Are you planning to visit Germany? And are you wondering about the best places to visit in Augsburg? Then you certainly came to the right place: My detailed Augsburg travel guide will tell you everything you need to know.
The Capital of Swabia surely is among the top 20 day trips from Munich. As a local, I made sure to include all the obvious and none-obviously tourist highlights and points of interest in Augsburg. The most famous tourist attraction in Augsburg is probably the Augsburger Rathaus town hall.
Go here to marvel at the impressive Golden Hall on the second floor. Sadly, the original burned down during World War II, but in the ies it was reconstructed based on old photographs and paintings. Did you know that Augsburg was once the financial center of Europe? In the middle of the 15th century, the Fugger family built a merchant empire spanning across half the world.
Jakob Fugger is widely accepted as one of the richest persons of all time. Five centuries later, the family still runs the very same complex. A small part of the Fuggerei is converted into a museum. Fun fact: The entry fee of 6,50 euros is eight times the annual rent of a house in the Fuggerei! Still, the first Renaissance-style building ever to be constructed north of the Alps is worth walking by.
Note: The former Bathhouse Badestube is open to the public, you will have to call the tourist information to make an appointment, though! The Wasserwerk am Roten Tor waterworks at the red gate is the oldest waterwork in middle Europe.
