Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Helpful Hints
Shopping:
The
Jost
Germangiftstore,acrossthemainsquarefromthechurch,carriesmost
everything a souvenir-shopper could want—from beer steins to cuckoo clocks—and can
shippurchasestotheUS.Thisfamilyshopcelebrateditscentennialin2011(findaphoto
ofthegreat-grandfather onthewall). TheJostsofferdiscounts tomyreaders: 10percent
with cash, 5 percent with credit card (March-Oct Mon-Fri 8:30-18:00, Sat 8:30-17:00,
possibly Sun 10:00-16:00; Nov-Feb shorter hours and closed Sun; Blücherstrasse 4, tel.
06743/1224,
phil.jost@t-online.de
)
.
Internet Access:
The
TI
has one computer (€0.50/15 minutes).
PostOffice:
It'sinsideanewsagents'shop,acrossfromthechurchandAltesHaus,atOber-
strasse 56.
Grocery Store:
Pick up picnic supplies at
Nahkauf,
a basic grocery store (Mon-Fri
8:00-12:30 & 14:00-18:00, Sat 8:30-12:30, closed Sun, Koblenzer Strasse 2).
Bike Rental:
While many hotels loan bikes to guests, the only real bike-rental business in
the town center is run by Erich at the recommended
Hotel Hillen
(non-guests-€12/day,
guests-€7/day,35bikesavailable,daily9:00untildark,Langstrasse18,tel.06743/1287).
Parking:
It's simple to park along the highway next to the train tracks or, better, in the big
lot by the boat dock (€3 from 9:00 to 18:00, pay with coins at
Parkscheinautomat
and
put slip on dashboard, free overnight).
LocalGuides:
GetacquaintedwithBacharachbytakingawalkingtour.Theseguidesenjoy
sharing their town with visitors:
Thomas Gundlach
is a charming local who's licensed
asaguideandhappilygives1.5-hourtownwalkstoindividuals orsmall groupsfor€25.
Hecanalsodriveuptothreepeoplearoundtheregioninhiscar(€70/6hours,€120/long
day, mobile 0179-353-6004,
thomas_gundlach@gmx.de
). Also good are
Birgit Wessels
(tel. 06743/937-514,
wessels.birgit@t-online.de
) and Aussie
Joanne Augustin
(€30/1.5
hours, mobile 0179-231-1389,
jopetit90@yahoo.com
)
. The TI books 1.5-hour tours in
English (€70/group). Or take one or both of my self-guided walks, below.
Welcome to Bacharach
• Start at the Köln-Düsseldorfer ferry dock (next to a fine picnic park).
Riverfront:
View the town from the parking lot—a modern landfill. The Rhine used to
lap against Bacharach's town wall, just over the present-day highway. Every few years the
river floods, covering the highway with several feet of water. The
castle
on the hill is now
