The town of Bacharach, Germany – has existed before the time of the Romans. It’s name can be led back to the celtic settlement – Baccaracum. The first mention of this town was in the year 923.
This was our second destination in Germany (the first was Dusseldorf where our plane landed). We arrived in Bacharach by train, then made our way by foot with our luggage in hand (about 100 yards) to the heart of this adorable little town.
It is a very picturesque town with timber framed houses and cute little restaurants, patios, shops and a delicious bakery conveniently located right across the street from where we stayed
at Pension Lettie’s. We stayed for 2 nights, which I believe is more than enough time to see everything there is to see in this little town.
The first day we toured up to Castle Stahleck (shown in picture) which is now a hotel. We enjoyed a piece of Apple Kuchen and a cup of coffee on the balcony of the castle which overlooked the beautiful view of the Rhine River.
We decided to explore the town further, travelling down an unknown road which led back into town. Then we saw a path going into the vineyards and decided to take it! This led us to a tower (shown in the picture) which we climbed all the way up and enjoyed the view. Afterwards, we trecked further up the vineyards until we reached a plateau. From there we sat on a bench overlooking yet another beautiful view of the town and Rhine River. We ended off our excursion by going back into town to the local grocery store, buying some meat and buns and had a picnic lunch beside the Rhine River, watching the freight boats and ferries go by.
From Bacharach we took a day trip to St. Goar which is just a train stop away. St. Goar has a castle called, Castle Burg Rheinfels, where you can actually go on a self guided tour. I would highly recommend this tour as it was quite historically interesting!
More to come….
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