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Bad Soden am Taunus

Bad Soden am Taunus, commonly known as Bad Soden, is a town and spa in the Main-Taunus-Kreis, Hessen, Germany.

Bad Soden am Taunus
Bad Soden am Taunus · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Bad Soden am Taunus, commonly known as Bad Soden, is a town and spa in the Main-Taunus-Kreis, Hessen, Germany. It had a population of 22,563 as of 2017, up from 21,412 in 2005.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Bad Soden am Taunus

8 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
    Saint Justinus' church

    The Carolingian Saint Justin's Church in Frankfurt-Höchst is the oldest building in Frankfurt/Main and one of the oldest churches still existing in Germany. It is dedicated to Saint Justin the Confessor.

    5.2 km · Roman Catholic church in Frankfurt / Main, Germany · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Opel-Zoo

    The Opel Zoo is a zoo in Königstein im Taunus, Hesse in Germany. The Zoo was founded in 1956 by Georg von Opel, and covers 27 hectares.

    5.6 km · zoo in Hesse, Germany · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Kronberg Castle

    Kronberg Castle is a High Middle Ages Rock castle in Kronberg im Taunus, Hochtaunuskreis district, Hesse state, Germany. The castle is beside Altkönig in Taunus.

    5.3 km · castle in Hesse, Germany · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Süwag Energie Arena

    Süwag Energie ARENA is an indoor arena that is located in Frankfurt, Germany. It is primarily used to host basketball games, volleyball matches, and indoor football matches.

    4.1 km · multi-purpose hall in the Hessian city of Frankfurt am Main · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Technical Administration Building of Hoechst AG

    The Technical Administration Building of Hoechst AG is an expressionist office building by the architect Peter Behrens on the site of the former Hoechst company in Frankfurt-Höchst in the German state of Hesse. It is also referred to as the Peter Behrens Building by the operator of the Höchst Industrial Park, as the site of the former Hoechst works has been called since the merger of Hoechst AG and other companies and the subsequent abandonment of the traditional corporate name.

    4.9 km · building in Frankfurt designed by Peter Behrens · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Arboretum Main-Taunus

    The Arboretum Main-Taunus is an arboretum on an area of 76 hectares located southwest of Eschborn, Hesse, Germany. The arboretum lies close to Frankfurt am Main.

    3.6 km · botanical garden in Hesse, Germany · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Casals Forum

    Casals Forum is the concert hall for chamber music of the Kronberg Academy in Kronberg im Taunus, Hesse, Germany. Designed by Volker Staab from Berlin, building started in 2017 and the hall opened in 2022.

    5.4 km · Concert hall for chamber music in Kronberg im Taunus, Germany · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    St. Pankratius, Schwalbach

    The Church of St. Pankratius is a parish church of the Roman Catholic parish of Schwalbach am Taunus, Hesse, Germany.

    3.1 km · church building in Hesse, Germany · Wikipedia

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Getting to Bad Soden am Taunus

Airports
Frankfurt Main (FRA), 13 km · Frankfurt-Hahn (HHN), 91 km · Cologne Bonn (CGN), 126 km
Stations
Frankfurt Höchst Farbwerke station, 4.4 km · Bad Soden (Taunus) station, 1.1 km · Frankfurt Höchst, 4.6 km · Frankfurt Sindlingen station, 5.2 km · Kelkheim station, 3.7 km
  • Frankfurt am Main (Lautzenhausen) → Bad Soden am Taunus
    13 km · quickest by road, 29 min · €1.5–2
  • Köln (Cologne) → Bad Soden am Taunus
    142 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · €18–26
  • Rheinmünster → Bad Soden am Taunus
    158 km · quickest by road, 2h 23m · €19–26
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Bad Soden am Taunus

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bad Soden am Taunus. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inFor 2-5 people travelling together on a day trip from Frankfurt, the RMV group day ticket (Gruppentageskarte) is more economical and more convenient that using single trip tickets.

From Wikivoyage: Oberursel, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-06.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    425 km
  2. 02
    ZermattCH

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

    461 km
  3. 03
    Cinque TerreIT

    7 ways of moving, 22 sources

    674 km
  4. 04
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    697 km
  5. 05
    Helsingborg and the Öresund crossingSE

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    714 km

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Around it

Next door to Bad Soden am Taunus

Bad Soden am Taunus is 13 km from Frankfurt am Main, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.