On Imperial Footsteps

Above and below ground through the palace district

Join our underworld experts on a sturdy two-hour walk through Trier and experience places that are otherwise not accessible to the public.

If you want to bow before the Roman emperors in Trier 1700 years after their audiences, you have to descend deep. You must go into the otherwise inaccessible excavations beneath today's Constantine Basilica to sense the beginnings and splendid history of this Roman audience hall. You must enter the locked cryptoporticus, an underground corridor that once belonged to a luxurious villa in the later imperial district. And you must wander through the service tunnels of the Imperial Baths, where water and workers were supposed to support bathers in their sports and wellness routines. Emphasis on were supposed to. Because not only the Imperial Baths hold a well-kept secret, but also all the underground places you will explore during this exclusive small-group tour.