One day in Gotha, Germany

A day through Gotha’s best-known sights that lie close together: Margarethenkirche, Friedenstein Castle, Burg Grimmenstein, Schlosspark Gotha, Gotha Museum of Nature and Tierpark Gotha. 6 stops, about 2.2 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.

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The route

  1. MargarethenkircheTemple or shrine · On the map
  2. Friedenstein CastlePalace · 0.5 km on from Margarethenkirche · On the map
  3. Burg GrimmensteinCastle · Next to Friedenstein Castle · On the map
  4. Schlosspark GothaGarden · 0.3 km on from Burg Grimmenstein · On the map
  5. Gotha Museum of NatureMuseum · Next to Schlosspark Gotha · On the map
  6. Tierpark GothaZoo or aquarium · 1.4 km on from Gotha Museum of Nature · On the map

6 stops, 3 km on foot along the streets: about 36 min of walking.

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Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.

Good to know

  • Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
  • The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
  • Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.

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