Sightseeing in and around Heidelberg:

Places of interest in the city and the vicinity:

  • Heidelberg Castle with pharmacy museum
  • Picturesque old town with Old Bridge, Heiliggeist-Church, University, Friedrich-Ebert memorial, Studentenkarzer (students prison) ( City tours Thu + Fr. 14.30h, Sat. 10.30h/14.30h, Sun. 10.30h)
  • Königstuhl (Look-out, falconry, fairy-tale paradise for kids)
  • Philosophenweg (other side of the Neckar river)
  • Kurpfälzisches Museum
  • Botanical Garden
  • Zoo Heidelberg
  • Bicycle tours (Rental possibility in town)
  • City tours (bus) or guided city tours (by foot)
  • Evening guided tours with the Heidelberg night-watchman
  • Boat trips into the Neckar valley (e.g. Neckarsteinach)
  • Round trip with the solar boat

Day trips to the surrounding areas:

  • Trip to Hirschhorn and Eberbach
  • Trip to Neckargemünd and Dilsberg
  • Trip to Schwetzingen (Badische Spargelstadt)
  • Trip to Speyer with its famous Dome, the Technik-Museum and Sea-Life Center
  • Trip to the Auto and Technik-Museum in Sinsheim (o.a. Concorde on display)
  • Trip to Mannheim with the Luisenpark and the Planetarium
  • Trip to the monastery Maulbronn (approx. 25 km, World Heritage Site)
  • Trip to the Stauffer-town Bad Wimpfen (approx. 70 km)
  • Trip to Osterburken to the Limes-Museum
  • Trip to the Odenwald
  • Tour alongside the Bergstraße
  • Tour alongside the Badische Weinstraße
  • Trip to Castle Guttenberg (Deutsche Greifenwarte, German Griffin Station)
  • Trip to the Hockenheimring (Formula I Grand Prix) / to Hoffenheim (TSG, 1. Bundesliga)

Bicycle tours (exemplary):


Route 1: You may begin the tour with heading to Bismarckplatz, then cross the river Neckar and take the bicycle lane direction Ladenburg/Weinheim. Idyllicallly, the bikeway takes you to Ladenburg, most of the time in the immediate vicinity of the Neckar. Once there, small street cafés and the picturesque old town of Ladenburg invite you to spend some time in this nice little town. Length of the tour: approx. 22 km (round-trip).

Route 2: The bikeway to Neckargemünd starts directly next to the banks of the Neckar on the old town side of the river. The route is level and the historic old town of Neckargemünd is worth the trip by all means. On the way back, you can take the route on the other side of the Neckar or go through Schlierbach. Length of the tour: approx. 18 km (round-trip).