hotel in Bingen am Rhein

Museums in Bingen am Rhein

• Bingen Local History Museum. The Historical Museum on the River – Hildegard von Bingen. 

Exhibitions / Art galeries Bingen am Rhein

• Festivals: Bingen swings, The Rhine bathed in fire, Rochus Festival, Vintner Festival. 

Historic monuments in Bingen am Rhein

• Churches & castles: Klopp Castle, St. Martin Basilica, Roman Catholic Capuchin Church. Towers: The Old Crane, Mouse Tower. Chapels: Rochus Chapel, Bridge Chapel. Bridges: Drusus Bridge. 

Shopping in Bingen am Rhein

• Old town: pedestrian precinct. 

Day trip

• 1_Walking to the castles: Downstream from Bingerbrück to visit the Rheinstein Castle and Reichenstein, then on to the wine village of Trechtingshausen (7 km).
• 2_Discovering the wine yards by bike: Cycling tours from Heidesheim to Bingen end with a cosy vineyards session with organically produced wines and a barbecue in the nature reserve. Map, information and wine-tasting will be organized by the hotel.
• 3_Rhine cruises, parties onboard parties, river trips: A romantic Loreley boat trip, a visit by boat to the castles, an evening cruise along the river with music and dancing – the descriptions alone tell you what to expect: enchanting hours on Germany’s largest river.

Group activities

• 1_Leisure & Relaxing: Wonderful excursions by boat on the Rhine (Easter to the beginning of November), an extensive network of paths for hikers all round Bingen, Binger Stadt Wald (Bingen Town Woods), Höhenpark, Rochusberg, Rheinauen, Weinberge (Vineyards), Binger Rad- Weitwanderung (long-distance cycling rambling) embracing 5 individual courses of, altogether, roughly 350 kms (218 miles!), open-air swimming pool at Bingerbrück with a superb view, etc.
• 2_Things to experience and enjoy: Rhine and wine festivals (e.g. ‘Bingen swingt’; ‘From Valley to Valley’; ‘The Rhine in Flames’; Bingen Wine Festival), (Town fair held in all parts of the town), boat trips, wine-tasting on the winegrower’s premises, meeting nice folks, discovering sleepy, romantic niches, and enjoying easy, relaxed shopping and lots, lots more!
• 3_Restaurants galore: Eating out in Bingen accommodates every taste from the varied range of regional dishes to a wide choice of international cuisine offering something good for every occasion, whether a drop-in restaurant while on a trip or partaking in cake and coffee in a cosy café or refreshment at a local inn or indulging oneself at a fashionable meeting point, or dining in a first-class restaurant or simply taking a snack and a drink in a downtown pub.