Valence
Gateway to the sun
Aachen
The city of Charlemagne offers a cathedral, shops and a collection of gingerbreads.
The imprint of Charlemagne
Aachen is a pleasant city all year long, but celebrates Christmas like nowhere else with its famous markets, starting in November.
If you were to remember only one thing about this place: it is the city of Charlemagne. The city, where it took 20 years to build a cathedral, his cathedral. It was therefore also where he was buried.
This religious monument also contains many treasures: an exhibition of over 600 m² gathering approximately one hundred works of art and famous relics, exhibited once every 7 years.
With its galleries and shopping centres, Aachen is also a great place for shopping. In addition, it will appeal to lovers of sweets: gingerbread, the local speciality, comes in a thousand and one forms and not only around Christmas!
Shall we take you there?
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In order to feature in the 1st telephone directory, the town renounced its original name "Bad Aachen"
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The cathedral of Aix-la-Chapelle has held UNESCO world heritage status since 1978
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There are over 30 thermal springs there
Practical info
- At the station
- From door to door
