QUICK INFORMATION
- DURATION
- 2 days
- COUNTRY
- Germany
- REGION
- Regensburg · Bavaria
- CATEGORY
- Cities & Culture
ABOUT THIS ITINERARY
Two days read Regensburg whole: the medieval city inside the walls on the first, the princely palace and the marble temple above the Danube on the second — with the river terraces and the brewery tables filling every gap.
THE SCHEDULE
Day by day
The UNESCO Old Town
The Dom at opening, the Porta Praetoria and the towers, the Reichstag museum, the Stone Bridge at golden hour and the Wurstkuchl’s grill at its foot.
- Morning
Dom St. Peter
1–1.5 hoursThe Gothic glass at morning light, the cloister and the treasure — the cathedral’s full read before the crowds.
- Late morning
Porta Praetoria and the towers
1.5 hoursThe Roman gate, the wall walk and the patrician towers’ lanes — the two millennia at street level.
- Midday
Altes Rathaus and lunch
1.5 hoursThe Reichssaal tour (check the slot) and a Franconian-Bavarian lunch around the Haidplatz.
- Afternoon
UNESCO lanes and squares
1.5–2 hoursThe Haidplatz, the Neupfarrplatz’s excavation pit and the Goldener Turm’s skyline — the old town’s fabric.
- Evening
Stone Bridge and Wurstkuchl
OpenThe golden-hour panorama from the span, then six sausages on the terrace at the bridge’s foot.
GETTING AROUND
The whole day runs on foot — under 7 km inside the walls, flat throughout. No transport needed.
The Palace and the Walhalla
St. Emmeram’s basilica and the Thurn und Taxis palace circuit in the morning, then the boat or bus to the Walhalla’s marble hall and its river terrace in the afternoon.
- Morning
St. Emmeram and Thurn und Taxis
2.5–3 hoursThe basilica’s crypt, then the guided palace tour — state apartments, treasure chamber and the stables’ carriage museum.
- Midday
Lunch by the river
1 hourBack through the old town to the Spital brewery or the Kneitinger for the city’s beer tradition.
- Afternoon
Walhalla
3.5–4 hoursBoat from the Stone Bridge landing (or bus No. 5), the 358-step climb, the marble hall’s busts and the terrace panorama.
GETTING AROUND
Morning on foot (ten minutes from the Dom to St. Emmeram). The afternoon boat docks at the Stone Bridge landing; the bus No. 5 leaves from the Hauptbahnhof and takes about 25 minutes.
MAP & LOCATION
Regensburg in Two Days
Regensburg in Two Days, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany
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FOOD & DRINK
Where to eat nearby
Regensburg eats and drinks like the river city it is: grilled sausages at the Wurstkuchl — grilling by the Stone Bridge since the 12th century, the world’s oldest open-air grill, served with sauerkraut and sweet mustard at plank tables over the Danube — plus the Franconian-Bavarian canon of roast pork, dumplings and pretzel culture, and the Danube fish tradition at the city’s older tables.
The Historic Wurstkuchl is the essential (touristy and tiny, but the ritual is the point); nearby the Spital brewery — run by a medieval hospital foundation — pours its own beer under the towers, and the Kneitinger Brauhaus and Thurn und Taxis’ own cellar carry the city’s three-brewery tradition.
The old town’s lanes hide the range: the Haidplatz’s café square for breakfast, the Dachauplatz’s modern kitchens, the Stadtamhof quarter across the bridge for the quieter riverside tables. Leberkässemmel from the Viktualienmarkt-style market hall is the walking lunch.
Sweet Regensburg: the Prinzenküche’s historic pastries and the chocolate makers around the Neupfarrplatz. Camping travellers: the AZUR site’s kiosk covers basics and the No. 1 bus puts the old town’s tables at the campsite’s door in fifteen minutes; the Wurstkuchl’s picnic tables by the river work with your own supplies too.
HOTELS & STAYS
Where to stay nearby
The old town inside the walls is the right base: UNESCO lanes, the Dom and the bridge all walkable, hotels in patrician houses and merchant courtyards — the Sorat and the Orphée’s hotel wing are the classic addresses. Summer weekends book up with the festival calendar.
The Stadtamhof quarter just across the Stone Bridge trades a five-minute walk for quieter streets and softer rates, with the river view at the window.
The station quarter (south of the walls) holds the business hotels and the cheapest beds — fifteen minutes’ walk to the Dom, unbeatable for rail arrivals.
Camping: AZUR Camping Regensburg (at Weinweg on the Danube’s western edge, year-round, bus No. 1 to the old town) is the city’s standard site with riverside pitches; the smaller Stadtamhof riverside spots suit van travelers. Book ahead for the Bürgerfest week in July.
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