Stuttgart Like a Local: Customized Private Tour
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8 Ratings
Stuttgart
Experience Stuttgart like a local with a customized private tour. Discover the city through the eyes of a passionate local and get insider tips and insights. Make your travel about the people you meet, not just the places you see.
Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Merkursäule - 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
  • Local guide (‘Lokafyer’
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

Experience the charm of the city through the perspective of an enthusiastic local. The tour can be personalized according to your preference, or you can leave the planning to the local for a comprehensive city overview. Let your travels be about the interesting individuals you encounter, not just about the places you visit. With our walking tours, we replace the routine history tours with a unique local perspective. Enjoy a tour that changes the way you explore by making it about connection with the local community as much as it is about the sights you experience. Our local guides (Lokafyers) have a deep love for their city and are excited to impart their insights and viewpoints. As Lokafyers are not professional tour guides and only host occasionally, they present a genuine and personal experience, akin to a friend touring you around their city. As the tour concludes, you’ll be adept at maneuvering through the city and assured that you possess all the essential details to maximize your stay.

  • Lokafy tours provide a general overview of the city with practical information from a local’s perspective, not detailed historical facts
  • In case travellers would like to include a visit to an attraction, they would need to cover the cost of entrance for themselves and also the Lokafyer (local guide)
  • Tours are entirely personalized, please provide the start time, meeting place and information about you so that we can organize the tour
  • This is a walking tour. We recommend wearing comfortable shoes
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
  • Children below 3 years old are free of charge
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
Location
Merkursäule
Schillerplatz
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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L4739okjimt
Apr 10, 2023
Excellent tour- March, 2023 - Thank you! Excellent tour. Ours was a big group and everybody learned a lot. Danke! This walking tour was appreciated by our group. JT
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Mohammed_m
Feb 20, 2023
Great overview of the city! - I realised my hotel is actually situated at the centre of it all which I will otherwise not have been able to know without the customised tour. The guide was also a good communicator and took her time to show and explain the monuments on our way. Overall it was an awesome experience!
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Keithpatrickm2019
Sep 20, 2022
Absolutely perfect - Wonderful tour. Just like a friend would show you around with some special views, suggestions and places! Perfect!
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Doug_k
Jan 26, 2022
An excellent way to explore Stuttgart - My older son and I went on this tour. We had a great time. We went all over and around the city. I really appreciated the guide's low-key approach which included a stop for some gluhwein at the end of the tour. I highly recommend this tour.
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Caleeg2021
Nov 22, 2023
Do not book this your. Incredibly disappointing. - If I could put 0/5 I would. What’s even more disappointing is that we were unable to get a refund for the ~$140 experience for 2. From email received asking for a refund: “Our Lokafyers are not professional tour guides; they are friendly locals who are passionate about their cities and happy to share their private, non-touristic knowledge of them with the Travellers.” We did start the tour an hour late on our choice knowing that we paid for a 3 hour tour rather than 2 hour tour. At that time, we were fine paying for the 3 hour tour as we chose to start late. Even with that, we chose to end 30 minutes early as the tour was terrible. The tour started with her insulting gypsies as she was commenting on a “gypsy begging for money.” Throughout the tour she proceeded to share her distaste for any immigrant (Turkish/Ukrainian/any refugee/gypsies/anyone with a beard). We briefly went through the red lights district where she shared that this was where the LGBTQIA+ community would go, but “I don’t know about that.” And then it looked like she rolled her eyes indicating she didn’t like or approve of the community. She would point to buildings and say “that’s an old building because it looks old.” Towards the end she shared how she almost died in august, needed surgery, and that she didn’t take the recommended blood transfusion because other people are “dirty.” This came up as we had passed a couple of people handing out flyers, but they were addressing the environment, not Jehovah’s Witnesses (which she thought they were). The final comment where we politely cut off the tour (by lying that we were hungry and wanted to find something to eat) was that she stated the USA should’ve nuked Germany and that the USA is still horrible. I get it’s customized but she didn’t have a clear plan and disregarded what we had wanted. We didn’t tip and we always tip our guides. We’ve taken many tours and this was by far the worst one we have ever been on. We are fine with tour guides sharing a bit on their political views as we understand that all people have the right to their own opinion, however this felt like a 90 minute rant from a person who doesn’t even like Germany, let alone Stuttgart.
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Elaine_t
Oct 2, 2023
No show - Tour guide never showed up and communication was very poor. This subcontractor should be removed from the list. They cancelled two tours at the last minute with no time to set up other tours.
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