Koblenz Walking Routes: Riverside and Old Town

October 31, 2026

Three ways to walk Koblenz

Koblenz is flat and paved, with the Old Town squares, the confluence and a long riverside park all within a short walk of one another. The routes below run from a short stroll to a half-day circuit.

Short route: Old Town to the confluence

The central core of Koblenz can be crossed on foot in about 45 minutes without stops. Begin at the Forum Confluentes, then go via Jesuitenplatz, where the Town Hall courtyard holds the Schängelbrunnen, and on to Kastorhof and the Basilika St. Kastor. Finish at the Deutsches Eck headland.

Long route: the full circuit

Two to two and a half hours allows stops for each square and church. This version starts at Zentralplatz and heads up Löhrstraße to Am Plan, with its cafes and 18th-century houses. It then calls at the Liebfrauenkirche, Münzplatz, Jesuitenplatz, the Historiensäule on Görresplatz and St. Kastor, before reaching the Deutsches Eck. The return follows Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer under the cable car to the Electoral Palace gardens. The surfaces are even and step-free, so the route works for pushchairs and wheelchairs.

Riverside route: Kaiserin-Augusta-Anlagen

South of the Electoral Palace the Kaiserin-Augusta-Anlagen follow the Rhine for 3.5 km toward Oberwerth. Queen Augusta of Prussia, later empress, ordered the park in 1856 and it was ready by 1861. Plane trees, limes and willows give shade, and flower beds, monuments and beer gardens line the path with views of passing ships. Walking out and back takes about an hour and a half and costs nothing.

Guided walks

The city tourist office organises two-hour Old Town tours, held daily in season, often at 10:30 and 14:00. They run in German and English. The adult price is about 10 EUR and a child’s about 5 EUR. Ask at the Forum Confluentes or look at the city tourism site for current times.

The evening night watchman tour is a costumed walk with a lantern and a halberd through the Old Town lanes, telling tales of plague, fires and local scandals. Expect to pay around 12 to 14 EUR.

What to know

The Deutsches Eck is a national commemoration site with Berlin Wall segments, so keep noise down there.
Stay on the paths beside the Rhine. The river is a shipping channel with strong currents.
Small taverns often take only cash.
The only steep walk is the climb to Schloss Stolzenfels, about 20 minutes uphill from the bus stop, and the tours there are in German.

Extending the walk

The cable car leaves from the promenade near St. Kastor and rises to the Ehrenbreitstein plateau. The fortress is open year-round, and its Retirierturm viewing platform looks down on the confluence.