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Right Outdoor café outside tall, half-timbered each hour. The 14th–15th-century
houses, Ochsenfurt Below Vineyards near Stadtpfarrkirche St Andreas,
the small town of Marktbreit St Andreas’s church, con tains a statue
of St Nicholas by sculptor Tilman
Riemenschneider (1460–1531), while
along side the wall is the Palatium,
the seat of the Würzburg cathedral
chapter between 1334 and 1810.
ª Cross the Main on the B13 and
continue to Würzburg.
VISITING WÜRZBURG
Parking y Würzburg
The 600-space Marktgarage Bavaria; 97070
underground car park, beneath One of Franconia’s finest historic
the Marktplatz, is near the tourist cities, Würzburg rose from the ashes
information office. after being destroyed in World War II.
Tourist Information r Marktbreit It was the home of sculp tor Tilman
Falkenhaus, Marktplatz 9, 97070; 0931 Bavaria; 97340 Riemenschneider and his wood-
37 23 98; www.wuerzburg.de; Jan– Marktbreit was once a significant carvings can be seen at the
Mar: open Mon–Sat; Apr–Dec: open
Mon–Sat; May–Oct: open daily centre for trade between the Main Mainfränkisches Museum (closed
and the Danube. With a splendid Mon) in the Marienberg fort-
WHERE TO STAY gabled Renaissance Rathaus ress above the city. The 18th-
of chateau-like proportions cen tury Residenz (open daily)
MARKTBREIT and a number of impos ing is Bavaria’s most enchanting
Ringhotel Löwen moderate merchants’ houses, this Baroque palace, designed
Located close to the Rathaus, the rooms town has an archi tectural by the German archi tect
at this splendid half-timbered inn vary heritage that out shines its Sculpture in Würzburg’s Balthasar Neumann
in style from rustic to elegant. relatively mod est present- magnificent Residenz and the Viennese archi-
Marktstrasse 8, 97340; 09332 505 40; day importance. It was the tect Johann Lukas von
www.zum-hotel-loewen.de
birthplace of the psychiatrist and Hildebrandt for Prince-Bishop Johann
OCHSENFURT neuropathologist Alois Alzheimer Philipp Franz von Schönborn.
Gasthof Bären moderate (1864–1915), after whom the ª Take the B8, following signs to
This traditional hotel and restaurant at degenerative brain disease is named. Marktheidenfeld. At Marktheidenfeld,
the entrance to Ochsenfurt’s old town ª Take Ochsenfurter Strasse,
has 24 refurbished rooms, each with
an en-suite bathroom and TV. following signs for Stadtmitte (city Franconian Wine
Hauptstrasse 74, 97199; 09331 86 60; centre) to Ochsenfurt’s old town. Würzburg’s traditional Weinstuben
www.gasthof-baeren-ochsenfurt.de (wine bars) are excellent places to
t Ochsenfurt try Franconia’s dry white wines,
WÜRZBURG which are as distinctive as the
Zur Stadt Mainz moderate Bavaria; 97199 stubby Bocksbeutel in which they
Housed above a wonder fully Though its outskirts are somewhat are bottled. The climate encou rages
traditional restaurant, this family- disfigured by the sugar works for the use of earlier-ripening grape
run hotel has 15 comfortable rooms which it is known, Ochsenfurt pre- varieties, with Silvaner being the
with en-suite bathrooms and TV. serves a wonderful historic Altstadt best known; Müller-Thurgau, also
Semmelstrasse 39, 97070; 0931 531 55; (old town) behind high medieval known as Rivaner, and Bacchus are
www.hotel-stadtmainz.de also popular as well. Red wines are
walls. The focal point is the 16th-
Hotel Rebstock expensive cen tury Rathaus, with a clock upon grown in the western part of the
With a magnificent Rococo façade and which miniature figures perform region, close to Aschaffenburg.
a history that goes back to 1408, this
hotel has individually designed rooms
in a tasteful, contempo rary style. The
restaurant is one of Würzburg’s best.
Neubaustrasse 7, 97070; 0931 309 30;
www.rebstock.com
ASCHAFFENBURG
Wilder Mann moderate
On the edge of the old town, this is
a historic four-star hotel that has 74
en-suite rooms. The 600-year-old, half-
timbered Goldener Karpfen opposite
is run by the same group.
Löherstrasse 51, 63739; 06021 30 20;
www.hotel-wilder-mann.de

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