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Porta Nigra – Trier Main Market loop from Trier

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Rhineland-Palatinate

Porta Nigra – Trier Main Market loop from Trier

Moderate

4.8

(28)

254

hikers

Porta Nigra – Trier Main Market loop from Trier

02:07

8.26km

30m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 6, 2026

Waypoints

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Bus stop

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2.34 km

Porta Nigra

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The Porta Nigra is the best-preserved Roman city gate north of the Alps – an unparalleled connection between the ancient past and today's modern city. The old city gate dates …

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2.68 km

Group of three half-timbered houses built next to each other around 1600 at the junction of the main market and Simeonstraße (the sculpted year 1605 on facade no. 22 and …

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3.18 km

Constantine Basilica

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71 meters long, 32.60 meters wide and today with the south gable over 36 meters high. These are the dimensions of the basilica. Around 310 it was built by the …

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3.72 km

Imperial Baths, Trier

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The Imperial Baths are the monumental remains of a large-scale planned late antique Roman bath complex and later cavalry barracks, which have been preserved in the center of the Rhineland-Palatinate …

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4.91 km

Red House (Trier)

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Directly to the left of the Red House there is a glockenspiel on the house facade. Every hour on the hour, its 14 bells play the melody of a piece …

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4.95 km

At the top of the fountain stands the city's patron saint, Peter, who gave the fountain its name.
The four cardinal virtues are grouped over a hexagonal basin, namely Justitia …

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5.42 km

Cloister of Trier Cathedral

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The High Cathedral of St. Peter in Trier is the oldest bishop's church in Germany and the mother church of the Diocese of Trier. With a length of 112.5 meters …

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5.95 km

Trier Main Market

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Noteworthy, well-preserved house facades of different architectural styles with a market cross and St. Peter's fountain on the spacious square. On market days, there is a busy hustle and bustle here in the pleasantly traffic-calmed zone.

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8.26 km

End point

Bus stop

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Way Types & Surfaces

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4.82 km

1.34 km

1.02 km

648 m

293 m

Surfaces

4.80 km

2.76 km

563 m

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Comments

May 2, 2023,Zu Fuß durch Trier
From the Trier youth hostel we went at half past six to the Porta Nigra (visiting time was over), through the closed old town to the palace garden, looked for the old walls of the Kaiserthermen - unfortunately it was closed. I tried to climb a raised rock - no chance - Elke managed it and took some photos. Now …

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Parked for free on Bonnerstrasse on the other side of the Moselle. Visited Trier again with its world heritage sites, cathedral, Church of Our Lady, cloister, castle park, Electoral Palace, Porta Nigra, Imperial Baths. Unfortunately, the Basilica of Constantine was closed. Today was even more crowded with tourists than on Sunday. We also visited the Marian Column on Markusberg, and …

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