Heidelberg Tourist Guide · Kornmarkt, Old Town
A licensed Heidelberg guide takes your group, and nobody else, from the Kornmarkt through the old Hortus Palatinus to the ruins, the Scheffel terrace, the courtyard and the Great Tun in ninety minutes, with the castle and cable car tickets included. Pick it for a family or a group of friends who want to ask questions at their own pace.
The listing is sold per group of up to twenty people, which makes it a different animal from the shared walks. You choose English or German, meet your guide at the Kornmarkt by the Madonna fountain, and the ninety minutes are yours. The route in the listing starts in the former Hortus Palatinus, the garden Friedrich V began around 1616 and never finished, then climbs to the ruins, stops on the Scheffel terrace for the view over the Old Town and down the Rhine plain, works through the castle complex and ends in the wine cellar at the Great Tun. The German Apothecary Museum in the courtyard is included in the tickets if you want to stay on.
Three things to know. The listing says the tour is wheelchair accessible, which is unusual for the castle, and it is the one castle tour here that says so; the castle itself does not publish accessibility notes on its visitor page, so confirm your needs with the operator through the booking page. The listing mentions a regional wine tasting as available in the cellar; it does not say the tasting is included, so treat it as an extra. And the interiors are not part of it. The furnished rooms of the Friedrichsbau and the chapel are on the castle's own guided tour, a supplement sold at the cash desk.
Guests write about Olga and about guides who were good with children as well as adults, which fits the format: a private guide can slow down for a seven-year-old in a way a shared group cannot. For a shared English walk instead, the Discover Heidelberg Castle walk covers the same courtyard and cellar in two hours.
Kornmarkt, in the Old Town behind the town hall. Your guide has the tickets for the castle and the cable car.
Through the terraces of the former Hortus Palatinus, free ground in daylight, to the Scheffel terrace and its view down the Neckar toward the Rhine plain.
The Elizabeth Gate, the gate tower, the Friedrichsbau and Ottheinrichsbau facades, the split Powder Tower, and the story of the electors who lived here and the French who blew it up.
The Fassbau cellar and the barrel of 1751. The listing mentions regional wine available to taste here; ask what that involves.
The Apothecary Museum entry is in your tickets. The cable car back to the Kornmarkt is included as well.
Fantastic guide who was warm and personable and answered our many questions. Highly recommend.
She clearly loves Heidelberg and her passion and energy made it a very enjoyable tour.
Olga was super. Very informative, friendly, good with both adults and kids.
The guide was very good, knowledgeable, and punctual. I would use this service again
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Yes. The listing is sold per group of up to twenty people, so you book one slot for your party and nobody else joins.
The listing includes the guide, the tickets for the castle and the cable car, and entrance to the museums. The castle's interior tour is a separate supplement sold at the castle.
The listing states it is wheelchair accessible. The castle is cobbled and the cellar has stairs, and the castle's visitor page does not publish accessibility details, so confirm your needs with the operator before you book.
The listing says regional wine tasting is available in the cellar. It does not say the tasting is included, so ask your guide what is on offer and whether it is an extra.
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Your own guide for up to twenty people through the garden, the ruins and the barrel cellar, tickets and cable car included; the listing says wheelchair accessible.
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