Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler

Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler is a combined-town in Rhineland-Palatinate. As the name suggests, it is made up of two towns: the spa town of Bad Neuenahr, and the picturesque old town of Ahrweiler. Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler is one of the largest towns in the red-wine producing Ahr Valley.

Get in

By train

The town is accessible by a local stopping service (Regional Bahn) which runs along the Ahr Valley, connecting it with Bonn and Remagen. There are three stations, depending on which bit you want to visit: Bad Neuenahr in Bad Neuenahr, and Ahrweiler & Ahrweiler-Markt in Ahrweiler.

By road

Exits 30 and 31 of the A61.

Get around

The towns are small enough to see on foot, and it's a pleasant 40-minute walk along the river from the centre of one to the other. Alternatively, a bike path runs along the river or there are buses.

See

Apollinaris spring

• Beethoven House (Beethovenhaus), Mittelstraße 4. where Beethoven used to stay for summer holidays. 
• 🌍 Apollinaris spring (Apollinarisbrunnen). 

Do

• Walk in the hills among the vineyards; try a section of the Red Wine Walking Route (Rotweinwanderweg).
• Relax in the heated pools of the thermal baths
• Explore Ahrweiler's medieval streets
• Visit the excavated Roman villa near Ahrweiler

Buy

Eat

• Zwiebelkuchen ("onion cake") is a speciality of wine-growing areas and is the perfect accompaniment to Federweißer (see below)
• 🌍 Weingut Försterhof, Im Teufenbach 65, ☎ [phone]. Novel architecture 
• 🌍 Brogsitter's Sanct Peter, Walporzheimer Str. 134, ☎ [phone]. 

Drink

The whole Ahr valley is famous for its shale vineyards, typically producing Pinot Noir (Spätburgunder, red) and Riesling (white) wines. Local varieties are available anywhere where drinks are served.

• Federweißer is a very sweet white wine made from the first grapes of the harvest. Federroter is the red equivalent.

Sleep

Budget

• campsite, Kalvarienbergstraße 1 (near the old town of Ahrweiler on the opposite side of the Ahr river from the town's southern gate), ☎ [phone]. 

Mid-range

• 🌍 Hotel Villa Aurora, Georg-Kreuzberg-Straße 8, ☎ [phone]. 
• 🌍 Dorint Parkhotel Bad Neuenahr, Am Dahliengarten 1, 53474 Bad Neuenahr, ☎ [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. from € 118 per room/night. 

Go next

• Dernau red wine village
• Bad Münstereifel
• Bonn