Lorch am Rhein - town in Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in Hesse, Germany

Lorch am Rhein (dead link: January 2023) is in Rheingau, of Hesse, Germany.

Understand

It includes the "Ortsteil" Lorchhausen.

Get in

By car

Is on the B42 between Assmannshausen and Kaub.

By train

Train station at the line: Frankfurt – Wiesbaden – Rüdesheim – Koblenz – Neuwied

By Bus

ORN

On foot

is on the Rheinsteig.

By cruise boats

Some KD (dead link: February 2023) (Köln Düsseldorfer Deutsche Rheinschiffahrt AG) ships stops at Lorch starting in Mainz and Wiesbaden before going on to Rüdesheim and along the Rhine to Koblenz and Cologne

Get around

See

• Hilchenhaus, Rheinstraße 48, 50.043216°, 7.804631°, +49 6726 2060. mid sixteenth century Renaissance building
• Nollig Castle (Ruine Nollig), 50.047278°, 7.799861°. Ruin of castle above the town. Not accessible.

Do

• Hike up the side of the valley to get great views
  • Viewpoint Panoramablick, 50.0550°, 7.7833°.
  • Viewpoint Wirbellay, 50.0591°, 7.7781°.

Buy

There are a number of places to purchase wine in the town.

Eat

A number of hotels and Weingute have restaurants.

• Weingut Friedrich Altenkirch, Binger Weg 2, 50.039593°, 7.814768°, +49 6726 830012. Open March to October.

Drink

There are plenty of opportunists to sample the local wines.

Sleep

• Gästehaus Weingut Rößler, Rheinstraße 20, 50.041877°, 7.808959°, +49 6726 1658. Also restaurant
• Hotel Zur Krone, Rheinstraße 27, 50.042321°, 7.807875°, +49 6726 9485. Also restaurant

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