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Left Picturesque Kloster Weltenburg on the
Danube near Kelheim

VISITING LANDSHUT
Parking
The well-signposted car park beneath
the City Centre mall is convenient for
the old town’s main sights.
Tourist Information
Altstadt 315, 84028; 0871 92 20 50;
www.landshut.de; Mar–Oct, Nov–Feb:
closed Sun
Hop-growing q Landshut
The Hallertau district between Bavaria; 84028 BREWERIES
Kelheim and Landshut is the The broad main streets of Landshut’s Sample the local brew at the
world’s largest hop-growing region. handsome old town are lined with Schneider-Weisse brewery’s Weisses
Hops are climbing plants and the fine gabled houses overlooked by the Brauhaus (Emil-Ott-Strasse 3; 09441 34
distinctive posts and wires of hop slender 130-m (427-ft) high brick 80; www.weisses-brauhaus-kelheim.de)
fields enable the plant to grow high. in Kelheim or at Kloster Weltenburg’s
Flowers from the female plant are tower of the Gothic St Martinskirche Klosterschenke (Asamstrasse 32,
used in the brewing process. (closed Mon–Fri). The Stadtresidenz Weltenburg; 09441 675 70; www.
(closed Mon; guided tours), or town klosterschenke-weltenburg.de; closed
palace, has a lovely inner courtyard in Christmas–Mar), where the malty
0 Kloster Weltenburg Italian Renaissance style. Looming Barock Dunkel is a speciality.
Bavaria; 93309 over the town is Burg Trausnitz (open
With a sumptuous Baroque chapel daily), the ancestral castle of Bavaria’s EAT AND DRINK
designed by the Asam brothers and royal family, the Wittelsbachs.
excellent beer courtesy of the world’s AROUND THE BEFREIUNGSHALLE
oldest abbey brewery (tours Apr–Oct:
open Sat & Sun), the Benedictine Abbey Gasthof Berzl inexpensive
A traditional, family-run inn next to the
of Weltenburg is well worth a visit. Altmühl gate, this place offers excellent
However, its beautiful setting on a meat and home-made sausages.
tight bend of the Danube at the Hafnergasse 2, 93309 Kelheim (east of
western end of the Donaudurchbruch The Befreiungshalle); 09441 14 25; www.
is undoubt edly the highlight here. gasthof-berzl-kelheim.de; closed Wed
The most popular way to arrive is LANDSHUT
on a boat trip (late Mar–Oct) through Restaurant Stegfellner moderate
the wooded gorge from Kelheim. Tucked above a Gothic vaulted shop,
ª Return to Kelheim, following this restaurant serves Bavarian cuisine.
Regensburger Strasse on the south Altstadt 71, 84028; 0871 280 15;
closed Sun
bank of the Danube to the B16,
before taking the road via Rohr in Other options
Niederbayern to Alzhausen. Here, Coffee with cake is a German ritual and
can be enjoyed at Café-Conditorei
the road continues via Rottenburg Belstner (Altstadt 295, 84028; 0871
an der Laaber to Landshut. Above Pretty staircase in Burg Trausnitz, Landshut 221 90; www.cafe-belstner.de).
DAY TRIP OPTIONS cathedral city of Eichstätt 4. before heading to inspect the
Ingolstadt and Eichstätt are good Head west from Ingolstadt on the B13. spectacular Jurassic fossils at
bases for day trips. Eichstätt’s Jura Museum in the
From Neuburg an der Donau, follow attractive castle of Willibaldsburg.
Art and architecture signs for Eichstätt and Bergen. From Next, head to Solnhofen to admire
Explore Ingolstadt’s 1 historic old Bergen, follow signs to Eichstätt on the
town, then head to Neuburg an der B13. Return to Ingolstadt on the B13. the impressive limestone crags, the
Zwölf Apostel 5.
Donau 2 to admire the impressive
castles of the Counts Palatinate Photographer’s treat Head west towards Solnhofen along
before continuing via the pilgrimage Follow the fascinating dinosaur the Altmühl Valley to reach Solnhofen,
church at Bergen 3 to the delightful trail in and around Eichstätt 4 returning by the same route.
Eat and Drink: inexpensive, under €20; moderate, €20–€40; expensive, over €40

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