Private Shore Excursion: Rostock and Warnemuende by car
Rostock, Warnemuende
Book online or call: +44 0800 015 4961
Duration:
5.5 h
Activity Level:
Easy
Experience:
Backpacker, Historical
Language:
English, Français, Deutsche, Italiano, Português, Español, Chinese
Photo permit included
Tour by public transport
Canal Boat tour included
Train tickets included
Suitable for little children
Wheelchair accessible tour
Museum ticket included
Light snack included
Lunch included
Transportation included
Walking Tour
Overview
Warnemünde panoramic tour (1 hour) and walking tour of Rostock old town (4.5 hrs).
What's included
- Professional licensed English speaking guide. Other languages available upon request (additional charges may apply)
- Skip-the-line entrance St. Marien Church
- All fees and taxes
- Personal expenses
- Gratuities to guide/driver (optional)
- Food and drinks
- Not wheelchair accessible tour
- This tour is offered only for Warnemuende arrivals (P1-2, P7, P8)
Highlights
Rostock Basilica St. Marien
St. Mary’s is Rostock’s largest church and one of the largest brickstone gothic buildings in the whole Baltic region. For more than 770 years, it has been a place of prayer, worship, meetings of civil or academic character, and a place of the arts.
About 150,000 people visit this church every year. It is not a museum but a meeting place of a vital city parish and for the citizens of Rostock.
Rostock City Wall
Large parts of the city’s fortifications, which encircled an area of around one square kilometre, are still standing today. South-west of the Gothic Kröpeliner Tor and up to the Schwaanschen Straße, the ramparts stretch out with built-in guard houses and a section of the wooden wall-walk.
From the stone gatehouse you can follow the wall to the oldest town gate in Mecklenburg, the Kuhtor (Cow Gate), which was first documented in 1262. A plaque in the wall by the Petrikirche church serves as a reminder of the town charter confirmation in 1218. The final remaining gatehouse is the Mönchentor (Monks’ Gate), which was redesigned in 1806 in the classical style.
Rostock Kröpeliner Straße
Kröpeliner Straße is the main shopping street in the historic center of Rostock, which leads from Neuer Markt Square from east to west to the Krepelinsky Gate. In the central part of the street is University Square and the main building of Rostock University. The street has a length of 650 m and is famous for its traditionally decorated multi-colored pediments of houses erected in various architectural styles: brick Gothic, Renaissance, Classicism, Baroque, eclecticism and postmodern. Since 1968 it has been a pedestrian zone, becoming one of the first in the GDR. There are more than 250 stores at Kröpeliner Straße.
Rostock Kröpeliner Tor
The Kröpeliner Tor was built in the Gothic style around 1270 as the westernmost of the four large gates of the Rostock city fortifications. Even then it was very large with its two floors and remained one of the mightiest of the up to 22 city gates at times. Whether it was named after the small town of Kröpelin, in the direction it leads, or after a patrician family of the same name, is still controversial. It represents the western end of the Kröpeliner Straße.
Rostock Market Square
One of the most picturesque places in Rostock is the Neuer Markt (New Market Square), with the Town Hall - that was originally built in the 13th century in Brick Gothic style, but extensively transformed in the 18th century, with the addition of a Baroque façade and a banqueting hall. The square also preserved six original, carefully restored gable houses from the 15th and 16th centuries. The other historical houses in Hanseatic style that once bordered the square were destroyed in an Allied air-raid in 1942, and rebuilt in a simplified manner.
Rostock Town Hall
The Town Hall was built in 1270 as a two-storey double gable building with a vaulted cellar and was used as a store in the Middle Ages. The town hall combines different building styles. At the beginning of the 18th century, a Baroque porch was built in front of the Gothic wall, with its seven towers.
Rostock University
The University of Rostock is a public university located in Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Founded in 1419, it is the third-oldest university in Germany. It is the oldest and largest university in continental northern Europe and the Baltic Sea area, and 8th oldest in Central Europe. It was the 5th university established in the Holy Roman Empire. The university has been associated with five Nobel laureates.
Warnemünde "Old Stream" canal
The 'Alte Strom' was the only shipping route to the Rostock harbour until 1903. Today only yachts, passenger ships and fishing boats anchor here.
In addition to the many attractive boutiques and fishing pubs, the Alte Strom offers a distinctive maritime atmosphere. Strolling along the moorings and linger in one of the many cafés, pubs and ice cream parlours is a unique experience.
Warnemünde Lighthouse
The lighthouse can be seen from almost anywhere in Warnemünde - and from 30 metres up inside the lighthouse you can see almost all of Warnemünde. Built in 1897 as a navigation aid for those at sea, not only does it help ships find their way to the safe harbours, but thanks to the committed volunteer lighthouse keepers it has also become another attraction in the Baltic Sea resort.
At its base, a commemorative plaque at the former pilot station keeps watch and written on it is “The last house before Denmark”, in memory of the Great Flood in 1872.
Itinerary
Meeting time: Specified by your manager after booking
09:00
Meet your guide and driver by the ship and start your 1-hr panoramic tour of Warnemünde, after which you will travel by car to Rostock where you will see the Kröpeliner Straße and the Kröpeliner Tor, the New Market Square, the Rostock City Wall and gates, the Town hall, St. Marien Church, the University, etc.
13:45
Return to Warnemünde by car.
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