Author: G J

by public transport

Deutsche Bahn: From the Cologne area, the quickest way is via Frankfurt Airport to Mannheim, from there to Neustadt Hbf and from there to trains to Bad Dürkheim or Freinsheim (about every half hour). Deidesheim is the 3rd train station. Alternatively: From Mannheim, change to the RNV 7 tram line in the direction of Bad Dürkheim. From there in a southerly direction with DB Regio to Deidesheim. If very fast connections are chosen, the travel time is limited to 3 1/2 hours. Alternative train connections: Rhine route via Koblenz and Mainz, from there again via Mannheim to Deidesheim. Deidesheim train station is about 900 meters from our apartment.

Arrival from southern Germany possible via Karlsruhe and Mannheim. Change in Neustadt and continue with the regional train or – if Mannheim is a stopover – with the RNV Ln. 9 via Bad Duerkheim.

by car

Important: The parking space that belongs to the apartment has since been released to a neighbor for use. If the parking space is required, please let us know in good time so that the parking space is free for you.

Children of playground age will like the spacious alla Hopp, which is located about 800 meters from the apartment opposite the Wasgau supermarket. From there you can hear the children playing and romping almost around the clock.

Other opportunities especially for older kids:

Kuckucksbaehnle – vintage train
several times per year, starting from Neustadt main station, a steam railway train goes into the Palatina Forest,
heading for Elmstein – it’s great fun!

Holiday Park, Holidayparkstrasse 1-5, 67454 Hassloch
about 15 km by car

Technik-Museum Sinsheim
about 64 km by car

1. Michaelskapelle – Heidenlöcher am Kirchberg Runde von Deidesheim
9,6 km — moderate

2. Blick über die Rheinebene – Wachtenburg Runde von Deidesheim
10,0 km — moderate

3. Michaelskapelle – Blick über die Rheinebene Runde von Deidesheim
19,0 km — difficult

4. Waldgaststätte Pfalzblick – Toller Blick in die Rheinebene Runde von Deidesheim
8,36 km — moderate

5. Die Stabenbergwarte – Gimmeldinger Meerspinnblick Runde von Königsbach
16,1 km — moderate

6. Benjetal – Stabenberg – Mandelblüte Gimmeldingen Runde von Deidesheim
13,2 km — moderate

7. Heidenlöcher am Kirchberg – Michaelskapelle Runde von Deidesheim
13,1 km — moderate

8. Benjetal – Stabenberg – Gimmeldinger Meerspinnblick Runde von Königsbach
11,3 km — moderate

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The Palatinate also offers you other activities:

• Climbing
Quarry Bad Duerkheim
Climbing the Gimmeldingen quarry

• playing tennis
Tennisclub Deidesheim, next to the Wasgau supermarket, about 900 m from the apartment

• playing golf
Golfplatz Viernheim
Golfplatz Neustadt a.d.W.

• paragliding
Südpfälzer Gleitschirmflieger Club e.V. / Hohenberg
Gleitschirm Flugschule Hirondelle – Außenstelle Landau

• fishing
Fischereiverein Hassloch
Herzogweier Bad Dürkheim

On vacation, there is sometimes time to buy more than just everyday necessities. The Palatinate has special offers here in and around Ruppertsberg:

• Hofgut Ruppertsberg: In fact our neighbour is recognizable from quite a distance by its Buerklin-Wolf label on its roof. The cheese counter alone is worth a visit, but there are also quiches and baked goods of all kinds, which enhance, for example, dinner in the apartment.

• Fruit and vegetable shopping in Meckenheim: In the Speierlingshof in Meckenheim, you can buy all kinds of vegetables and, in season, asparagus. Vegetables are offered in Ralf Gross’s farm at the entrance to Meckenheim

• Luthier Jens Ritter knows how to build guitars to your specifications. He has celebrity clientele from George Benson to Prince.

• Tea shop  (“Die Tee-Gaertner”) Schoenfeld, quite near from us. Mittelgasse 23 • 67152 Ruppertsberg

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Erster Rundgang Ruppertsberg Deidesheim (in German)

By train:

From the Cologne area, the quickest way is via Frankfurt Airport to Mannheim, from there to Neustadt main station and from there to trains to Bad Duerkheim or Freinsheim (about every thirty minutes). (Due to a substantial reconstruction the railway link between Frankfurt and Mannheim is blocked until December 2024. ) Deidesheim is the 3rd train station.

Alternatively: From Mannheim, change to the RNV 7 tram line in the direction of Bad Duerkheim. From there in a southerly direction with DB Regio to Deidesheim. If very fast connections are chosen, the travel time is about 3 1/2 hours. Alternative train connections: Rhine route via Koblenz and Mainz, from there again via Mannheim to Deidesheim- Deidesheim train station is about 900 meters from our apartment.

Arrival from southern Germany possible via Karlsruhe and Mannheim. Change in Neustadt and continue with the regional train or – if Mannheim is a stopover – with the RNV Ln. 9 via Bad Duerkheim.

By car:

A 61 and A 650 to Bad Duerkheim, from there take the country road or A 61 and A 65 to the Deidesheim exit.

Important: The parking space that belongs to the apartment has now been released to a neighbor for use. If the parking space is required, please let us know in good time so that the parking space is free for you.

Saunas

• Sauna in the Maxx by Steigenberg hotel, Am Paradiesgarten 1, Deidesheim, Deutschland, 67146 (about 500 m to go)
• (a recommendation a bit further) sauna in the Leinsweiler Hof  hotel, contact: https://www.leinsweilerhof.de/ (in about a 36 km distance)

Pools

• pool in Deidesheim, Schwimmbadstrasse 29, 67146 Deidesheim (open in summer until September)
• pool in Mussbach / Neustadt, contact: https://www.schwimmbad-mussbach.de/fms-mussbach
• Saline and pool in Bad Duerkheim, contact: https://www.bad-duerkheim.de/kultur-tourismus/kur-wellness/salinarium-freizeitbad-und-sauna/ (about 10 km further)
• Stadionbad Neustadt an der Weinstraße, contact: https://www.swneustadt.de/stadionbad/