Ingelheim

By Car

Ingelheim has two exits off the A60 between Bingen and Mainz, and is also reachable from the Rheingau via the Oestrich-Winkel ferry.

By rail

Ingelheim lies on the Mainz-Bingen-Cologne (West Rhine Railway) and Saarbrücken-Mainz-Frankfurt railway lines.

By bus

The ORN (Omnibusverkehr Rhein-Nahe GmbH) run buses from a number of locations such as Mainz and Nieder-Olm. The main bus terminal is next to the rail station.

It is a sprawling town that has effectively more that one centre (Stadtteil). The centre, Nieder-Ingelheim, has been rejuvenated in recent years providing a friendly car free shopping area. To the east of the centre moving uphill you come to the area of the Kaiserpfalz, many of the ruins being part of houses. To the west of the centre passed the Boehringer pharmaceutical plant is more modern housing and stores. Ober-Ingelheim is the older part of town to the south which includes the Burgkirche. To the north is Frei-Weinheim where you take the ferry for Oestrich-Winkel.

• KaiserpfalzChosen by Charlemagne as the site of one of his palaces, there are remains of buildings from the 8th to the 14th century.

• BurgkircheChurch with fortification in the old part of the town.

Take a walk along the Rhine, there is a path starting at the ferry which includes some games and little playgrounds for kids as well as other hidden things like a small wooden tower.
Take a hike to the Bismarck-Turm at the top of the hill behind the city, have a drink and enjoy the view in the strange restaurant up there which actually smells like there would be wild animals around - and in fact, they have cages with tigers up there.
Visit the old part of Ingelheim which can be reached by walking up the main road from the train station and do a tour through all the wineries at night.
Take your bicycle and enjoy the great nature around, either by taking the "Hiwwel route" or the route along the Rhine.

• kING Kultur- und Veranstaltungshalle

  phone: +49 6132 7100090
  address: Neuer Markt 5
  Concerts (mainly classic music) and events

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There are dozens of new shops in the newly built city center, of which some even sell touristic souvenirs.
Wine is probably the best thing to shop for in Ingelheim, there are also good butchers and bakeries as in every village around.

• Brauhaus Goldener Engel

  phone: +49 6132 8994800
  address: Neisser Straße 1
  Excellent beer and standard German food.

• Kloster Engelthal

  phone: +49 6132 2304
  address: Edelgasse 15
  Excellent red wine (from one of the best wineries in Ingelheim) and nice food in a former monastery. The bar actually has the nicer atmosphere. Reservations required.

• Jade Garden

  phone: +49 6132 73383
  address: Binger Straße 38
  Very good Chinese restaurant with great views of the area.

• Maxim Asia Lounge

  phone: +49 6132 8997613
  address: Römerstraße 10
  Asian express restaurant and take-away

• Petersilie

  address: Bahnhofstraße 21
  Cafe and restaurant, old stone building decorated in tasteful modern style. Very good healthy choice of meals.

• Rewe supermarket

  address: Georg-Rückert-Straße 3
  Take-away salad bar

• Bergrestaurant Waldeck

  phone: +49 6725 4313
  address: Waldeck 1
  Good German food and friendly staff with a great view of the Rhine Valley from the terrace. And yes, there are tigers.

• Purer Genuss

  phone: +49 6132 8989670
  address: Binger Str. 88
  Good place for coffee and cakes

In Ingelheim, there are dozens of wineries of which none sells bad wine.
The best wineries include Dautermann, Neus, Wasem and Mett.

• Fetzers Landhotel

  address: Gaulsheimer Straße 14
  Small hotel with attached restaurant, a little expensive but acceptable quality.

• Smarthotel Ingelheim

  phone: +49 6132 799801
  address: Konrad-Adenauer Street 30

• Hotel Rheinkrone

  phone: +49 6132 982110
  address: Dammstraße 14

• Hotel Erholung

  phone: +49 6132 714950
  address: Binger Str. 92

• IBB Hotel

  phone: +49 6132 44130
  address: Binger Str. 76
  Modern hotel in centre of town

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