Koblenz Walks: Promenade, Squares, Park

October 31, 2026

Start with the promenade

The easiest walk in Koblenz needs no plan. Follow the Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer promenade beside the Rhine, where river ships pass the cable car and the old churches rise behind the trees. At the northern end the path reaches the Deutsches Eck headland, where the Moselle joins the Rhine. The ground is flat and paved from end to end.

The square-to-square route

For the full tour of the old centre, allow two hours or more. The route has ten stops in this order:

Forum Confluentes, the modern civic hall on Zentralplatz that holds the tourist information desk.
Löhrstraße, walked northward to the square called Am Plan.
The Liebfrauenkirche, whose choir and baroque towers are worth a look inside.
Münzplatz, once the site of the electoral mint.
Jesuitenplatz, where the Town Hall occupies a 17th-century Jesuit college and the Schängelbrunnen splashes in the courtyard.
Görresplatz and the Historiensäule fountain column.
Kastorhof, with the Basilika St. Kastor and its Napoleonic-era fountain.
The Deutsches Eck, a place of national commemoration where quiet is expected.
The riverside promenade, heading south beneath the cable car.
The gardens of the Electoral Palace, free every day.

The long park

The Kaiserin-Augusta-Anlagen follow the Rhine for 3.5 km from the palace gardens toward the Oberwerth district. Queen Augusta of Prussia asked for the park in the mid 1850s, and it was finished by 1861. Shade comes from planes, limes and willows, and the beer gardens along the way face the river. No tickets are needed and there are no hills.

Walking with a guide

The tourist office offers daily Old Town tours in season, lasting two hours and held in German and English, often at 10:30 and 14:00. The price is about 10 EUR for adults and about 5 EUR for children aged 6 to 15. Please ask at the Forum Confluentes for times, or use the visit-koblenz.de site .

In the evening a guide in 17th-century night watchman costume leads a lantern-lit tour, with stories of plague, fire and scandal. Count on around 12 to 14 EUR a head.

Footing and safety

Paving in the Old Town is level and the lanes are walkable with a pushchair or wheelchair. The only real climb is the 20-minute hill up to Schloss Stolzenfels from the bus stop. On the promenade, keep children well away from the river’s edge, since the Rhine is a working shipping channel.