Private 1.5-Hour Nightwatchman Walk in Medieval Lucerne
Lucerne, Switzerland
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Trip Type: Private Sightseeing Tours
Duration: 90 minutes
Discover medieval Lucerne with your private guide on your Nightwatchman walking tour. Learn about the history of the Nightwatchman and see the illuminated attractions. You'll be told about the Legend of the Riot of Lucerne and will hear about ghosts, demons and witches. Imagine what it was like to live in Lucerne in the middle ages and get information about the law and order of that time. Your private Nightwatchman guide is dressed in medieval style and equipped with a traditional Swiss halberd. He will guide you through narrow streets and hidden places of the historic centre of Lucerne.
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Discover medieval Lucerne with your private guide on your Nightwatchman walking tour. Learn about the history of the Nightwatchman and see the illuminated attractions. You'll be told about the Legend of the Riot of Lucerne and will hear about ghosts, demons and witches. Imagine what it was like to live in Lucerne in the middle ages and get information about the law and order of that time. Your private Nightwatchman guide is dressed in medieval style and equipped with a traditional Swiss halberd. He will guide you through narrow streets and hidden places of the historic centre of Lucerne.
Meet your private guide near to Chapel Bridge and begin your tour to the sound of the fire horn followed by the invocation pray. The Nightwatchman will tell you about his hard life in the middle ages before showing you the Martiniplan; the first city map of Lucerne, dating from 1597. You will see the route on the map and understand that many of the buildings shown on the map are still here today.
Hear about the torture chamber, the dungeon and the secret room in the Water Tower and see St. Peter’s Chapel, next to Chapel Bridge. Walk around the corner to Kapellplatz and hear about life in the Middle Ages in the Republic of Lucerne. Walking through the Furrengasse you learn about its Ghost and the Toggelis around him.
Next, head to the square by the town hall and see the Lucerne Foot and Elle on the tower. Your private guide will tell you the story of the Giant of Reiden. While listening to what the Nightwatchman has to say, you can enjoy a glass of the best water in Lucerne and then pass the lower wine market, where once the pillory was located.
As you continue your tour, the Nightwatchman will show you some “guardian Demons”. Stop at the legendary house of Lux Ritter and hear why the first two floors look different to the third. See paintings of the Dance of Death projected onto the walls.
Continue on past the Church of the Jesuits, the first baroque building in Switzerland. Cross Chapel Bridge and end your tour back where it began.
Hear about the torture chamber, the dungeon and the secret room in the Water Tower and see St. Peter’s Chapel, next to Chapel Bridge. Walk around the corner to Kapellplatz and hear about life in the Middle Ages in the Republic of Lucerne. Walking through the Furrengasse you learn about its Ghost and the Toggelis around him.
Next, head to the square by the town hall and see the Lucerne Foot and Elle on the tower. Your private guide will tell you the story of the Giant of Reiden. While listening to what the Nightwatchman has to say, you can enjoy a glass of the best water in Lucerne and then pass the lower wine market, where once the pillory was located.
As you continue your tour, the Nightwatchman will show you some “guardian Demons”. Stop at the legendary house of Lux Ritter and hear why the first two floors look different to the third. See paintings of the Dance of Death projected onto the walls.
Continue on past the Church of the Jesuits, the first baroque building in Switzerland. Cross Chapel Bridge and end your tour back where it began.
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