Sights Felsenmeer Odenwald Block Field Information: The Felsenmeer above Lautertal-Reichenbach is a particularly impressive block field formed during ice age. It was later used by the Romans as a stone pit. Today, it is a popular leisure sight. Information Centre: opening hours: 10am 4pm Guided tours: for 10-30 participants possible, rate up to 10 participants: 75 basic fee, rate for more than 10 participants: 75 basic fee plus 5 individual fee per participant How to get there: trains start at Frankfurt Central Station every hour, cost about 14 (one way), take 1h 35min Address Information Centre: Seifenwiesenweg 59, 64686 Lautertal, Germany Contact: 00 49 / (0) 6254 / 940160, information@felsenmeer.eu Websites: www.feslenmeer.org, www.felsenmeer-informationszentrum.de 1
Saalburg Roman Fort Information: The Saalburg is a Roman fort located on the Taunus ridge northwest of Bad Homburg, Hesse, Germany. It belongs to the Limes Germanicus, the Roman linear border fortification of the German provinces. The Saalburg is the most completely reconstructed Roman fort in Germany. Since 2005, as part of the Upper German limes, it forms part of a UNESCO World Heritage site. Opening hours: 9am - 6pm Entrance fee: 3.50-5 Guided tours: 60 basic fee plus 3.50 entrance fee per person, max. 30 participants How to get there: trains start at Frankfurt Central Station every half an hour, cost about 8 (one way), take 45min Address: Römerkastell Saalburg, Archäologischer Park, Saalburg 1, 61350 Bad Homburg, Germany Contact: 00 49 / (0) 6 17 5 / 93 74 0, info@saalburgmuseum.de Website: www.saalburgmuseum.de 2
Keltenwelt Glauberg Information: The Glauberg is a Celtic oppidum in Hesse, Germany consisting of a fortified settlement and several burial mounds. Archaeological discoveries in the 1990s place the site among the most important early Celtic centres in Europe. It provides unprecedented evidence on Celtic burial, sculpture and monumental architecture. An archaeological park has been built, with the aim of making the site and its context accessible and comprehensible to visitors and providing a space for exhibiting the finds locally. Opening hours: Tuesday - Sunday 10am - 6pm Entrance fee: 3.50-5 Guided tours: different guided tours possible (registration is required in some cases), take between 60 and 210min, cost between 8 and 15 per participant How to get there: trains start at Frankfurt Central Station every hour, costs must be asked for at the station, take 1h Address: Keltenwelt am Glauberg, Am Glauberg 1, 63695 Glauburg, Germany Contact: 0049 / (0) 6041 / 823300, anfragen@keltenwelt-glauberg.de Website: www.keltenwelt-glauberg.de 3
Loreley Information: The Loreley is a rock on the eastern bank of the Rhine near St. Goarshausen, Germany, which soars some 120 metres above the waterline. It marks the narrowest part of the river between Switzerland and the North Sea, and is the most famous feature of the Rhine Gorge, a 65 km section of the river between Koblenz and Bingen that was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in June 2002. Tourist Center: opening hours: 10am - 5pm Guided tours: different guided tours possible (e.g. with winetasting), registration at 0049 / (0) 6774 / 745, info@tempus-rhenus.de How to get there: trains start at Frankfurt Central Station every hour, cost about 20 (one way), take 2h 2h 45min Address: Auf der Lorelay (Loreleyplateau), 56346 St. Goarshausen, Germany Contact: 00 49 / (0) 6771 / 599093, info@loreley-besucherzentrum.de Website: http://www.loreley-besucherzentrum.de/, http://www.loreleyinfo.de/ 4
Heidelberg Information: A former residence of the Electorate of the Palatinate, Heidelberg is the location of the University of Heidelberg, well known far beyond Germany's borders. Heidelberg is a popular tourist destination due to its romantic and picturesque cityscape, including Heidelberg Castle and the baroque style Old Town. Guided city tours: different guided tours possible, information at http://www.heidelberg.de/hd,lde/hd/erleben/stadtfuehrungen.html Contact: 0049 / (0) 6221 58 44444, touristinfo@heidelberg-marketing.de Castle Heidelberg: Each year, Heidelberg Palace attracts around a million visitors from all over the world. Since the early 19th century, these impressive ruins have been synonymous with Romanticism. Opening hours: 8am - 6pm (last entrance 5.30pm) Guided tours: start between 11.15am and 4.15pm every hour (interior of the Castle can only be visited with a guided tour) Entrance fee: 4-6 How to get there: trains start at Frankfurt Central Station every half an hour, cost about 22-29 (one way), take 1h Address: Schloss Heidelberg, Schlosshof 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany Contact: 00 49 / (0)62 21 53 84 72, info@schloss-heidelberg.de Website: www.schloss-heidelberg.de 5
Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt Information: The Mathildenhöhe, former residence of the Darmstadt Artists Colony, belongs to the finest examples of Jugendstil architecture, painting and sculpture in the world. Today, it hosts a museum of modern art. A good place to visit both on sunny and rainy days. Opening hours Institut Mathildenhöhe (Exhibitions): Tuesday - Sunday 11am - 6pm Entrance fee: 3-10 (depends on exhibition) Guided tours: after appointment at 0049 / (0) 6151 132778, mathildenhoehe@darmstadt.de How to get there: trains start at Frankfurt Central Station every 15min, cost about 9 (one way), take 45min Address: Institut Mathildenhöhe, Olbrichweg 15, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany Contact: 0049 / (0) 6151 132778, mathildenhoehe@darmstadt.de Website: http://www.mathildenhoehe.eu Guided tours (area Mathildenhöhe): after appointment at 0049 / (0) 6151 134513, information@darmstadt.de Website: http://www.darmstadt.de/darmstadterleben/sehenswuerdigkeiten/mathildenhoehe/ 6