Castle Hill, the Pegnitz, and Winding Lanes: A Day on Foot Through Nuremberg's Old Town

This tour takes you on foot through Nuremberg's historic center in a single day, with no need for any transportation. All the stops are in the Sebald and Lorenz sides of the Old Town, and the walks between them usually take just a few minutes.

You start at the top of Castle Hill on the Freiung, where you get an overview of the city's rooftops. From there you head to the towers of the Imperial Castle and down into the Historic Rock-Cut Cellars, a network of cellars deep beneath the Old Town. Via the Albrecht Dürer Monument, you reach the area around the Hauptmarkt, where you have a Franconian lunch. In the afternoon you follow traces of the merchant city and its history: the Kaufmannszug, the monument to Martin Behaim, and the Synagogue Memorial, which commemorates the destruction of the main synagogue. Afterward you stroll along the Pegnitz, past the Schuldturm and the Ship of Fools Fountain to the Hangman's Tower with its covered footbridge.

This day suits you if you want to get to know the Old Town at a relaxed pace and would rather be out in the open air than in big museums. It combines well with other tours, since it deliberately shows places away from the best-known main stops. To finish, a cocktail awaits at a bar on the edge of the Lorenz quarter.