Thurgau guided tours of a special kind

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How about getting to know the canton of Thurgau from a new perspective? Curiosities, insider tips, art, phenomena: the (city) guides know the most incredible stories, the most amazing facts, the funniest anecdotes and the scariest and most beautiful adventures in Thurgau.

Street art: experience Frauenfeld's open-air gallery

Design your own graffiti or stickers? Immerse yourself in the Frauenfeld street art created in 2023? Then a street art workshop with a guided tour is the right thing for you. Three hours full of street art await the participants. In one half, guests discover the Frauenfeld street art artworks under the inspiring guidance of artists and curators Taina and ELF. The other half is hands-on: Participants become artists who spray graffiti or design their own stickers.

Street art workshop with guided tour

Organ walk in Fischingen Monastery

During the organ walk, Fischingen Monastery puts the organs of its baroque church center stage. There are four of them! The organ is considered the queen of instruments. It has character and inspires. Guests can experience this at first hand during the sound snacks that are played on all four organs during the tour. Incidentally, the queen of the four Fischingen organs is the 260-year-old Aichgasser organ. A whopping 2,265 organ pipes are waiting to delight guests with their sound.

Organ walk

Big search in the nature museum

The discovery tour "The great quest" takes families with a set of cards - without any technology or new media - through the Thurgau Nature Museum. According to the cards, the aim is to discover animals in the exhibition. For example, children can set off in search of something without legs or something shiny. Older children can look for something that rests in winter or has many offspring. Families are inspired to take a closer look at the local animal world, to talk about it and to think about its appearance and way of life. Borrowing the card set and admission to the museum are free of charge.

The great search

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Bischofszell night watchman tour

Charlemagne already relied on night watchmen to protect his towns. In Bischofszell, they were deployed from the third town fire in the 13th century at the latest - among other things precisely to prevent further fires. They were sworn guardians of order in the nocturnal Bischofszell of the Middle Ages. From May to October, on the eve of the new moon, the night watchmen of the guild, which still exists today, guide visitors along the historic route. They listen to the call of the hour and stories from the night watchmen's rich collection.

Night watchman tour

Fabulously beautiful or beautifully awkward?

Madame Bure, the nurse of Prince Louis Napoléon, opens her wardrobe and talks about life at Arenenberg Castle. Dressed up in historical costumes, the children move through the castle, learning how the imperial court lived, how they washed and what they ate.

Children's tour

Discover Kreuzlingen - free of charge and surprisingly diverse

From beer brewing at the harbor to herbalism in the Seeburgpark, from boat building to urban sketching: the city tours in Kreuzlingen invite you to experience history, nature and crafts up close - for young and old, all year round.

Discover Kreuzlingen city tours

Arbon women's history(ies)

Arbon has a lively historical past in which women have played an important role. A scenic tour takes you back in time and brings to life the everyday lives and activities of women from the past.

Women's city tour

Guided tour through Bischofzell's baroque rose gardens

Even Cleopatra in ancient Rome paid her respects to the victorious generals returning home by having a carpet of fragrant rose petals laid out. The love of roses in Bischofszell is probably older than we think. Whether it originated with the Benedictine monks of the monastery of St. Gallen or whether the canvas merchants were enchanted by the grace of the rose on their trading trips to France remains a mystery, however. You can find out more flowery stories on a rose tour in Bischofszell.

Rose tour

Rural life 200 years ago

Why were Thurgau farmers agricultural pioneers in the first half of the 19th century? What domestic skills did a woman need 200 years ago? Visitors can find answers to these questions on a guided tour of the St. Katharinental display depot of the Thurgau Historical Museum. More than 10,000 original objects on topics such as agriculture, viticulture, transportation, women's work, crafts and trades are waiting to be discovered. The great thing here is that you can touch and try out the objects on display.

Show depot St. Katharinental

In the Gottlieber confectionery

Gottlieberhüppen - what a wonderful Thurgau invention! But the delicate wafer rolls are no longer the only star of the confectionery in Gottlieben. You can discover the factory and the sweet temptations produced here on a guided tour. Afterwards, guests can try their hand at the chocolate workshop and create delicious chocolate creations under the guidance of Gottlieben employees. Exciting background information on the subject of cocoa included. A visit to the idyllic lakeside café directly on the Seerhein in Gottlieben and a visit to the manufactory store round off the offer.

Guided tours and workshops

The somewhat different city tour

The history of Frauenfeld told in a different way. On the tour, you will of course hear the story of the devastating town fires and how Frauenfeld came to be. There are also events from various centuries with a criminal touch to discover: the town fires and their effects on the suspected arsonists, the story of Mr. Schuppli, the anecdote about metal saws and what the expression "putting someone in the pillory" is all about.

City tour

Experience more stories in Thurgau up close

The Thurgau offers a variety of cultural discoveries - from from historical sites to to contemporary experiences. Exciting stories invite to invite you, the region from new perspectives from new perspectives.