How to spend top weekend in Augsburg - ideas on extraordinary attractions and sites

Adrenaline Rush with River Rafting

You can enjoy excursions and a variety of extreme water sports during your stay in Augsburg. For example, you have the opportunity to go river rafting. You can make rafting on an inflatable boat on the rivers, at the intersection of which the city is located. You also have the opportunity to make rafting on the artificial pond Eiskanal with a channel that is completely made of concrete.

It was created in 1972 near Augsburg before the summer Olympics in Munich. You will also feel like a real athlete. You can book a rafting tour at firm RTA. An instructor will accompany you during rafting. Rocks, plastic structures, concrete boulders, and tires will become water barriers. Such an active holiday will significantly increase the level of adrenaline in your blood.

City Tour on a Segway

You can explore the sights of Augsburg on foot. You can also book a city tour on the Segway. This can be done in the company of Seg Tour, for example. Segway is an environmentally friendly mode of transport. It is a scooter with two wheels. It runs on an electric charge. The trip on it will be less tiring for you than walking. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

The guide will be with you. He will teach you how to use a vehicle in a quarter of an hour. The guide will tell you about the history of Augsburg during the tour. Training is included in the price of the tour. You will also be provided with a helmet. If the weather will be bad, you will also be given a raincoat. After that, you will start your journey. You will pass through five city gates, city streets and monuments. You will manage the Segway on your own. You will get new impressions from an interesting excursion and an unusual vehicle.

Climb to the Top of the Tower and Run on It

There is the round watchtower Perlachturm height of 70 meters in Augsburg. The best view of the city opens from the observation deck under its bell tower in good weather. You can visit it from the beginning of May to the end of October. If autumn will be warm, you will also be able to visit the site in November. You need to buy a ticket to climb to the top of the tower on the 261 steps of the spiral staircase. It costs 2 euros.

You will see a breathtaking panorama standing on the site. You can admire the tall residential buildings, the boundaries of the ancient city center and other watchtowers. If the South wind will blow from the North African desert, it will disperse the clouds. So you will admire the Alpine mountains. But don't forget that the bells are right above your head. Therefore, you should immediately close your ears when they start ringing.

You can climb the tower daily just to see Augsburg. However, you will get the opportunity to take part in a high-speed race to the Perlachturm observation deck on the day of the feast dedicated to St. Michael. "Athletes" start every 2 minutes. If you manage to reach the top of the tower in about 1 minute you will be recognized as a talented runner.

Petting Zoo

You will have an interesting time in Augsburg. There is an opportunity to visit the petting zoo here. There are about 2 thousand inhabitants here. Enclosures with African animals occupy a quarter of the zoo. Giraffes, zebras, and antelopes live here. It will seem to you that they graze together. You will surely be frightened when you see a lion that walks freely near you. However, you will calm down after you notice that there is a fence between you and the animal. However, they are quite low.

You can see Dagestan Tur and horned goat while standing on a glassed-in observation deck. It is located near the feeders. However, you can see not only the representatives of the animal world, being at a close distance from them in the Augsburg zoo. You will also have the opportunity to pet them. You will also see show-feeding seals, ride an elephant, feed the ducks and look into the service room. There is also an opportunity to look into the enclosure of one of the animals. However, this can only be done accompanied by a zoo employee.