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Sankt Goar
Town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Sankt Goar

Sankt Goar is a town on the west bank of the Middle Rhine in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Plan a trip to Sankt Goar→From Frankfurt am Main

It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Hunsrück-Mittelrhein, whose seat is in Emmelshausen.

Get in

Getting to Sankt Goar

The B9 goes through the town and is about half way (30 km) between Bingen and Koblenz. Alternatively 12 km from the A61 exit 42 Emmelshausen. Fähre Loreley. Car and foot ferry across the Rhine from St. Goarshausen. Train station St. Goar of the line Mainz – Koblenz. Bingen-Rüdesheimer cruise boat to/from Bingen and Rüdesheim.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Castle Rhinefels

    Looming formidably above Sankt Goar and the Rhine valley, the large and partially ruined fortress of Burg Rhinefels is definitely worth a visit on any trip to the Rhineland.

  2. 02
    Stiftskirche St

    Goar (Evangelical Collegiate Church), Markt 3.

  3. 03
    Deutsches Puppen- und Bärenmuseum
Do

Things to do

The Rheinburgenweg runs above the town past Schloss Rheinfels. Rhein in Flammen: St. Goar - St. Goarshausen:. Firework display, ship parade, and lit-up cruise boats in September. (date needs fixing)

Eat

Where to eat

There are two restaurants in Schloss Rheinfels offering good food and great views of the Rhine.

  1. 01
    Hotel Restaurant Zur Loreley

    Heerstraße 87,.

  2. 02
    Café und Bäcker St

    Goar, Heerstraße 95,.

How locals move

Getting around Sankt Goar the local way

  • Get inFährgemeinschaft Kaub Ferry across the Rhine from the B9, Bacharach / Oberwesel.

From Wikivoyage: Kaub, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-05.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.