Eight routes through Gera

From the theatre through the Küchengarten into the old town: City Museum, pharmacy, Samson fountain, town hall, the Höhler and the old town's highest point.

1. Start: Hotel
2. 1. Theater Gera
3. 2. Orangery & Küchengarten
4. 3. City Museum
5. 4. Town Pharmacy
6. 5. Samson Fountain
7. 6. Town Hall
8. 7. Gera Höhler cellars
9. 8. Schreiber House
10. 9. St Salvator's Church

Through the park to the Elster and Untermhaus: Gera's most photographed view, Otto Dix's birthplace and the keep of Osterstein Castle.

1. Start: Hotel
2. 1. Theater Gera
3. 2. Orangery & Küchengarten
4. 3. Hofwiesen Park
5. 4. St Mary's Church, Untermhaus
6. 5. Otto Dix House
7. 6. Osterstein Castle

Perfect with children: the theatre, the orangery, a play break in Hofwiesen Park, the fountain with strong Samson and finally the mysterious cellars beneath the city.

1. Start: Hotel
2. 1. Theater Gera
3. 2. Orangery & Küchengarten
4. 3. Hofwiesen Park
5. 4. Samson Fountain
6. 5. Gera Höhler cellars

Short on time? From the theatre straight to the heart of the old town: City Museum, pharmacy, Samson fountain and the town hall on the market square.

1. Start: Hotel
2. 1. Theater Gera
3. 2. City Museum
4. 3. Town Pharmacy
5. 4. Samson Fountain
6. 5. Town Hall

From the late Gothic St Mary's Church up to the keep of Osterstein Castle, then to the town hall tower, St Salvator's Church on the old town's highest point and finally the 70-metre tower of St John's Church.

1. Start: Hotel
2. 1. Theater Gera
3. 2. St Mary's Church, Untermhaus
4. 3. Osterstein Castle
5. 4. Town Hall
6. 5. Schreiber House
7. 6. St Salvator's Church
8. 7. St John's Church

For the curious and for rainy days: the art collection in the orangery, the Otto Dix House, the City Museum, the Museum of Natural History and the museum cellars.

1. Start: Hotel
2. 1. Theater Gera
3. 2. Orangery & Küchengarten
4. 3. Otto Dix House
5. 4. City Museum
6. 5. Schreiber House
7. 6. Gera Höhler cellars

From the Art Nouveau theatre to the Gothic Revival St John's Church, on to St Salvator's with its Art Nouveau interior and through Hofwiesen Park to Haus Schulenburg, Henry van de Velde's villa.

1. Start: Hotel
2. 1. Theater Gera
3. 2. St John's Church
4. 3. St Salvator's Church
5. 4. City Museum
6. 5. Hofwiesen Park
7. 6. Haus Schulenburg

The grand discovery tour through history, art and nature: Untermhaus, the van de Velde villa, the Elster, the old town, the underworld and St John's Church.

1. Start: Hotel
2. 1. Theater Gera
3. 2. Orangery & Küchengarten
4. 3. St Mary's Church, Untermhaus
5. 4. Otto Dix House
6. 5. Osterstein Castle
7. 6. Haus Schulenburg
8. 7. Hofwiesen Park
9. 8. City Museum
10. 9. Town Pharmacy
11. 10. Samson Fountain
12. 11. Town Hall
13. 12. Gera Höhler cellars
14. 13. Schreiber House
15. 14. St Salvator's Church
16. 15. St John's Church