Private tour for a group of up to 28 people Car - Bertha Benz costume tour 'Carl initially only got ridicule and scorn for his motor car,' Bertha Benz says on her tour. People were calling it the devil's work, and nobody wanted the invention. Bertha took charge and drove the world's first long-distance trip! She pulled it off with a daring move Bertha shares the storey of the beginnings, the small successes, and funny stories about the wheel, other important inventions, and the city - from the driving licence, the milk cart, chickens, and other inventors. The 19th century was all about inventions and industrial progress. It's not just Carl Benz, but all of Mannheim that's behind it! Meet at the Benz Memorial, near the water tower/Augustaanlage. Route: Water Tower, Friedrichsplatz, Planken, City, Market Square, Kaffee Herdegen, Schillerplatz, Jesuit Church, Lanz Town Hall, Mannheim Baroque Palace End point: Baroque Palace Duration 2 h