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Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate (German: Rheinland-Pfalz) is a state of Germany. The state Rhineland-Palatinate consists of nine fascinating regions. Each is different and offers a variety of landscape, culture, and joy de vivre. Rhineland-Palatinate is the largest wine producing area in Germany. A paradise for wine lovers, because it is home of 6 of the 9 wine-producing districts in Germany.

Regions

  • Rhine Valley — famously scenic section of the Rhine, much of it a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Cities

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Other destinations

Culture and History

Talk

Travel to Rhineland-Palatinate & Visa Requirements

By Train

If travelling into Germany by train, Rhineland-Palatinate is easily accessible from Cologne, Frankfurt, Munich and Stuttgart.

Flights and airtickets to Rhineland-Palatinate

The international Hahn Airport lies in Rhineland-Palatinate.

Zweibrucken Airport also has regular scheduled flights to and from Berlin Schoenfeld and, from 28 October 2008, London Stansted.

Tours & Getting around Rhineland-Palatinate

Koblenz, Ludwigshafen, Kaiserslautern and Speyer are easy to reach via train.

You can also cruise up or down the Rhine between Koblenz and Mainz; see Rhine Valley for details.

Rhineland-Palatinate attractions and sightseeing

Palatinate Forest

The Palatinate Forest is the biggest coherent forest in middle Europe, it is a biospehere reservate.

Speyer Cathedral

The Speyer Cathedral is the biggest romanuesque church worldwide, its foundation stone was laid in 1030. It is the resting place of 7 salian emperors.

Castles

The Palatinate Forest hides over 50 castles and ruins that where mostly destroyed in the War of the Grand Alliance, for example:

Castle Trifels - Castle where Richard Lionheart of England was held as a hostage and place where the imperial regalia where stored

Limburg Monastery

Castle Lindenbrunn

Castle Berwartstein

German Wine Route

The German Wine Route is the oldest wine route worldwide, it runs through the biggest winegrowing area in Germany, the Palatinate. The western side is protected by the Palatinate Forest, on the eastern side lies the Rhine rift.

Rhineland-Palatinate city tours

Rhineland-Palatinate Restaurants: cheap, moderate and expensive

Rhineland-Palatinate nightlife, bars, clubs & pubs

Rhineland-Palatinate cheap and luxurious hotels, youth hostels & lodging

  • Atlantis Hotel-Resturant, 66877 Ramstein, ☎ 0 6371/46510, [1]. checkin: Until 1800(6 PM); checkout: 11 AM. This is a really nice hotel and resturant. Food is great, rooms are clean and the people are friendly and very helpful in any situation. Single 1 person 59 Euros, Double 2 person 85 Euros.  edit

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This page was last edited at 11:16, on 20 September 2008 by Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel. Based on work by Jani Patokallio, nbeerbower@gmail.com, Jim Nicholson, Tim Sandell and Tom Holland, Wikitravel user(s) Flyhahn-dot-com, Palatinate, Ypsilon, 3wisemen and Episteme, Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel and others.

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