Experience Bayreuth beyond the glamour of the Festival and the Wagner myth: this city tour takes you right into the abysses and ambivalences of the Nazi era.
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The tour sheds light on places where ideology, culture and power collided – from the Haus der Deutschen Erziehung (House of German Education), a centre of National Socialist indoctrination, to the destroyed synagogue and the suppressed traces of Jewish life, and on to the former Friedmann department store.
The Stadthalle, too, once designed as part of the planned Gauforum, shows how Bayreuth was drawn into the megalomania of National Socialist urban planning.
Between Wahnfried, the Chamberlain House and the Wagner clan, a complex web of veneration, propaganda and conformity unfolds.
Discover Bayreuth as a group
Groups can book the tour with their own guide at any time by arrangement. Please use the following form:
Book a public tour
Dates 2026: 18 April, 13 June and 29 August, each at 11 am
As an individual or small group, you can get tickets for the public tour at the Tourist Information at Opernstraße 22 or conveniently book online in advance.
Please note that your booked tour can no longer be cancelled once you have bought and paid for your ticket via BookingKit (more on this in our terms and conditions).
