Nuremberg Guided Day Trip from Munich by Train

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Munich, Germany

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8 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
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Offered in: English

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4.4

· Nikhil_G ·

Dec 2025

The city experience is interesting; tour guide was helpful in pointing out the old parts of the city and provided the history of reconstruction. I valued the visit to the rally grounds and the contextual information about it. It answered many questions I've always had.

· William_F ·

May 2026

Jason was an absolute delight. He was very knowledgeable about the sites we saw in Nuremberg and he gave us plenty of time for lunch at the Bratwurst Röslein restaurant.

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Overview

Discover beautiful and historic Nuremberg on this full-day rail tour from Munich. Relax on the comfortable train ride to Nuremberg, enjoy free time for lunch, and take a guided tour of the former Nazi Rally Grounds. Soak up German history, sample local delicacies, and snap photos of the medieval and gothic accents that decorate this modern city.

Nuremberg day tour from Munich by regional express train
Learn about the Third Reich and Nazi activities in Nuremberg from a guide
Admire preserved medieval and gothic architecture in the Old Town
Explore the former Nuremberg Nazi Rally Grounds with a guide

What's Included

Fully guided tour by fluent English speaker with specialist knowledge
Return rail journey from Munich
Walking tour of Nuremberg

Gratuities
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Food and drinks
Admission to Nazi Party Documentation Centre

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Radius Tours
Dachauer Str. 4, 80335 München, Germany
You find our office and meeting spot at Dachauer Straße 4, a shop with large glass windows and a small parking space infront. We are facing north side. Please come and meet us inside this location 20 min prior to departure time.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Operating hours
.10:30 am

Itinerary

Your full-day trip from Munich to Nuremberg begins bright and early. Meet your guide in central Munich; then head to the train station. With round-trip fare included, you’ll enjoy a convenient, worry-free way to travel.

Upon arriving in Nuremberg, set off on an extensive walking tour. Thanks to your guide—an expert in local history—you’ll learn stories and facts about the city that you wouldn’t uncover on your own. Explore its historic center, and discover markets, churches, and more, including a visit to the medieval Imperial Castle of Nuremberg.

In the 20th century, Nuremberg entered a dark chapter when it served as a major center of the Third Reich. You’ll also visit its Nazi Party Rally Grounds (Reichsparteigelande).

Finally, enjoy a smooth and comfortable journey back to Munich via train. Once you arrive in the evening, this tour ends.

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5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Nuremberg

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Nurnberger Rathaus

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Schöner Brunnen (Pass By)

St. Sebaldus Church (Pass By)

Kaiserburg Nurnberg

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Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed

Near public transportation
Infants must sit on laps
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 25 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Featured review

MarkE_W

Paul was a fantastic tour guide. He was super nice and had a lot of history to share about the city and the sights. He shared many personal stories and it really added to the experience He took great care of us and spent time with everyone to make sure we were comfortable, happy and enjoying the day I would highly recommend him and this excursion

Reviews

4.4

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Nuremberg Disaster

Lee_H, Jun 2026

If you like riding trains for 5 hours plus round trip from Munich, this tour is for you. Hardly any time spent seeing any sights. Our guide was very good at describing the history of Nuremberg, just had no time to see anything. All in all, a total waste of time and money.

Response from Host, Jun 2026

Lee, we are sorry to hear that this tour was not for you. Yes, Nuremberg is a 2 hour train ride, which we assume you will know when booking a ticket. We are glad to hear that your guide was good, which is why you go on such a tour. Safe travels

I was very content with how this tour went. Our guide provided a wealth of information on Nuremberg.

John_S, Jun 2026

The guide was extremely knowledgeable and helpful. I would do this tour again and recommend it to everyone.

Response from Host, Jun 2026

John, thanks for the recommendation of your tour to Nuremberg with Radius Tours, greatly appreciated.

Great historical tour of Nuremberg

Julio_A, May 2026

Our tour guide Paul was fantastic. This is a historical tour that goes into not only the ancient history of Nürnberg but also into the details of WWII and how the Nazi party came to be. Paul showed us the major landmarks and we had plenty of chances to take pictures. It is fast paced and we covered a lot of ground. Easy walking surfaces. We even had a 1 hourbreak to eat lunch (we paid ourselves, but sat as a group). If you enjoy learning the historical background of a city, this is for you and Paul is your guide!

Response from Host, May 2026

Julio, Thank you for this outstanding review of the tour in Nuremberg. We are glad you had a great expereince with Paul. Radius Tours

Kevin is a fantastic, engaging, and thoughtful guide.

Gerry_S, May 2026

Lots of walking and the [no a/c] bus that takes you from one side of the town to the WW2 sites was swelteringly hot on a 75-degree day. If warm, dress lightly.

Response from Host, May 2026

Gerry, Thank you very much for the review, recommendations and advice. This is great. Radius Tours

Jason was excellent.

William_F, May 2026

Jason was an absolute delight. He was very knowledgeable about the sites we saw in Nuremberg and he gave us plenty of time for lunch at the Bratwurst Röslein restaurant.

Response from Host, May 2026

William, glad you had a great day in Nuremberg with Jason.

This was a wonderful...

Yvonne_H, Apr 2026

This was a wonderful full-day tour with a fantastic guide, Elisabeth. We were a small group and she was able to provide a lot of one-on-one conversations with each of us. She gave us so much information about the history of the areas we visited, and took care of the timing so that I never felt rushed yet kept on schedule to catch the various trains that were used. We had an ample break in the afternoon to get a quick lunch and spend some free time in the city square. All in all, a wonderful and informative way to spend a day.

Response from Host, Apr 2026

Dear Yvonne, thank you for taking time to write a review! We are happy that you had a ncie day in Austria with our guide Elisabeth :) Radius Tours

Never travel on a...

Charmaine_A, Apr 2026

Never travel on a regional train on a public holiday in Germany. The experience was worse than disgusting. Overcrowding is putting it mildly.

Response from Host, Apr 2026

We appreciate your honest feedback that you shared on the tour you joined with us. Easter indeed can be very busy and do apologize for the trains being so crowded, as it was paired with the most beautiful weather that day, making the trains even more busy. I am afraid we have very little influence on how busy trains are, and we are sorry that this reduced the level of happiness on the day that you joined the tour. Sorry for that! Thank you for your understanding .

Poorly Designed Itinerary with Significant Logistical Issues

Christopher_A, Apr 2026

This tour has some interesting elements, but the overall design is fundamentally flawed and not worth the time or cost in its current format. The tour runs approximately 8 hours, yet nearly half of that time, around 4 hours, is spent on slow regional trains. After touring Nuremberg city center, you’re then put on an additional 20-minute bus ride to reach the next site. After the walking the parade grounds, you then have another short train ride to return to the Neumberg train station. In reality, this is less of a guided tour and more of a long, inefficient sequence of public transportation transfers. The return trip is particularly frustrating. Because the itinerary relies on the last train back to Munich, seating is not guaranteed. Most of our 23 member group were forced to stand for the full 2-hour journey back, of which 9 decided not to return because of the claustrophobic nature and prolonged standing, which is unacceptable after an already long and exhausting day. The pacing of the tour is another major issue. It is extremely rushed, with no scheduled breaks for bathrooms or a proper meal. We were given about 20 minutes to explore the main market and church, and were encouraged to grab food during that same window, which is simply not realistic. While the first portion in the medieval city had potential, it lacked depth. There were only a handful of stops with minimal historical explanation, leaving much of the experience feeling surface-level. The tour guide was also not allowed to accompany us inside the church to give further historical context. The second half of the tour was even more disappointing. The parade grounds are largely under construction and appear likely to remain that way for years. As a result, this portion turned into a long, uneventful walk through open space with very little to see. The historical context provided was extremely limited, essentially reduced to two key points: uncertainty about the site’s future use and its past role related to Zeppelin launches. That’s not nearly enough to justify the time spent there. Nearly our entire group of 23 people expressed that they would have preferred to skip this portion altogether. To be fair, our guide, Juana, was excellent, professional, personable, and doing her best within the constraints of a poorly structured itinerary. The issues here are not with the guide, but with the design of the tour itself. Bottom line: until the company makes serious structural changes, reducing transit time, improving pacing, and enhancing the depth and quality of the experience, I cannot recommend this tour.

Response from Host, Apr 2026

Christopher, thank you for sharing your honest feedback with us, which we do appreciate so that we can always try to increase the level of satisfaction of guests on our tour. That particular day it was the easter holidays, paired with stunning blue skies, just made the city super packed as well as the train, which we apologize for deeply, although we unfortunately have very little influence on this.

Fast-paced, 5-hour tour

Carol_R, Apr 2026

This tour begins and ends with an almost-2-hour train ride to and from Nuremberg. Once there, the tour moves at a very fast pace. (You have to be able to keep up.) Although you are offered options to split from the group, they don't make sense to me if you booked a tour. (Might as well take the train there by yourself.) We happen to go on Good Friday. So, the market and all the retail stores were closed. (We could have used that information ahead of time.) We had six solid hours of nonstop walking and sightseeing. There was no time on our own (except an hour for lunch). If the market and stores were open, there wouldn't be time allowed to visit any of them. And we had an extra hour on the tour because our return train was leaving an hour later. We spent 2 hours at the Nazi rally grounds. It was great that our tour guide had a Ph.D. in the topic, but it was overkill. There should be some way to offer the tour with a little free time built in without telling folks they can go off on their own and meet back at the train station for departure. (Why book a tour?) Having pointed out the negatives, if you toured on your own you would not be able to identify the important monuments nor get valuable information about them and on the town's history. And Achim offered just that. He was personable, knowledgeable, and very opinionated---all good things. But he needs to slow down a bit. Even with a small group, at times he took off and didn't look back until he got to his next destination. When I suggested that the tour needed to build in some more personal time for the tour goers his response was "you can't have your cake and eat it, too.'' Really? Why not?

Response from Host, Apr 2026

Carol, thanks for taking the time to review your tour to Nuremberg with Achim and Radius Tours. Glad your day was not boring.

No trains No problem

BRIAN_W, Dec 2025

Even tho the trains didn’t cooperate today our guide Sarah made the best of it. We didn’t make it Nuremberg because of cancelled and delay trains. Sarah stepped up and gave us an awesome tour of Munich and we got a refund for the original tour. If there were 10 stars I would rate our day a 10.

Response from Host, Dec 2025

Thanks Brian for the 5 star review of your almost tour to Nuremburg. Sorry for the hassle, and glad Sarah stepped up to the mark and saved the day!

Busy and Enjoyable

Nikhil_G, Dec 2025

Response from Host, Dec 2025

Dear Nikhil, thank you for reviewing! We hope to see you again when you are back in Munich :) Radius Tours

Please read before you book-not worth a penny!

Louis_V, Dec 2025

Where to begin. The tour was described as leaving time for lunch in Nuremberg. Nothing could have been further from the truth. First, the tour starts at 10:30 leaving virtually no time to do anything. After a two hour train ride our guide, Achim, left the train station going 100 miles an hour. He never looked back until he hit the street. There were 23 of us on the tour. Thankfully everyone managed to keep up. Once we got into the old town, he was rapid fire at every stop. When we finally got to the middle of town, he gave us two choices. Either stay in town for a couple of hours and meet him at the train station or go on with him to the Nazi parade grounds. There was literally 10 minutes in between. Two people did manage to get a sausage and eat it on the city bus to the parade grounds. Once at the parade grounds, it was hurry up and rush. Only eight of us elected to go to the parade grounds. Once finished, we learned our train back to Munich had been canceled. Our guide did find another train that left around the same time but because the people that stayed in town had to make it back to the train station on their own and because the train got canceled he lost five of the group. They did not make the other train back and for all we know they got stuck in Nuremberg. You would think that the Guide would have put us all on a WhatsApp group or given us his personal phone number since he separated the two groups and left the one group to get back to the train station on their own. I’m sure they had no way to contact anybody. I can’t imagine how pissed off they were. I can’t wait to read their reviews. We finally made it back to Munich only a half hour late. If you want the most rushed tour that you have ever been on with absolutely zero free time for lunch or whatever and a two hour train ride each way, this is the tour for you. I have used Viator all over the world with great experiences. This is the absolute worst tour I have ever taken with any tour group anywhere. Don’t waste your money. And pray for those poor bastards that got left in Nuremberg that they made it home safely.

Response from Host, Dec 2025

Louis, thank you for sharing your honest feedback on the tour you joined with us to Nuremberg. We have spoken to our guide about the situation and will ensure that actions like this will not happen agian in the future. We deeply apologize and can ensure you that this is not the quality we want to stand for.

Good historical...

Katie_R, Nov 2025

Good historical information about Hitler and WWII, but tour guide was abrasive, impolite and egotistical. It’s was obvious he did not like Americans.

Response from Host, Nov 2025

Hi Katie, thanks for taking the time to review the tour, and glad you got all the info required. We take such a review very serious, as this is not the opinion of the company, and should not be of the guides either. If you could be so kind as to send us per email the name of your guide, we would like to follow up on it, thanks www.radiustours.com.

The document center was...

Justin_B, Oct 2025

The document center was closed. It should not been included in the tour when i purchased it. So I paid extra for nothing

Response from Host, Nov 2025

Justin, The document center is NOT included in the tour and is listed as such on our informaiton. You did NOT PAY ANY EXTRA at ALL. We want you to have the facts about our excellent tours. Radius Tours

Historic Nuremburg

MICHAEL_S, Oct 2025

This was a day tour involving travel by train between Munich and Nuremburg. Our guide Sarah was very informative who managed to do a very good job of giving our group a condensed history of the city. The city has a good combination of modern and medieval buildings the latter of which is very interesting. Travellers should be mindful of the fact that the city is built on hilly ground and need to take care if they are prone to joint issues or have any respiratory conditions.

Response from Host, Oct 2025

Michael, Thanks fo rthe great review and recommendation of Sarah on the Nuremberg Guided Day Trip. Best, Radius Tours

Train ride to Nuremberg

Jason_B, Sep 2025

Alot of riding a train. Wasn't really alot to the trip. We got to go to Nuremberg. We didn't follow the group to the field by choice. Our guide was very cool.

Response from Host, Sep 2025

Thanks for taking the time to review your tour to Nuremberg, yes it is far away. Glad the guide was cool.

Great Tour

Jerald_P, Aug 2025

Very well scripted tour - our guide kept us organized between trains and shuttles - not sure how he kept track of us. Great history lesson and honestly gave us new vision around world war II - much different than taught in school. We made some new friends and hopefully future plans for Germany! Great job!

Response from Host, Aug 2025

Wonderful, we are very happy that you had a great day in Nürnberg with your new friends. All the best from Radius Tours

An excellent and informative tour

Karmen_M, Aug 2025

The day trip to Nuremberg from Munich was fantastic. Jason was a perfect guide. He was deeply knowledgeable about Nuremberg’s history, from the Middle Ages to the present day, and very engaging in his presentations of the information. The city is fascinating, and, especially in the Old Town, beautiful. The stops were well chosen and the timing was nice—not too rushed, but not dragging in any one spot either. My husband and I wanted to see a spot that was not scheduled as part of the tour, and Jason was incredibly helpful in enabling us to do so over the lunch break, going out of his way to make it easy. Highly recommended!

Response from Host, Aug 2025

Hi Karmen, thanks so much for taking the time to leave us a review on your trip to Nuremberg with Jason! We are very happy to know that you were able to see everything that you had on your wishlist :)

Worst Guide Ever

MICHAEL_B, Jul 2025

I've taken many tours with Viator both in the US and abroad and have always had an enjoyable experience. Unfortunately, I can't say that about this one. Our guide Achim looked like he just rolled out of bed, he was late getting the tour started so we practically had to run to the train station. Once on the train we realized there was no a/c and it was over 90 degrees inside. After reaching Hamburg he again was walking so fast that many on the tour couldn't keep up leaving some people over 100 yards behind. Luckily there was a tour trainee who stayed back to help them since he never even turned around to check. While on the tour he mainly talked about himself and his family history and his dislike for the US and Donald Trump. By the time he finished there was only about an hour left for people to go to Old Town to sightsee and shop which was what most had come to do. We only had enough time to grab something to drink and do a quick look around before we had to again run back to the train station, in the process losing 2 members of the tour who barely made it back to catch the train. The next time we saw him was back at the station in Munich where he had his hand out looking for a tip, which I gave to the trainee, thank god for her.

Response from Host, Jul 2025

Thank you Michael for sharing your honest feedback. I am very sorry that the day you joined our guide was not up to level that should have been. We will follow this up with our guide to ensure this does not happen again. Thanks for your understanding.

Would not recommend this...

Laura_B, Jul 2025

Would not recommend this tour to anyone. Start time of 10:30 was too late. The original tour time stated 8:30. Too much emphasis by the tour guide Achim on Nazi history and his personal history trying to convince everyone he was not a Nazi. Less than an hour in old town Nuremburg which did not allow for enough time to explore, eat and shop. Tour guide Achim would not wait on participants and kept a very fast pace making it hard for everyone to keep up. He left 2 participants behind at the rail station. We have taken a lot of tours in the past this one is by far the worst tour we have ever taken. Only reason we gave a one star is because zero was not an option.

Response from Host, Aug 2025

Thank you Laura for sharing your honest feedback. The tour did have a change in iteranary in February, which is where we had informed every guest about the change in departure time, due to a change in the Deutsche Bahn train schedule. On the other note, we are sorry to hear that our guide did not resonate with you. We will follow your review up with him. Thanks for your understanding.

A wonderful day in Nuremberg

MarkE_W, Jul 2025

Response from Host, Jul 2025

Thanks for the 5 str recommendation of your tour with Paul to Salzburg, glad you had a value added day out! Radius Tours.

Our tour guide Hein was...

Timothy_E, May 2025

Our tour guide Hein was nice but I felt he was not as knowledgeable as other guides we had on other excursions. We only had about 50 minutes to explore and get lunch on our own in the old section of nuremberg. Wish we had more time to do that. The rally grounds were a disappointment. They were run down and in disrepair. This tour was not what I expected and a disappointment. A four hour train ride to visit Nuremberg for about 3 and half hours.

Response from Host, May 2025

Thank you Timothy for sharing your honest feedback. We are sorry to hear that you had different expectations from the city of Nuremberg. It is hard for us vouch for this, as the WW2 sites just are what they are 80 years later.

Nurenburg

Judy_M, Apr 2025

Hein was a very informative guide. We all wished we had more time in old town, but really enjoyed the tour.

Response from Host, Apr 2025

great to hear that you enjoyed the tour

Tour is great, watch out for the train ride- bring your own seat.

Heather_D, Jan 2025

Carl the tour guide was awesome, a wealth of knowledge and extremely personable! My ONLY suggestion would be for him to slow down, damn does he walk fast! lol It was difficult keeping up with him all the time. Super nice guy!!! Other suggestion would be to buy seats in the train! It is unacceptable that people in the group had to stand in the isle for over 2 hours to get back to Munich! That is crazy!!

Response from Host, Jan 2025

Heather, Thank you for taking the time to review the tour. We are sorry the train trip was crowded on a commuter train, but cannot control that. As for 1st class seating we could always pay for the upgrade but would cost customers more... Best, Radius Tours

Unique and wonderful experience

Eric_V, Jan 2025

We really enjoyed seeing Nuremberg and learning from our tour guide, Paul. We appreciated his unique way of story telling to discuss the role of Nuremberg during WWII. Well spoken, thoughtful, and full of local knowledge, he made this an unforgettable tour.

Response from Host, Jan 2025

Dear Eric, thank you for leaving a review! We are glad you had a good tour in Nürnberg and we hope to see you again :) Radius Tours.

The tour guide I had was...

Sean_P, Dec 2024

The tour guide I had was Elisabeth and she was extremely knowledgeable about Nuremburg. I had no idea the full history of Nuremburg which is over 1000 years old and the tour/Elisabeth does an excellent job focusing on the total history of the city and the importance of the city throughout those 1000 years. I would highly recommend going on this tour.

Response from Host, Dec 2024

Thanks for the 5 star review of Eli, great that she made your visit to Nuremberg all the more pleasant.

We had a great time - had...

Kathy_T, Oct 2024

We had a great time - had plenty of time eat. Ahem, our tour guide, was great at pointing out all the sights and had interesting stories along with them. I would highly recommend this tour.

Response from Host, Nov 2024

Kathy, Thanks for recommending the day trip to Nuremberg. Best, Radius Tours

Our tour wrh Elizabeth...

VikkiJ_S, Oct 2024

Our tour wrh Elizabeth was wonderful. She is very knowledgeable and patient. We had a great trip to Nuremberg.

Response from Host, Oct 2024

Super that Eli was able to make your trip out to Nuremberg all that much more enjoyable!

Old town Nuremberg tour

Emma_D, Sep 2024

Geoff our guide was great, so patient and he expertly guided our group into trains, buses trams etc. I mustn’t have read the description properly as I thought it was more of a WWII history tour but it was an old town Nuremberg tour, although we did see some significant WWII sites. Meeting place was easy enough to find (although we did walk past it twice without noticing it) Long day trip but interesting and good to see. Geoff knew a lot and went out of his way to ensure everyone was ok and help in anyway he could

Response from Host, Sep 2024

Super that you had a wonderful day out with Geff in Nuremberg! Radius tours

Full day adventure, but feels like we didn’t see anything

Megan_G, Sep 2024

Really torn on this one. For the amount of things that we saw, I understand why we just “flew by” things in the city vs stopping to see anything - but at the same time I felt like there was a lot of wasted time and not a ton of information provided. I would have rather paid more for the tour to take the high speed train vs taking cheap train with a transfer as that significantly ate into our time to see things. And once we finally got there we had to wait again to pick up people staying local. The tour guide was clearly not passionate about the city buildings/history compared to the Nazi Rally Grounds which is where his story telling clearly came alive (except for the sausages which he was clearly a fan of - and credit where credit is due…they were really good!) The other downside was to get to the Rally Grounds we had to hop on a local bus and drive 20 minutes. The Rally Grounds were definitely worth seeing, but just added to the feeling of disorganization that I felt encompassed the entire tour. We honestly almost didn’t even make it there as I was ready to bail and spend the rest of the day wandering around the old city. I’m glad we didn’t and stuck with it, but if you want to see a lot without going into churches, buildings, etc this may be the tour for you. For me, I think we could have potentially done it more efficiently ourselves without a tour group as the day just felt disorganized and like there was a lot of wasted time and we would have had a deeper experience doing it another way.

Response from Host, Sep 2024

Megan, first of all, thank you very much for sharing your very detailed review, we surely appreciate this to improve our services. In order to do that, would you mind sharing with us who your guide was and which day your joined the tour? As from your review alone we do not have any direct insight of which day you joined our tour. The focus of the tour is to offer a relaxed day out to the City of Nuremberg, so if the experience cam across as rushed, this should not be the case and we very much apologize for that. So if you could share these missing informations with me, this is most appreciated so that we can ensure that this is adressed with our guide. Thanks for your understanding.