Neupfarrplatz

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   Walk above the buried foundations of a synagogue that thrived for six centuries before a city turned on its protectors.

8. 8

   Goldener Turm

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   Size up a tower no one ever lived in — built purely to outshine a rival family across the street.

9. 9

   Stop 9

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   Enter a monastery powerful enough that a Holy Roman Emperor chose it as his final resting place.

10. 10

    Schottenkirche St. Jakob

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    Decode a sandstone portal where saints, beasts, and a headless Mary guard the doorway to salvation.

11. 11

    Haidplatz

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    Picture an emperor sleeping in a merchant's guest room because no palace in the city could match it.

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    Altes Rathaus

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    Find the medieval ruler still mounted on the wall — once the only measuring stick an entire city trusted.

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    Statue of Don Juan de Austria

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    Meet the Regensburg-born son of an emperor who was taken from his mother at three and returned as a legend.

14. 14

    Goliathhaus

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    Look past the giant on the facade and ask who the Goliards really were — and why the building carries their name instead.

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    Stop 15

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    Visit the room where one of history's greatest astronomers died still waiting for twenty-nine thousand florins he was owed.

16. 16

    Stone Bridge

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    Cross the only Danube crossing for hundreds of kilometres and spot the engineering trick that kept it standing for nine centuries

17. 17

    Stop 17

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    Find the small figure watching the cathedral and hear why the devil supposedly bent this bridge in fury.

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    Old Town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof - Unesco World Heritage

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    Turn around at the far bank for a skyline view that explains why Regensburg never needed to rebuild.

• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.