Aarhus visits a large number of tourists, and many of them choose excursion holidays at this unusual resort. Some travelers make up the route within walking distance around the city yourself, others do not have enough time or desire for it. However, if you figure it out, it turns out that the excursion program on Aarhus is very simple, and even easier to implement it into life. Small size of the city and the compact location of significant monuments facilitate the task facing tourists. It remains only to decide on the topics of the excursion and can be sent on the road.
Self-tours of Aarhus
Alone organized walking tour of Aarhus, most often, is entertainment. To learn the useful information necessary for it about the main attractions of the city and the time of their work is the easiest way to the Aarhus bus station on Fredenshead, 45 in the information tourist department of Visitaarhus. The local staff, friendly and correct Danes, help not only decide on the choice of museums and architectural monuments, but also give comprehensive information about the entertainment establishments of the resort. By the way, tourists can take free map of the city and the poster of all the closest dates of urban events.
Start independently organized acquaintance with Aarhus is best from the city center, where monuments are installed with a centuries-old history and architectural creations, such as Cathedral Domkirk XIV century I. City Hall Building With a tower. The further route can be held on Sanderheide's central street leading to Cathedral of the Holy Clement . This is the sacred heritage of the city, which is the highest and longest church in Denmark, tourists can inspect for free or pay 20 crowns for the guide services, which for 40 minutes will tell interesting stories about the cathedral and his ministers.
Another item in a self-organization excursion to a small Danish resort can be visited Historic Museum Denmark Dedicated to Vikings. And if time and strength remain, then adult tourists can try to get to Museum of women or before Gallery Kuntshal . You can inspect the city until the full loss of forces. Clean and cozy Aarhus is a solid attraction, but the day is not dimensionless. Therefore, acquaintance with Aarhus sooner or later will have to end. The final point in the trial tour of the city is best to "put" in one of the restaurants or Pubs Ahhus. That's where the spiritual awareness of all seen the day knows perfectly with the carnal pleasure from the flushing of delicious dishes of Danish cuisine.
City excursions with guide
As for a walk with a historic or cultural bias, it is better to order it with private guides or in the tourist center, located at: Bengardspen Specialist Street (Banegårdspladsen), 20
A large selection of individual and group thematic excursions in Aarhus offers the Visitaarhus urban tourist bureau. To familiarize yourself with the rates travelers can in the Central Office of the Bureau on the Park Alley right in the Town Hall Building on the first floor. Bureau works from Monday to Saturday, and in the summer period even Sunday for Visitaarhus employees turns into a working day. You can look here from 9:00 to 18:00 on weekdays, on Saturday, the office opens at 10 am and finishes work at 5 pm. And from June to September, the work schedule of work on Sundays looks like this: from 9:30 to 13:00.
All those who wish to offer the following excursions in the travel bureau:
- Walking tour in the footsteps of the queen . Travelers interested in history, and everyone who strives during the next trip to learn something new, this excursion will have to do. Her route takes place on the favorite places of the ruling Queen of Denmark Margrete the second, which spends a lot of time in Aarhus. During the excursion, travelers will be able to visit the romantic park and the residence of the Royal Family in the Palace of Marcelisborg. True, the free inspection of the park with many bizarre sculptures will be possible only when the Queen does not fit in Aarhus.
Next, the guide will hold tourists to the Cathedral of the Holy Clement, which the Queen visits every visit to this cozy town. During walking the guide, the guide will tell tourists a lot of exciting stories from the life of the Danish kingdom. Especially memorable will be legends about Vikings and the legend of shipwreck. The final stage of the excursion will be a visit to the stores supplying the royal family with everything necessary during their stay in Aarhus. Shopping succeeds on the right "royal", not to all travelers he will have to afford.
The duration of the excursion will be three hours. For children up to 12 years, the route in the footsteps of Queen passes for free, adult tourists excursion will cost 290 Danish crowns.
- Street art . This excursion will allow tourists to see the ancient Aarhus from the other side. Especially interesting, it will seem young travelers and progressive ingenic guests. Walking route will be held through the Latin Quarter and the central part of Aarhus, where the tourists will open the wonderful creations of street artists. Moreover, multicolored graffiti and other Street-art masterpieces will be not easy to recognized locals, some of them will be from among the funded urban administration. The first stop will take place on the Store Torv Square, where the travelers will be asked to evaluate the work of one of the street arters on the wall is quite prestigious hotel resort. Further, the guests will get acquainted with the Latin quarter and the soapy sculptures of Aarhus. Finish the excursion in the cultural center of Godbyan, where travelers will be able to visit the workshops of various creators and climb on the inclined wall on the roof of the building.
This place gives the will for imagination. Here you can see what is really not at all. The excursion is really very interesting and unusual.
It lasts an art walk for two hours. The price for adults of art connoisseurs is 290 kroons, inquisite teenagers up to 12 years old can get acquainted with youth Aarhus for free.