Eltville

Together with its Stadtteile (adjoining villages) of Erbach and Hattenheim, Eltville is the largest town in the Rheingau.
North of Eltville is the village and community of Kiedrich. To the east is the village of Walluf.

By car

The B42 between Wiesbaden and Rüdesheim runs through town.

By train

There is hourly regional service (operated by vias) from Frankfurt via Mainz and Wiesbaden. Trains take roughly 55 minutes from Frankfurt to Eltville. In the other direction there is at least hourly service from Koblenz via Lorch am Rhein, Assmannshausen and Rüdesheim. The Koblenz - Eltville journey time is roughly one and a quarter hour.

By bus

Bus line 171 from Wiesbaden Hbf to Rüdesheim

On foot

The Rheinsteig walking trail passes through Wiesbaden-Biebrich, Kiedrich, Kloster Eberbach near Eltville, Schloss Vollrads near Oestrich-Winkel, Monstera Marienthal near Geisenheim and Niederwalddenkmal near Rüdesheim.

By boat

Some KD (Köln Düsseldorfer Deutsche Rheinschiffahrt AG) ships stop at Eltville starting in Mainz and Wiesbaden before going on to Rüdesheim and along the Rhine to Koblenz and Cologne

• Bus line 172 from train station Eltville to Kiedrich and Kloster Eberbach.
• Bus line 173 from train station Eltville to Martinsthal, Rauenthal and Schlangenbad.

• Timber-frame

  address: Burgstraße
  from the 16th and 18th centuries

• Kurfürstliche Burg

  address: Burgstraße 1
  The 1330 to 1345 erected castle of the prince-electors and archbishops of Mainz, directly at the Rhine, the landmark of Eltville. In the former residence tower you can now find the Tourist Information, a souvenir shop, a wedding chapel, a Gutenberg memorial and changing exhibitions.

• St. Peter’s and Paul’s parish church

  phone: +49 6123 2622
  address: Kirchgasse 1
  from the 14th century

• Kloster Eberbach– the place where the interior scenes of “The name of the Rose” were filmed in 1985/1986.

• Domäne SteinbergClos (walled vineyard) of Kloster Eberbach.

• Scharfenstein CastleRuined medieval castle.

• The Catholic pilgrimage church consecrated to Saint Valentine

  address: Kiedrich

• Sekt- und Biedermeierfest (Sparkling Wine and Biedermeier Festival) along the Rhine promenade. 29 June - 2 July 2018.
• Close walk to Walluf for Apfelwein tasting.

Wine from vineyards such as Steinberg, Rauenthaler Baiken and Erbacher Marcobrunn.

• Weingut Bug-Mühle

  phone: +49 6123 75372
  address: Mühlstraße 18, Walluf

• Waldgaststätte Rausch

  phone: +49 6123 999 43 90
  address: Wiesweg 93
  Great Schnitzel

• Burg Crass

  phone: +49 6123 975110
  address: Freygäßchen 1

• Wine tasting stands in:

• Eltville: Rhine River promenade
• Hattenheim: Rhine River bank
• Erbach: at the parking area Rheinallee

• Hotel Kronenschlösschen

  phone: +49 6723 640
  address: Rheinallee, Hattenheim

• Hotel Schloss Reinhartshausen Kempinski

  phone: +49 6123 6760
  address: Hauptstraße 41, Erbach
  5 star hotel

• Tourist-Information

  phone: +49 6123 90 98-0
  address: Burgstraße 1

• Rüdesheim
• Oestrich-Winkel
• Wiesbaden