Bavaria · Self-guided walk
Landshut in one walk 8 sights, 45 minutes
A self-guided walking tour of the Landshut Old Town: 8 sights on one 3.1 km loop, about 45 minutes on foot, back where you started.
No two days to spare? Here is the short version: the big sights in one loop. I would take longer. I always take longer.
At a glance
The walk in numbers.
- Distance
- 3.1 km, a loop
- Time
- about 45 minutes of walking at 4 km/h, plus however long you stop
- Sights
- 8
- Start and finish
- Basilika Sankt Martin
- Steps
- on Fürstentreppe, Burg Trausnitz, Überreiterweg
- Cost
- free: no guide, no booking, no tip
The route
Map of the Landshut walk: 8 stops, one loop.
The gold line is the walk. The numbers are the stops, in the order you reach them. The pale lines are every other street in the Old Town.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
The stops
8 sights in Landshut, in walking order.
Each stop says how far the next one is and which streets take you there.
1. Basilika Sankt Martin
the start
You will see it before you reach it. It steps out in front of the house line at the top of the Altstadt and takes over the whole street. Look up. Then look up again.
Next: Burg Trausnitz, 730 m, about 11 min, along Martinsfriedhof, Altstadt, Dreifaltigkeitsplatz, Alte Bergstraße, Fürstentreppe, Burg Trausnitz.
2. Burg Trausnitz
about 11 minutes of walking from the start
Up the Hofberg, at the top of a climb you will feel in your legs. The town began at its foot. Steep streets are chewy. I take my time with them.
Next: Schanzl, 190 m, about 3 min, along Burg Trausnitz.
3. Schanzl
about 14 minutes of walking from the start
About twenty minutes uphill from the Altstadt, on a signposted path. This is the spot where everybody stops and turns round. I do not blame them. It is a good place to be still and hungry at the same time.
Next: Ursulinenkirche, 1,100 m, about 16 min, along Burg Trausnitz, Überreiterweg, Schluchtweg, Hauptweg, Am Prantlgarten, Bindergasse, Neustadt.
4. Ursulinenkirche
about 30 minutes of walking from the start
Small, at the north end of the Neustadt, and easy to walk straight past. The last of the orders to arrive in town settled here, and it got the quiet corner. There is a lane named after it right beside the door.
Next: Heilig Geist, 210 m, about 3 min, along Herrngasse, Heiglgasse.
5. Heilig Geist
about 33 minutes of walking from the start
Walk north along the Altstadt until the street runs out. That roof is what stops it. A hospital stood on this spot by 1209, right where the crossing over the Isar was, so this end of town has been looking after arrivals for a very long time.
Next: Rathaus Landshut, 280 m, about 4 min, along Altstadt.
6. Rathaus Landshut
about 38 minutes of walking from the start · inside open Mon–Thu 08:00–16:00, Fri 08:00–12:00, Sat–Sun closed
Halfway along the Altstadt, where the gables get competitive. Every front on this street is trying to out-step the one next to it, and this one wins. There is a room upstairs I am not going to describe.
Next: Stadtresidenz, 190 m, about 3 min, along Hauptwachgässchen, Ländgasse.
7. Stadtresidenz
about 40 minutes of walking from the start
From the front it keeps its head down and lines up with the houses on either side. Go through the gateway. The courtyard behind does not belong on this side of the Alps, and that is the whole point of it.
Next: Ländtor, 160 m, about 2 min, along Ländgasse.
8. Ländtor
about 43 minutes of walking from the start
You walk through this one rather than past it. There were once a lot more like it around the edge of the Old Town, and now there are two. Arches are my favourite shape. You can chew a doorway from both sides.
Back to the start: Basilika Sankt Martin, 260 m, about 4 min, along Theaterstraße, Altstadt, Martinsfriedhof.
Every stop counts from the street; the hours are for going inside. Opening hours from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors. Check before you go.
After the walk
The rest of Landshut.
This loop is 8 sights. The Old Town is 71 streets, and I have opinions about all of them. Every street of the Landshut Old Town, with what to eat and where.
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