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Guided Tours
Informative and entertaining guided tours have a long tradition at the APX. They offer many and varied opportunities to learn more about life in Roman times.
Tour guides accompany you through Roman history.
Park tours
Guided tours of the Park provide an entertaining and at the same informative survey of the Roman city. The one-hour guided tour encompasses all the most important buildings in the Park.
Excavation tours
A guided tour of current excavations in the Park shows just what is still concealed in the ground: the remains of a Roman city. The tour guide also explains the methods used by the archaeologists to uncover the Roman city.
Nocturnus – Night-time tour of the Roman world
A night-time tour of the Roman city's "dark sides": illuminated by Roman lamps, the Park reveals its more mysterious side. These night tours take place after sunset all the year round.
The night-time tour can be booked for groups of 15 to 25 people. The tour takes one hour and costs EUR 9.50 per person. Guided tours for groups are available at any time, provided that the tour is booked at least 14 days earlier through our Service Hotline.
Individual visitors can join the one-hour night tour every second Friday of the month for EUR 9.50 per person. Since the number of participants is limited, you should register for the tour through our Service Hotline at least 14 days earlier. After this, tickets can only be purchased at the entrance, subject to availability.
Dates for individual visitors:
- 11 December 2009: 6 p.m.
- 08 January 2010: 6 p.m.
- 05 February 2010: 6 p.m.
- 12 March 2010: 7 p.m.
- 09 April 2010: 9 p.m.
- 14 May 2010: 9.30 p.m.
- 11 June 2010: 10.30 p.m.
- 09 July 2010: 10.30 p.m.
- 13 August 2010: 9 p.m.
- 10 September 2010: 8.30 p.m.
- 08 October 2010: 7.30 p.m.
- 12 November 2010: 6 p.m.
- 10 December 2010: 6 p.m.
- 14 January 2011: 6 p.m.
- 11 February 2011: 6 p.m.
Guided tours of the LVR-RömerMuseum
In August 2008, the new LVR-RömerMuseum in the Archaeological Park Xanten opened its doors. A fascinating tour of the Roman centuries in a spectacular building is awaiting you. Of course all textes are given in English, too.
Accompanied by a knowledgeable guide, you will meet the first legionnaires who arrived at the Rhine shortly before Christ's birth, experience the dramatic impact of the civil war in Rome on the Lower Rhine region and witness the rise and fall of the Roman city Colonia Ulpia Traiana. More than 2,500 original finds from the Colonia and the legions' camps illustrate Roman life in Germania.
A maximum of 15 persons can participate in a tour of the LVR-RömerMuseum. Due to the large number of exhibits in the new exhibition, the trying on of Roman clothes is no longer part of the standard tour. If you have a special interest in this subject, you can book an extra half-hour course on Roman clothes (additional cost: on weekdays EUR 15, on Saturdays, Sundays and holiday EUR 17).
Guided tours of the Town Baths
The baths are well worth visiting, for nowhere else in Xanten are the remains of ancient buildings so well preserved. Even the protective building conveys an impression of Roman architecture. The guided tour provides an insight into the building practice, the water supply and the systems used to heat the baths.
Open guided tours
Every weekend from May to September we offer open guided tours without prior booking in the Archaeological Park at 2.30 p.m.
In the LVR-RömerMuseum we also in winter offer open guided tours Saturdays at 12 a.m. and 2 p.m. and Sundays at 12 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2 p.m.
Cost: EUR 2 apiece.
Sunday tours
Archaeologists offer a very special guided tour in the LVR-RömerMuseum every first Sunday of the month. This tour is an ideal opportunity for visitors to discover new aspects and also to see familiar aspects from a new point of view. The Sunday tour is included in the normal admission price.
Information & reservations
A boring guided tour can ruin an entire vacation day …
Our tour guides are fully aware of this and therefore make every effort to avoid this pitfall. They are trained to adjust to the needs of all the various groups. More than 5,000 guided tours per year confirm the excellent reputation of our tours.
Please book your guided tour in advance through our Service Hotline. Do not hesitate to voice your special requests; our colleagues on the Service Hotline are fully familiar with all the possibilities available and have a direct link to the tour guides.
Standard guided tours
- Monday to Friday: EUR 30
- Saturday, Sunday, public holidays: EUR 34
Guided tours are also available in English, French, Dutch and Hungarian. A surcharge of EUR 5 will be charged to cover the additional costs for other languages. A sign language interpreter can be hired for visitors with limited hearing.
Excavation tours (max. 15 people)
- Monday to Sunday: EUR 36
Audio-Guide (tape recording)
- Rental fee: EUR 3
- Sale/CD/cassette: EUR 11
All prices are charged in addition to the normal admission price.
