Day programs - Hildesheim

Tours of the region

Harz tour, monastary route, along the river leine - enjoy the fascinating countryside around Hildesheim. Discover the former residences of princes and the aristocracy and important monasteries or coffee and cake in the sugar factory. We offer you one-day or half-day coach trips in the region.

Price:    € 100 incl. VAT for 4 hours
             € 140 incl. VAT for 6 hours

FAGUS-WORK and castle Marienburg

Experience two top highlights on a group bus trip: neo-gothic-style Marienburg Castel and the Fagus Factory in Alfeld, declared a UNESCO World Culrutal Heritage site in 2011. From Hildesheim via Betheln to Brüggen with its baroque palace grounds, the route leads to Alfeld. After a look at the market square and the Lateinschule (Latin School), participants visit the "Faguswerk", the first industrial building of the modern age, designed by Walter Gropius an 1911 as a shoe last factory. The tour is continued to neo-gothic Marienburg Castle, visible from afar on top of the Schulenburger Berg above the Leine valley near Nordstemmen. Georg V. of Hannover had the palace built for his wife, Queen Marie, in the 19th century. During a tour of the castle, there are interesting facts to be revealed about the history of the house of Guelph and its connections to the English royal family. The entire outing takes about 6 hours.

Price: € 140 plus entrance fee and gastronomic offer 

Please contact:

Hildesheim Marketing
tourist-information Hildesheim
Rathausstr. 20 (Tempelhaus)
D-31134 Hildesheim
Tel.: +49 (0) 5121/1798-0
Fax:  +49 (0) 5121/1798-88
E-Mail: tourist-info@hildesheim-marketing.de
Internet: www.hildesheim.de/tourismus