Bacharach

Worth seeing in and around Bacharach

9 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Pfalzgrafenstein Castle

   Pfalzgrafenstein Castle, also known as the Pfalz, is a toll castle situated on Falkenau island in the Rhine River, adjacent to Kaub, Germany. First established in 1326/27 by King Ludwig IV the Bavarian, the castle served to collect river tolls from passing traffic.

   1.8 km · castle in Germany · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Stahleck Castle

   Stahleck Castle is a 12th-century fortified castle in the Upper Middle Rhine Valley at Bacharach in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It stands on a crag approximately 160 metres above sea level on the left bank of the river at the mouth of the Steeg valley, approximately 50 kilometres south of Koblenz, and offers a commanding view of the Lorelei valley.

   1 km · castle in Germany · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Gutenfels Castle

   Gutenfels Castle, historically known as Caub Castle or Kaub Castle, is a castle located 110m above the town of Kaub in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

   2.4 km · castle in Germany · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Schönburg

   The Schönburg is a castle above the medieval town of Oberwesel in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

   4.6 km · castle in Germany · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Heimburg Castle

   The Heimburg is a castle in the village of Niederheimbach in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The castle was originally constructed by Gerhard II, the archbishop of Mainz between 1294 and 1305.

   4.6 km · castle in Germany · Wikipedia
6. 06
   St. Martin, Lorch

   St. Martin is a Gothic church and the associated Catholic parish in Lorch am Rhein, Hesse, Germany.

   3.7 km · church building in Lorch, Germany · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Ruine Nollig

   Nollig Castle is a ruin above the village of Lorch in Hesse, Germany.

   3.2 km · Castle Ruine in Germany · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Pegel Kaub

   The Kaub gauging station is a stream gauge located on the Rhine river in the German city of Kaub. It is a "decisive" water level measurement site for the Rhine, as Kaub is located at the shallowest part of the Middle Rhine and ships with freight from North Sea ports have to pass Kaub on their way to the industrial southwest of Germany.

   2.1 km · Water measurement site in Germany · Wikipedia
9. 09
   St. Bonifatius

   St. Bonifatius is a Catholic church in Lorchhausen, part of Lorch, Hesse, Germany.

   2 km · church in Hesse, Germany · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Castle Stahleck
2. 02
   Werner Chapel

   The ruins are quite lovely and are on the way to Castle Stahleck.

From Wikivoyage: Bacharach, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

Take a cruise along the Rhine. Do a wine tasting 'carousel' in town. Walk through the vineyards, taking the Rheinburgenweg going south. The Northerly direction gives good views but has a steep section not recommended for the casual walker.

From Wikivoyage: Bacharach, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

There is a large number of restaurants catering to tourists in the town. Here are a few suggestions

1. 01
   Altes Haus

   Oberstraße 61.

2. 02
   Altkölnischer Hof

   Blücherstraße 2,.

From Wikivoyage: Bacharach, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Bacharach

Airports

Frankfurt-Hahn (HHN), 38 km · Frankfurt Main (FRA), 57 km · Cologne Bonn (CGN), 99 km

Stations

Oberwesel station, 4.9 km

• Frankfurt am Main → Bacharach

  66 km · quickest by road, 1h 41m · €9–12
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• Köln (Cologne) → Bacharach

  114 km · quickest by road, 2h 14m · €16–22
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• Rheinmünster → Bacharach

  146 km · quickest by road, 2h 43m · €18–25
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