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Town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Bacharach (pop 1877) is a town in the Middle Rhine Valley in the Rhineland-Palatinate region of Germany.
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Traditional German style décor and food. Friendly service.
This youth hostel is actually located inside the Castle Stahleck overlooking the Rhine Valley! It will be hard finding a place where you make the experience of sleeping in an actual Medieval castle for such a low price.
By train
Trains from Koblenz and Mainz run to Bacharach at least hourly. Sometimes, there are direct trains from Cologne as well. Otherwise, you would have to change the train at Koblenz.
By road
Is on the B9 16 km north of Bingen. Parking on the side of the main road, 50 cents an hour.
By boat
The Köln-Düsseldorfer Rheinschiffahrt, better known as KD, runs cruises and scheduled services up and down the river to towns between Cologne and Mainz.
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Frankfurt am Main (Lautzenhausen) · International · HHN
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