City Walking Tour: Explore with a Passionate Local

Experience Cologne like a local with a customized private tour. Explore the city through the eyes of a passionate local, creating your own itinerary or leaving it up to the expert. Discover hidden gems and gain insider knowledge for a truly immersive travel experience.

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Willi Ostermann Monument - This is a customized walking tour so the exact itinerary will depend on the duration of the tour and the interests of the travelers and the Lokafyer. If you have any particular interests or would like to see something specific in the city, please request this in advance of the tour.
What's Included
  • Customized private walking tour
What's Not Included
  • Personal expenses
  • Tips and gratuities (optional)
  • Optional activity costs
  • Food and drinks
  • Transportation to/from attractions (It’s a walking tour, car transportation isn’t included)
Additional Information

Explore the city through the perspective of a devoted local. With a flexible itinerary, you’re free to tailor the tour to your interests, or let the local guide give you an enlightening overview of the city. Instead of solely focussing on the sights, make connections with the people you encounter. Our pedestrian excursions allow you to bypass the…

Location
Willi-Ostermann-Brunnen
Travelers can request the tour to start from any centrally located hotel. In case your hotel is outside the city center we will select a convenient meeting point in the city center.Tour may end at a different location from the departure point unless requested in advance of the tour.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Jack_w
Jul 28, 2024
Carlos was such a gracious host - Carlos was such a wonderful and thoughtful guide. It was great to hear his perspective on the life and culture of his beautiful city. He kindly met us right at the place our Viking River Cruise docked and then made sure we had the local brew and dinner at a quality brauhaus versus the tourist traps that abound. Would certainly do this again!
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Azmeow
Jul 15, 2024
You MUST book this tour! - We had an amazing experience! Dirk was so knowledgeable and kind; he contacted me a few days before to ask about our interests. He completely customized his tour based on our interests and our other plans. He showed us champion sites- what he considered the best of Cologne that may not even be suggested by tourism sites. He pointed out interesting Prussian history for me because that is my heritage. A super neat highlight was going to the city office to see the 3D model of the city- it really helped us orient ourselves. We ended up eating at every restaurant he recommended; they were all delicious. This tour truly made our trip fantastic. We also were so lucky to do this our first day in town as it helped us map out the area and plan the rest of our trip. Thank you, Dirk, for an amazing experience!
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Julie_u
May 17, 2024
Cologne - What a lovely city! We loved it and wishes we had more time in cologne. Dirk was a fabulous tour guide. He knows the city very well and ensured we got the private excursion we had hoped for!
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Steven_m
Mar 21, 2024
Great tour - It was a great trip and I learned a lot. My guide was Dirk and he was able to make the tour fun and engaging. There was a lot to see and it was all great.
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Robert_m
Mar 20, 2024
Great experience - This was a fantastic tour. Carlos was a great guide. We explored several areas you wouldn’t know about unless you were a local. Can’t say enough good things about the tour. Highly recommended!
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Matthew_c
Dec 7, 2023
Great walking tour - We had a wonderful time with Vaseit! Highly recommended. We learned some about the history of the city and Germany in general. She also helped navigate the Christmas markets to get exactly what we wanted to eat and drink.
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Steven_c
Aug 12, 2023
Relaxing private tour - Cologne Cathedral and Old Town. We learned a little bit of everything. Would highly recommend for people with limited time.
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Chefbanker25
Oct 10, 2022
Can't say enough great things! - We were a group of 5 adults of differing ages and we had Dirk for our tour. For the older ones in our group, he even made sure to point out large dips in the walkway! I can not say enough great things about him, his knowledge and his tour! His knowledge of the city made this tour incredible. He knew so many hidden gems and had great stories of different events that had taken place in various locations. He walked us through the Cathedral and pointed out so many significant and little yet important details that were very interesting. He also toured us through St. Maria im Kapitol which is such a hidden gem! And his knowledge of this church was fascinating. He also provided us with some excellent restaurants and bars to get some great local beers. He answered all of our questions and even got back to us on a couple of questions we had for him within an hour of our tour ending. And the questions we had were about details of a church located in Turkey. So nothing that we would have expected him to know and something we could have looked up but he took the time to find the answer for us. We would definitely use Dirk again and would recommend him to anyone else that is looking for great tour of Cologne. Thank you Dirk!
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Shannon_s
Jun 19, 2024
Lots of Info! - The tour guide was flexible with us when our train arrived later than the scheduled time. I appreciated the flexibility and private tour!
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Michelle_r
Jul 28, 2022
Dirk was a wonderful tour guide - Dirk was a great tour guide. We highly recommend him. Cologne was a very nice city with beautiful churches.
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