On the trail of science - City tour by bus
Darmstadt is the birthplace of numerous inventions. Internationally active companies and research institutes have their headquarters here. This is where Plexiglas® was invented and where today the European satellites are controlled and the data...
Durée de la visite guidée
2 hLangues proposées
- German
On the trail of treasures - artefacts from the New Palace
Tour guide Matthias Lothhammer promises an exciting city tour from the former New Palace to the Darmstadt Palace Museum. On this tour, you will learn more about the grand ducal past and about the roots and cradle of Art Nouveau in Darmstadt. The...
Durée de la visite guidée
1 h 30 min.Langues proposées
- German
Stories about secret passages and caves around the Herrgottsberg
Over 100 years ago, on August 13 and October 20, 1920, a team of researchers investigated underground passages and caves in the Darmstadt Forest. These actually existed. The handwritten records reveal long-forgotten secrets from earlier...
Durée de la visite guidée
2 hLangues proposées
- German
SPANNENDE GESCHICHTE(N) - Around the Ludwigshöhe
Ludwigshöhe, situated above Darmstadt, offers a magnificent view and has an exciting and varied history. Until the Second World War, it was the region's excursion destination. Many Darmstadt residents spent entire Sundays there. Tour guide...
Durée de la visite guidée
1 h 30 min.Langues proposées
- German
St. Ludwig - Burial place and church at the time of Grand Duke Ludwig I.
Tour of the neoclassical church of St. Ludwig, built under the first Grand Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt. It was designed by the architect Georg Moller, based on the grand model of the Roman Pantheon. The Catholic church houses the tombs of Prince...
Durée de la visite guidée
1 hLangues proposées
- German
Potatoes, art and blossoms – der Herrngarten und Prinz-Georg-Garten
Since 1811, the Herrngarten has also been open to 'normal people' and has since developed into Darmstadt's 'good room' and green lung in the city center. The adjoining Prinz-Georg-Garten impresses with its geometric borders, fountains and...
Durée de la visite guidée
1 h 30 min.Langues proposées
- German
- English
- French
Park Rosenhöhe – Princely family and garden culture
Guided tour through Rosenhöhe Park past the mausoleums of the princely family with an insight into the history of the garden, the rose and its significance. For lovers, this is an experience for the eyes and scent during the flowering season...
Durée de la visite guidée
1 h 30 min.Langues proposées
- German
- English
Platanenhain on Mathildenhöhe – An ensemble of sculptures on the cycle of life
The tour deals with the theme of the plane tree grove as a total work of art on the theme of the cycle of life. The focus is on the plane tree grove as an ensemble of sculptures that represents a synthesis of the most diverse themes,...
Durée de la visite guidée
1 h 30 min.Langues proposées
- German
Out into the countryside – Heading west by bike
Get to know the city from a different perspective. The city can be explored in a special way by bike. The tour starts from the Darmstadt Shop in a westerly direction and takes you into the countryside around Darmstadt. Via the Telekomviertel...
Durée de la visite guidée
2 hLangues proposées
- German
Rendez-vous with Flora's diversity – Darmstadt's Botanical Garden
Curious, useful, beautiful, breathtaking - the diversity of around 8,000 plant species in the Botanic Garden and its greenhouses is fascinating at any time of year. The walk delves into this plant kingdom as well as the varied history and special...
Durée de la visite guidée
1 h 30 min.Langues proposées
- German