best of – Les classiques de Hambourg

2.5-hour highlight tour: entertaining, compact, the perfect overview

See the most important highlights of the Elbe metropolis – in a compact tour. Between Alster and Elbe, Jungfernstieg and HafenCity, we go on an exploratory tour to find out why the Hanseatic city became so successful and the Elbphilharmonie so expensive.

Description
This tour offers lots of atmosphere, water, canals and the most important highlights that Hamburg has to offer. We walk between the Alster and Elbe rivers, where Hamburg grew up. This is still the heart of the city today. The tour is dedicated to historical developments, current issues and the little stories that make Hamburg so endearing.

On this tour, you will experience most of the highlights in the shortest possible time:

• Explore the new landmark Elbphilharmonie, the fantastic architecture and the expensive and scandalous path to completion.
• Marvel at our UNESCO World Heritage Site: the Speicherstadt tells the story of the port and the leap into the modern age.
• Enjoy the atmosphere on Jungfernstieg, where the people of Hamburg used to relax and find their partner for life.
• Admire the magnificent town hall with a façade that is bursting with history.
• Commemorate the effects of the war at the St. Nikolai memorial.
• Feel the past in the historic Deichstraße, Hamburg’s old town.
• Marvel at real estate prices and new architecture in HafenCity, Hamburg’s newest district.

After this intensive 2.5-hour exploration tour, you will be familiar with the most important topics and sights of the Hanseatic city.

Meeting point
The S-Bahn lines S1, S2 and S3 as well as the U-Bahn lines U1, U2 and U4 will take you to the Jungfernstieg stop. At the station, use the exit in the direction of Jungfernstieg and on the next intermediate level in the direction of Jungfernstieg / Neuer Wall.