Free Walking Tour Wiesbaden: Spa, Springs and Neroberg

From the Kurhaus colonnades past a Roman wall and a spring hotter than 66 °C, up to the golden domes on the Neroberg, all on one free route on foot.

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Twelve stops lead from the Kurhaus Wiesbaden through the spa quarter and the old town up to the Nerobergbahn: 7.0 km and 1 h 44 min of pure walking. With short visits, plan about three and a half hours.

Most stops are free. Museum Wiesbaden and the Kaiser-Friedrich-Therme charge admission, the Nerobergbahn a fare. Route, map and GPS navigation are free in your browser; the AI Tour Guide is optional.

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The 12 stops along this route

  1. Kurhaus Wiesbaden, stop 1 on the self-guided walking tour
    1Kurhaus Wiesbaden
  2. Kurpark in Wiesbaden, stop 2 on the self-guided walking tour
    2Kurpark
  3. Hessisches Staatstheater in Wiesbaden, stop 3 on the self-guided walking tour
    3Hessisches Staatstheater
  4. Wilhelmstrasse in Wiesbaden, stop 4 on the self-guided walking tour
    4Wilhelmstrasse
  5. Museum Wiesbaden, stop 5 on the self-guided walking tour
    5Museum Wiesbaden
  6. Marktkirche in Wiesbaden, stop 6 on the self-guided walking tour
    6Marktkirche
  7. Roemische Heidenmauer in Wiesbaden, stop 7 on the self-guided walking tour
    7Roemische Heidenmauer
  8. Kaiser-Friedrich-Therme in Wiesbaden, stop 8 on the self-guided walking tour
    8Kaiser-Friedrich-Therme
  9. Kochbrunnen in Wiesbaden, stop 9 on the self-guided walking tour
    9Kochbrunnen
  10. Russisch-Orthodoxe Kirche in Wiesbaden, stop 10 on the self-guided walking tour
    10Russisch-Orthodoxe Kirche
  11. Neroberg in Wiesbaden, stop 11 on the self-guided walking tour
    11Neroberg
  12. Nerobergbahn in Wiesbaden, stop 12 on the self-guided walking tour
    12Nerobergbahn
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  1. 1

    Kurhaus Wiesbaden

    Kurhaus Wiesbaden, stop 1 on the self-guided walking tour

    Start on the Bowling Green, the lawn with two fountains in front of the Kurhaus main entrance. British spa guests gave it that name, and it stuck. Along its north side runs the Kurhaus colonnade, 129 metres long and counted as the longest columned hall in Europe; along the south side the Theater colonnade leads to the Staatstheater. The young plane trees lining the square replaced the old ones when a car park was dug underneath in the mid 2000s.

    Kurhaus means cure house, and this was the social centre of the spa town. Today it is the city's convention centre, with a large and a smaller hall, a restaurant and the casino, the Spielbank. The Romans already knew the hot springs here, and the city's name goes back to Wisibada, the bathing place in the meadows.

    The first spa house on this spot, built by Christian Zais in 1810, was a modest classical building with a columned portico, and Goethe praised it on one of his many visits. Then the upper classes came for the cure: 20,000 spa guests in 1840, ten times as many by 1910. A bigger, grander house was needed, and the rebuild reshaped the park behind it in 1907. Two columns of the old portico survived; you will meet them in a few minutes.

    The casino was known for allowing the highest roulette stakes in Germany, at least as of 2005, and Fyodor Dostoyevsky is said to have found the inspiration for The Gambler at its tables. The foyer and the colonnades are free to walk into, and a few minutes in the colonnade are worth it even if you never place a bet.

    Walk around the building into the green behind it: the Kurpark is 380 m, about 5 minutes away.

    Hours
    Building/foyer generally accessible during events and daytime; Casino slots (Kurhaus Kolonnade) Mon–Sat 11:00–04:00, Sun & holidays 12:00–04:00; Classic gaming Sun–Thu 14:45–03:00, Fri–Sat 14:45–04:00
    Price
    Free to enter building foyer and colonnades; casino entry free with valid ID (gaming expenses vary); event tickets separate
  2. 2

    Kurpark

    Kurpark in Wiesbaden, stop 2 on the self-guided walking tour

    The Kurpark was laid out in 1852 as an English landscape garden and covers 75,000 square metres. It follows the valley of the Rambach stream from the Kurhaus toward the village core of Sonnenberg, and on the slopes around it you see the large villa districts of the late 19th century, the homes of those who came for the cure and stayed.

    Head for the pond with its six metre fountain, framed by old and partly exotic trees. On the small square called Nizzaplätzchen stand two sandstone columns from the middle section of the old 1810 Kurhaus, next to a bust of Dostoyevsky, the gambler of the casino you just left. At the far end of the park stands the monument to the writer Gustav Freytag. If you come in early April, the magnolias are in full bloom.

    Between the Kurhaus and the pond sits the band shell. Classical concerts used to play here every Sunday; more recently the park has hosted pop concerts, Sting in 2004 and Patricia Kaas in 2005. On 28 July 2005 the Dalai Lama spoke here in front of about 10,000 people. During the 2006 World Cup and Euro 2008 the park was briefly renamed Helmut-Schön-Park, after the football coach.

    The park was reshaped in 1907 with the new Kurhaus and thinned out in 1937, and in recent years large trees have been replaced by native ones. Entry is free. From here it is 600 m, about 8 minutes, back toward the Bowling Green and the Hessisches Staatstheater.

    Hours
    May–Sep daily 05:00–23:00; Oct–Apr daily 05:00–20:00
    Price
    Free admission
  3. 3

    Hessisches Staatstheater

    Hessisches Staatstheater in Wiesbaden, stop 3 on the self-guided walking tour

    The ornate building at the end of the Theater colonnade is the Hessisches Staatstheater, opened on 16 October 1894 in the presence of Emperor Wilhelm II. He had pushed for it and supported it substantially, because he came to the spa in Wiesbaden regularly. The Viennese architects Ferdinand Fellner and Hermann Helmer won the competition and built it in Baroque Revival style in two years, following their models in Prague and Zurich. The foyer was added in 1902 by Felix Genzmer.

    The theatre's names trace German history. After the First World War it became the Prussian State Theatre; when the city took over in 1932 it was renamed the Nassau Provincial Theatre. A bomb on 3 February 1945 badly damaged the building. The front was partly restored, and in 1947 it reopened as the State Theatre of Great Hesse, later the Hessisches Staatstheater. In the 1970s the auditorium was restored to its historic look and a new wing added for rehearsal rooms and workshops.

    Today the company plays opera, drama, ballet, musicals and concerts on four stages: the Großes Haus with 1,041 seats, the Kleines Haus with 328, a studio with 89, and the separate Wartburg stage. Every year it hosts the International May Festival, founded in 1896 after the Bayreuth example.

    You see the auditorium only with a ticket for a performance; the box office sells them. If you are in town for an evening, an opera here is the way to see the interior. Otherwise, admire the facade and walk on 230 m, about 3 minutes, to the Wilhelmstrasse.

    Hours
    Exterior view always accessible; Box office (Großes Haus) Tue–Fri 11:00–19:00, Sat 11:00–14:00, Mon/Sun/holidays closed; Performance box office opens 1 hour before showtime
    Price
    Event tickets vary by performance and seating category; box office service hours free of charge
  4. 4

    Wilhelmstrasse

    Wilhelmstrasse in Wiesbaden, stop 4 on the self-guided walking tour

    The Wilhelmstrasse is Wiesbaden's grand boulevard, and you can read the city's plan from it. To the west lies the old town, to the east the spa and villa district; the street forms the eastern edge of the Historic Pentagon. Upscale shops line it, and notice that the trees grow on one side only, as planned.

    The idea of an avenue between the spa area and the new Friedrichstrasse dates to 1806. The boulevard itself was laid out in 1810 by Christian Zais, the same man who built the first Kurhaus. Since 1820 it has carried the name of Duke Wilhelm I of Nassau-Weilburg, who ruled the Duchy of Nassau until 1839.

    At the northern end, opposite the Kurhaus side, you find the Kaiser-Friedrich-Platz with the monument to Emperor Frederick III and the luxury hotel Nassauer Hof. South of the theatre the Warmer Damm, another English landscape park, opens on the east side; across from it, the former Hotel Bellevue houses the Bellevue-Saal, a space for contemporary art. Further along, at the corner of Friedrichstrasse, stands the classical Erbprinzenpalais, today the Chamber of Commerce, and at the corner of Frankfurter Strasse the literature house Villa Clementine. The Nassauischer Kunstverein sits a few houses on, and a sculpture by Joannis Avramidis marks the southern end.

    On the site of the former Victoria hotel and bathhouse at Wilhelmstrasse 1, construction began in August 2019 on the Museum Reinhard Ernst, designed by the Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki for nearly 400 works of abstract art. Walk on 490 m, about 7 minutes, to Museum Wiesbaden.

    Hours
    24/7
    Price
    Free
  5. 5

    Museum Wiesbaden

    Museum Wiesbaden, stop 5 on the self-guided walking tour

    Museum Wiesbaden combines art and natural history in two branches and is one of the five Hessian state museums. Its story starts with Goethe, who stayed in Wiesbaden in 1814 and 1815.

    In 1825 he persuaded two Frankfurt collectors, Johann Isaac and Johann Christian Gerning, to give their large collections of art and antiquities to the Duchy of Nassau in return for a lifelong annuity. Citizens' associations then expanded them quickly, and together with the antiquities society founded in 1812, three independent museums grew out of it: one for antiquities, one for natural science, one for art.

    They found a home early, which was rare. In 1821 the three museums and the regional library moved into the Erbprinzenpalais on the Wilhelmstrasse, the palace you just passed, built for the duke's son. By the middle of the century it was too small, and the calls for a new building grew louder. After Prussia took control in 1866, the city of Wiesbaden took the museums over in 1899, when it had money to spend on culture.

    Admission is charged. Go in if you have about an hour and a half and an interest in art or natural history; if you are short on time, keep the museum for another day. Next comes the Marktkirche, 710 m, about 10 minutes away.

    Hours
    Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun 10:00–17:00; Thu 10:00–21:00; Mon closed (open holidays 10:00–17:00, except Jan 1, Dec 24, 25, 31 closed)
    Price
    Permanent collection 8 EUR (reduced 5 EUR); Special exhibitions 12 EUR (reduced 9 EUR, includes permanent collection); Under 18 free; Free admission every 1st Saturday of the month
  6. 6

    Marktkirche

    Marktkirche in Wiesbaden, stop 6 on the self-guided walking tour

    The red brick church on the Schlossplatz is the Marktkirche, Wiesbaden's main Protestant church, also called the Cathedral of Nassau. Count the towers: there are five, and the main one rises to about 98 metres. Begun in 1853 and finished in 1862, it was the largest brick building in the Duchy of Nassau.

    It exists because of a fire. On 27 June 1850 the medieval main church of St. Mauritius burned down, and its remaining walls proved unstable. The architect Carl Boos proposed three sites: the old church site, this square facing the city palace, and a spot in the vineyards on the Taunus slopes. The five ministers and the parish council wanted the hill, so the church would be seen from afar. Six lay members outvoted them and chose the centre.

    The duke gave the land but not the money. Boos got the job without a competition and modelled his brick design on Schinkel's Friedrichswerder Church in Berlin. Critics said five towers needed too much material and went too high; Boos answered by raising the main tower even further.

    Entry is free, and it is worth stepping inside for a few minutes. The Roman wall you visit next once ran almost to this spot; it is 500 m, about 7 minutes, to the Roemische Heidenmauer.

    Hours
    Mar–Oct: Tue–Fri 12:00–18:00, Sat–Sun & holidays 13:00–17:00, Mon closed; Nov–Feb: Tue–Fri 12:00–17:00, Sat–Sun & holidays 13:00–17:00, Mon closed; Advent: Tue–Fri 12:00–16:00, Sat–Sun 13:00–16:00
    Price
    Free admission
  7. 7

    Roemische Heidenmauer

    Roemische Heidenmauer in Wiesbaden, stop 7 on the self-guided walking tour

    You are standing at the oldest surviving structure in Wiesbaden. The Heidenmauer, the heathens' wall, is the best known Roman monument of Aquae Mattiacorum, as the Romans called the town. It is usually dated to around 370 AD under Emperor Valentinian I, though nobody can pin it down more precisely than the late Roman period, and its purpose is still unclear.

    Look at the masonry. The outer skin is made of hand-sized blocks of limestone, about 30 by 20 centimetres, around a cast core of mixed stone. At its base the wall is 2.30 metres thick and up to 10 metres high, and its shallow foundation rests on wooden piles. Of 520 metres that can still be traced, about 80 are visible above ground. It once ran on toward the Marktkirche and ended there in the Middle Ages with a tower called the Stümperturm.

    The gate is not Roman. In the late 19th century the wall was broken through to build the Coulinstrasse, and the so-called Römertor was added in the style of the time. So you see two layers of history in one place: the real Roman wall and the Wilhelmine idea of what Roman should look like.

    It is free and open at any hour. The next stop is only 100 m, about a minute, away: the Kaiser-Friedrich-Therme.

    Hours
    24/7
    Price
    Free
  8. 8

    Kaiser-Friedrich-Therme

    Kaiser-Friedrich-Therme in Wiesbaden, stop 8 on the self-guided walking tour

    The Kaiser-Friedrich-Therme, originally the Kaiser-Friedrich-Bad, was built in three years and opened in 1913, designed by the city building inspector August O. Pauly. Look at the facade for the touches of Jugendstil and reform architecture.

    The bath is fed by the Adlerquelle, the second largest thermal spring in Wiesbaden after the Kochbrunnen, with water at 64.6 °C. The building also holds the treatment plant for the Kochbrunnen water, which flows from here into the city's thermal water network.

    Inside is the so-called Irish-Roman bath with its mosaic tiles, restored in 1999 at a cost of about four million marks and extended. It now offers 1,450 square metres of saunas and warm rooms: tepidarium, sudatorium, a Russian steam bath, a Finnish sauna, a cold plunge and a tropical ice rain zone, plus massages and treatments.

    A visit costs admission and is sold as a timed stay, so it is a plan for a separate half day rather than a quick look on the walk. If you love historic bathhouses, it is the place in town. From here, walk 300 m, about 4 minutes, to the Kochbrunnen.

    Hours
    Daily 10:00–22:00 (Tuesday: women only / Damentag); admission until 1 hr before closing, saunas close 30 min before closing
    Price
    Mon-Thu (2 hrs min.): 15.00 EUR adults (reduced 12.00 EUR); Mon-Thu 3 hrs: 20.00 EUR (red. 16.00 EUR); Mon-Thu 4 hrs: 25.00 EUR (red. 20.00 EUR); Fri-Sun & holidays (2 hrs min.): 17.00 EUR adults (red. 13.60 EUR); Fri-Sun 3 hrs: 22.00 EUR (red. 17.60 EUR); Fri-Sun 4 hrs: 27.00 EUR (red. 21.60 EUR); each additional 15 min 2.50 EUR (red. 2.00 EUR)
  9. 9

    Kochbrunnen

    Kochbrunnen in Wiesbaden, stop 9 on the self-guided walking tour

    The Kochbrunnen, the boiling spring, is the best known and hottest thermal spring in Wiesbaden. The water comes out at 66.1 °C, and in the 19th century this was the centre of the drinking cure. Records mention it as Bryeborn in 1366 and as Syedenborn in 1536, and the Romans probably knew it too.

    It rises from a depth of 2,000 metres and is tapped today by a 43 metre borehole, about 360 litres a minute. Watch for the red crusts around the outlet: when the water relaxes, lime drops out, and oxidising metals stain the deposits red. The water is clear at first, smells faintly of sulphur and tastes strongly of salt, with 8.1 grams of dissolved minerals per litre.

    Only a small share feeds the drinking spot in the Kochbrunnen pavilion and the fountain. Most of it runs to the plant in the Kaiser-Friedrich-Bad and from there into the city's network; some heats the flats in the former Palasthotel. The salt left behind when the water evaporated was once collected, bagged and sold to other regions for cures at home.

    The square is free and open at any hour. Now comes the longest leg of the walk: 2410 m, about 37 minutes, up toward the Neroberg and the Russisch-Orthodoxe Kirche.

    Hours
    24/7
    Price
    Free admission
  10. 10

    Russisch-Orthodoxe Kirche

    Russisch-Orthodoxe Kirche in Wiesbaden, stop 10 on the self-guided walking tour

    You have probably seen its five gilded domes from below already. The Russian Orthodox Church of Saint Elizabeth, known locally as the Greek Chapel, stands on the Neroberg and is a love story turned into stone.

    In 1844 Duke Adolf of Nassau married Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna, a niece of Tsar Nicholas I. A year later she died in childbirth at 19, and their newborn daughter died too. The duke grieved so deeply that he built a church around her grave, paid for from her dowry. The architect Philipp Hoffmann studied church building in Russia and took the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow as his model.

    Building began in 1847, and on 25 May 1855 the church was dedicated to Saint Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist and patron saint of the duchess. Shortly afterwards her coffin and her baby's were carried in procession from St. Boniface's Church into the crypt here. The church served the Russian guests for whom Wiesbaden was a favourite resort, and Emperor Nicholas II worshipped here with his new wife, Alexandra Fyodorovna.

    About 100 metres away lies the Russian cemetery, laid out in 1856, the largest outside Russia in Europe; the painter Alexej von Jawlensky is buried there. Entry to the church is free and worth it for the story alone. From here it is 400 m, about 8 minutes, to the Neroberg.

    Hours
    Daily 10:00–18:00 (Sundays 10:00–18:00 / 09:00–16:00 winter schedule)
    Price
    Free admission
  11. 11

    Neroberg

    Neroberg in Wiesbaden, stop 11 on the self-guided walking tour

    The Neroberg, once called Ersberg, is Wiesbaden's local mountain, 245 metres high and 130 metres above the Schlossplatz where you stood at the Marktkirche. It is a favourite outing for people from town, and now you know why the ministers wanted their church up here.

    Its flanks and most of its ridge are wooded, the top and the upper south slope are a park, and further down on the steeper south side grow vines. At the foot, along the Weinbergstrasse and the Nerotal, stand rows of grand houses.

    Two streams run on either side of the hill, the Schwarzbach and the Dambach. They meet underground beneath the Taunusstrasse and drain via the Salzbach into the Rhine, so the water from this hill passes under the streets you walked earlier.

    The hill is free and open at any hour. Take your time at the top before the last leg: 830 m, about 13 minutes, to the Nerobergbahn.

    Hours
    24/7
    Price
    Free
  12. 12

    Nerobergbahn

    Nerobergbahn in Wiesbaden, stop 12 on the self-guided walking tour

    The Nerobergbahn has linked the Nerotal with the Neroberg since 25 September 1888, and it runs on water. Each of the two cars has a tank; the car at the top is filled with up to 7,000 litres, and as it rolls down it pulls the other one up on a steel cable over a wheel in the top station. Look at the track: three rails, the middle one shared by both cars, with a rack between the rails.

    On 438 metres it climbs 83 metres at an average gradient of 19 percent. It is the last mountain railway of this type in Germany and a protected technical monument, carrying more than 250,000 passengers a year, about 80 percent of them tourists.

    It nearly became something else. In 1873 the Swiss engineer Niklaus Riggenbach got a licence for a cog railway, but the plan collapsed in the stock market crash of that year. In 1886 Carl Rudolf from Baden-Baden applied for the water-ballast line, which cost 222,352 marks. The four-arch viaduct across the Nerotal at the bottom drew fierce criticism as an intrusion into nature; even Wilhelm II complained in 1902. It still stands.

    In 1923 operations stopped for economic reasons and resumed two years later under the city. A plan from 1939 for bigger cars and electric drive was stopped by the Second World War, which is why the water still does the work. The ride costs a fare, and the railway runs only in the season, so check before you count on it. From here the GPS navigation leads you back to the Kurhaus on request.

    Hours
    Operating season April 3 to November 1, 2026: daily 09:00–19:00 every 15 minutes; Winter season: closed
    Price
    Round trip: 6.00 EUR adults, 3.50 EUR children (ages 6–14); one way: 4.00 EUR adults, 2.50 EUR children (ages 6–14); family ticket round trip: 13.00 EUR (2 adults + up to 3 children); group round trip (10+): 4.50 EUR adults, 2.50 EUR children
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Shorter Ways Through Wiesbaden

The route splits naturally into a flat town half and a hill half, so you can walk just one of them or keep it very short.

Spa corner only

Stops: 1, 2, 3, 4

For a first hour in town or a short evening stroll: Kurhaus, Kurpark, theatre and boulevard, about 1.2 km and 16 minutes of walking. Everything here is free to see; only a performance at the theatre needs a ticket.

Spa quarter and old town

Stops: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

For anyone who wants the town without the climb: from the Kurhaus to the Kochbrunnen, about 3.3 km and 45 minutes of walking. Museum Wiesbaden and the Kaiser-Friedrich-Therme charge admission; the Marktkirche is free inside.

Up the Neroberg

Stops: 9, 10, 11, 12

For a second half day or for anyone who already knows the centre: from the Kochbrunnen up to the Russian church, over the Neroberg to the funicular, about 3.6 km and 58 minutes of walking. The church is free; the Nerobergbahn costs a fare.

How Long This Wiesbaden Tour Takes, With and Without the Museum

The pure walking time is 1 h 44 min over 7.0 km, and almost half of it sits in one leg: the 37 minutes from the Kochbrunnen up to the Russian church. Everything before that is short hops of a few minutes through the spa quarter and old town.

With a quarter hour at the main stops and a look inside the free Marktkirche and Russian church, you need about three and a half hours. Add about an hour and a half if you go into Museum Wiesbaden, which makes it a five hour day. A bath at the Kaiser-Friedrich-Therme is a separate plan, not a quick stop.

The spa corner alone fits into under an hour with looking around. The spa quarter and old town take about two hours without the museum, the Neroberg half about two hours including the ride on the funicular.

Before You Set Off in Wiesbaden

  • Start: The Kurhaus Wiesbaden, facing the Bowling Green. That order is recommended, but you can join the route at any stop.
  • Finish: The Nerobergbahn. On request, the GPS navigation in your browser leads you from there back to the start.
  • Time of day: Walk it by day. The Marktkirche, the Russian church and Museum Wiesbaden are only open during the day, so check their opening times before you go.
  • Admission: Museum Wiesbaden and the Kaiser-Friedrich-Therme charge admission, the Nerobergbahn a fare, the theatre only for performances. The Kurhaus foyer and colonnades, the parks, both churches, the Roman wall and the Kochbrunnen are free.
  • The climb: The leg from the Kochbrunnen to the Russian church is the long one, 2410 m and 37 minutes, rising toward the Neroberg. Save some energy for it.
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Common Questions Before Walking Wiesbaden

Can I go into the casino at the Kurhaus?

Yes. Entry to the casino is free, but you need a valid ID. The slot machines are in the Kurhaus colonnade; whatever you play costs extra.

Can I drink the Kochbrunnen water?

There is a drinking spot in the Kochbrunnen pavilion. Expect hot, strongly salty water with a faint smell of sulphur, more a curiosity than a refreshment.

Do I have to walk back down from the Neroberg?

No. You can ride the Nerobergbahn for a fare, and the GPS navigation in your browser leads you from the last stop back to the start on request.

Can I combine the walk with a bath at the Kaiser-Friedrich-Therme?

Yes, but treat it as its own block: tickets are sold for timed stays, so plan the bath before or after the walk rather than squeezing it in.

Where can I go next from Wiesbaden?

Mainz is the obvious next walk, only 10 km away. For a bigger city day, there is also a route through Frankfurt.

Is the tour really free?

Yes. The whole tour is free: the route, the interactive map and the navigation cost you nothing. Only the voice AI Tour Guide is optional and paid: you test it with 100 free credits, then you pay either €5 per hour or €19.99 for this whole tour, with no time limit. Admission to 2 of the 12 stops is not included: Museum Wiesbaden and Kaiser-Friedrich-Therme charge their own entry fees.

Do I need to download an app?

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Do I need to book the walking tour in advance?

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Can I skip stops or change the route?

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