...TELY 3 KM UNTIL YOU REACH THE MAIN POST OFFICE. TURN RIGHT INTO KURGARTENSTRASSE BEFORE THE POST OFFICE DEUTSCHE POST, AFTER APPROXIMATELY 50 M YOU WILL BE AT THE HOTEL. BY TRAIN BAD DUERKHEIM TRAIN STATION IS JUST 200 M FROM THE HOTEL. WALK STRAIGHT OUT OF THE TRAIN STATION, TAKE KURGARTENSTRASSE DIRECTLY OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE AND YOU WILL FIND THE HOTEL APPROXIMATELY 50 M ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.

PLEASANT AND WELL SIGNPOSTED WALKING ROUTES FOR ALL LEVELS WILL TAKE YOU TO THE CASTLE AND MONASTERY RUINS LOCATED AROUND OUR SMALL CITY. OF COURSE YOUR VISIT MUST INCLUDE A TRIP TO ONE OF THE MANY VINEYARDS IN THE REGION. STARTING IN THE NORTH WITH THE HAUS DER DEUTSCHEN WEINSTRASSE OR THE HOUSE OF THE GERMAN WINE ROUTE YOU WILL TRAVEL THROUGH MANY WELL KNOWN WINE VILLAGES WHICH, EVEN IN SPRING, ARE ALREADY COLOURFULLY DECORATED WITH LILAC, WISTERIA AND ALMOND BLOSSOM. EVEN IN MARCH THE NUMEROUS WINE FESTIVALS THAT TAKE PLACE IN THE LANES AND SMALL COURTYARDS ARE INVITING EVENTS FOR VISITORS TO ENJOY. A MUST IS TO TRY A FRESH DORNFELD RED WINE OR A TANGY YOUNG RIESLING DIRECT FROM THE GROWER. IN AUTUMN THE AROMAS OF NEW WINE AND ONION CAKE DRIFT THROUGH THIS WINE-GROWING AREA. THIS IS WITHOUT DOUBT ONE OF THE NICEST TIMES OF YEAR IN THE REGION. IF YOU MANAGE TO TRAVEL FURTHER SOUTHWARD TO THE DEUTSCHE WEINTOR A GATE MARKING THE START OF THE WINE-GROWING REGION, YOU CAN BE SURE TO HAVE DISCOVERED A BEAUTIFUL PART OF GERMANY IN DOING SO.