Sunday, May 20, 2007

Day-Trip to Schloss Auerbach

The 3rd weekend of April, we decided to go one Sunday afternoon about 50 minutes east of us to Schloss Auerbach, a castle near the city of Bensheim (North of Mannheim, south of Frankfurt). Several people at Scott's work recommended both Bensheim and the castle, and while the city looks very nice, the castle was very impressive!

To get to the top, you can drive nearly the entire way there, and then you have a very short hike to the castle. In the castle, there is a cafe and restaurant along with many stairs up to the top of the castle.



The castle itself had many nice views of the Baden-Wuttemburg area.



Unfortunately, we didnt take advantage of the restuarant, which is on a terrace overlooking the valley. We will when our guests come!



For anyone coming to Germany, and looking to do some mild walking, but wanting to see a castle, this will be the castle we go to. The other option is Castle Trifils, but that has a much steeper decent.