Aston Magna and Friends in Hamburg, October 2024
Aston Magna sponsored a tour to Hamburg, Germany, the week of October 14-20, 2024 with a group of energetic and culturally engaged travelers. The tour was facilitated by Karan Spanard of Scherzo Cultural Journeys, who had also previously organized our tours to Leipzig, Bologna and Prague. Below are some of the main attractions we experienced in this active seaport city, as well as taking advantage of its many cultural offerings. Highlights include:
- a visit to the Composers Quarter and Museum where we learned that such musical luminaries as Brahms, Telemann, CPE Bach, Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn and Gustav Mahler lived and composed there;
- a tour of Saint Michaelis cathedral culminating in an organ concert;
- a guided boat cruise on the Alster River in the heart of Hamburg;
- a guided tour of the ultra-modern Elbphilharmonie, the city’s principal concert hall, overlooking the busy harbor;
- a day trip to the ancient city of Lübeck with a tour of its cathedral;
- concerts, museum visits, many delicious meals – and more – in this epicurean city.
We invite you to join us on our next tour, tentatively slated for spring of 2026! Information will be available as plans are finalized.