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Historic cathedral featuring Gothic and Baroque architecture, intricate mosaics, and stained glass windows. Highlights include a marble throne and guided tours for cultural insight.
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- springleringMarietta, GA550 contributionsI love cathedrals. Each has its own personality. This one was totally unexpected. Small and “honey” compared to most, it was like sneaking into your favorite grandma’s hidden closet full of sequined gowns and jewels.
The interior is covered in beautiful, glittering, colorful gilded mosaic work. Nearly every surface is a work of art.
I don’t think I’ve ever been in such an inspirational building. I’m itching to get home and try to reproduce some of the mosaics in needlepoint and metallic thread.
Just lovely.
While you’re there, be sure to visit the treasury. It is jaw dropping.Written April 14, 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - springleringMarietta, GA550 contributionsYou know it’s special when the whole building is a giant vault. Never seen anything like it. It was a work of modern day art in an of itself.
Why? Because the contents are absolutely priceless. Aachen was blessed with fine craftsmen and these pieces are the best of the best. Some of the reliquaries defy imagination.
You know, we think we are so much smarter and knowledgeable than people who lived 1,000 years ago. But I defy a modern craftsman to creat works if this standard. It’s just hard to wrap your head around how they managed this.
BTW, if you’re headed in that direction, Paderborn has a fabulous treasury as well, along with a stunning collection of medieval church embroideries.Written April 14, 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - deathracerMontreal, Canada2,076 contributionsI visited the Aachen city hall (Rathaus) on a Saturday afternoon. It surprised me how few people were there. I assume most of the tourists were at the cathedral.
The entry price is modest, and I downloaded a free self-guided 2D tour on my phone, which allowed me to point my phone at various paintings and furniture to see the story behind them. The app is really well done and highlights specific elements of a painting and tells the details of only that element of the painting. The stories are in text. If accompanied audio description was included that would really be a nice improvement.Written August 21, 2023This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - iro d6 contributionsAbsolutely amazing. My kids loved it.i loved it as well,it's in a very big area and its very clean,there were a lot of animals.
Congratulations for your jobWritten June 19, 2023This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - Fearless_JordBath, UK39 contributionsA great market to visit - the atmosphere of a 'classic' German market is un matched. The food is incredible, the stalls are stunning and the drinks are awesome. The lights and the decor are fantastic.Written August 4, 2023This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- springleringMarietta, GA550 contributionsIt’s a chocolate grocery store. Overwhelming choices. Look at the colored banners above, and choose the ones with the largest discount. We came the week after Easter and Easter candies were 80% off.
Popular things, like the Lindor balls are lightly discounted, so seek your values.
The Easter mixes we got included some balls, and were a true value.
The highlight here is the unusual flavors. We got a bag of cheesecake Lindor balls, some lime yogurt bars, even some dragonfruit bars.
Even though we count calories and watch our diets carefully, we cut loose, and have been scarfing a bag of Easter pralines down. Thankfully, most the rest are presents, except for a couple we’ve set aside to enjoy on the plane home.
You could easily lose your mind here. We saw women staggering under the load of huge boxes of chocolate they were trying to get back to their cars.
Worth a quick stop if you’re visiting the Dom and historic centrum of Aachen. Only a short drive away.Written April 13, 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - treetrippersFredericton, Canada580 contributionsJust a fun sculpture of little people and masks etc. kids were enjoying seeing what they could find there.Written May 18, 2023This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- Alan VBanbury, UK23 contributionsOne of the must-visit museums in Aachen, with a wide range of art, including paintings, sculptures and stained glass. We concentrated mainly on the touring Volker Hermes exhibition for which we had a knowledgeable and informative guide.Written April 22, 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- AMIA778Seville, Spain1,479 contributionsInteresting look inside a rich family's mansion that is kept like a time-capsule. Well-furnished with many interesting objects/household items, English info signage in every room, but lots of stairs. It's on the city's "6 for 6" museum card. Worth a visit.Written December 20, 2023This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- Patricia FBedale, UK231 contributionsA visit to his remnant of the mediaeval defences is essential for anyone even remotely interested in the history of Aachen.Written October 14, 2022This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- Simon CMunich, Germany191 contributionsModern museum with a smartphone app in 4 languages. Also many touch screens, models and copies of paintings and documents. I spent two hours in the museum.Written September 13, 2023This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- PeterV1Johannesburg, South Africa312 contributionsThis is probably the first place you will visit in Aachen.For tourists this is the central point and also the point from which many of the buses to outlying tourist sites depart from. The service staff are friendly, very helpful and knowledgeable. Don't wait, start your exploring here.Written October 4, 2019This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
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