Worth seeing

In and around Speyer there are various cultural sights and adventures to be explored. We have a selection for you here.

Speyer
Cathedral of Speyerer The world’s biggest preserved Romanic church
Memorial Church Protestantic Memorial Church in neo-Gothic style
Trinity Church Late baroque, Protestant community chapel
Cloister St. Magdalena Inhabited Dominican nunnery (Mary Magdalene)
Altpörtel Western city gate of Speyer
Alte Münze Former domicile of the coiner about 1294
Maximilianstraße High street and former boulevard of the old imperial city
Technic Museum Technic Museum for vehicles and aeroplanes with Boeing 747, IMAX cinema
Historic Museum of the Palatinate History of the region from Prehistory until the modern era
Sea Life Underwater world of the Rhine from the source to the ocean
FLYGYRO Sightseeing flight tours over the Rhine-Neckar-region with gyrocopter
Christmas and New Year’s Market At the marketplace
Rhine Beach Beach bar at the Rhine shore, in the summer months open daily 12.00 until 22.00

Mannheim
Water Tower Town’s landmark of Mannheim with fountain and rose garden
Kunsthalle Museum for art of our times
Reiss Engelhorn Museum Museum for archeology, world cultures, antiquity and photography
Mannheim Castle Winter residence of the Elector of the Palatinate
National Theater Four division theater
Schnawwl Children’s and youth’s theater of the national theater Mannheim
Luisenpark Park with botany, animals, boat tours, sports and games
Technoseum Industrialisation of the German Southwest with interactive experiments
Planetarium Accurate projection of the stars on a dome, shows for children and adults

Heidelberg
Old Bridge Sandstone bridge built 1788 by Karl-Theodor
Heidelberg Castle One of the most famous castle ruins of Europe
High Street One of the longest pedestrian zones in Europe
Old town Historical testimony to medieval foundation of a town
Philosopher’s path 2 km path onto the Heiligenberg, in the face of Heidelberg castle
Königstuhl Highest hill of the Bergstraße at the Neckar with mountain railway
Neuburg Abby Inhabited Benedictine cloister (Bartholomaeus)
Christmas market In the Old town

Sonstige
Schwetzingen Castle with palace garden Summer residence of the Elector of the Palatinate
German Weinstraße Second largest vineyard of Germany
Alsace (France) Between Vosges and Rhine, Strasbourg is about 118 km from Speyer
Café Solo Popular café with shop for interior accessory, Mediterranean oasis
Wine Barrel Bad Dürkheim The world’s biggest wine barrel at the idyllic Weinstraße
Palmenparadies Sinsheim Waterpark with Saunas and thermal bath