Cities / Trier
Germany
Trier: Rome north of the Alps, and Karl Marx.
Trier has more Roman buildings than any city north of the Alps and a historian uses all of them: the Porta Nigra, the Basilica of Constantine, the baths and the amphitheatre. Then the cathedral, the electors’ baroque city and the house where Karl Marx was born in 1818.
The timeline the walk follows
Founded under Augustus on the Moselle.
The city gate that survived by becoming a church.
Trier is an imperial capital; the Basilica is his throne room.
At Brückenstrasse 10, a lawyer’s son.
Heavy damage; the Roman monuments survive.
Themes
Choose one, or name your own.
Two hours covers one theme well. Three hours links two.
- Roman capital: Porta Nigra to the Imperial Baths
- Constantine’s Trier
- Cathedral, Holy Robe and the pilgrim city
- Karl Marx’s Trier
- Electors and the baroque residence
Private walk
Your group only, your questions, your pace.
Group walk
Schools, companies, cruise and coach groups. Larger groups split.
Your theme
A period, a person, a family story. We find the historian who knows it.
Led by
A historian from Trier, from LocalBini’s vetted network
Meeting point
Central, confirmed in your booking email
Not included
Entry tickets to monuments and museums
Questions
About Trier.
Which Roman sites are included?
The walk passes all of them; entry to the Porta Nigra, the baths and the amphitheatre is separate. The Antikencard covers them if you want to go in after.
Moselle wine?
A walk can end at a wine tavern in the old town, or continue to a vineyard with transport.
Cancellation?
Free cancellation up to 7 days before the walk. Within 7 days the walk is non refundable, since the historian has reserved the time. We reschedule for severe weather at no cost.
Walk Trier with a historian.
Date, time, length and theme. We reply within a day and confirm your historian within two to three.