Discover the fascinating history and interior of Heidelberg Castle!

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Rates

Private Tour - €249 1 to 6 People Per Group

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Duration

2 hours and 30 minutes

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About

• Our private Heidelberg Castle tour begins in the Rupert’s Building, the oldest part of the castle, built in 1400. Here we will see a beautiful scale model of how the castle looked in its hay day in 1614.

• Then we will walk around the part of the castle built during the second phase of construction in 1543 – including a curious sporting feature, a closer look at the extensive moat and ramparts, and a walk through one of the castle’s secret tunnels.

• Our next stop on the Heidelberg Castle tour is the English Building, built in 1607 to mark the marriage of Frederick V to his English bride, Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of King James the First of England. We’ll also see the large hole at the bottom of this section of the castle where the French army tried to blow it up!

• Next comes the stately and impressive King’s Hall, the centerpiece of the Heidelberg castle interior today. Here is where princes and princesses would once dance the night away.

• In 1900, extensive restoration was done to the inside of the Friedrich’s Building, originally constructed in 1599 in the renaissance style. Today we can enjoy these restoration efforts to the Heidelberg Castle interior and imagine the lavishness with which Germany’s leading families would have lived in the 1600s.

• Our Heidelberg Castle tour ends with a visit to the charming castle chapel, still used for weddings to this day. The chapel is replete with ornate boxes where the Prince of Heidelberg and his family would have sat during their seven daily Catholic masses.

• This tour also includes a stroll around the castle’s legendary garden. As your guide, I offer a wealth of knowledge about the historical era during which the Heidelberg Castle was built. Learn all about the daily lives of its residents, visit the various different palaces and learn about its long and fascinating history.