Bad Honnef

View of castle Drachenburg and Rhine Valley

Bad Honnef is a spa town in the end of the Middle Rhine Valley in Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia state between Königswinter and Linz an Rhein. To the north it lies on the slopes of the Drachenfels mountain (Dragons's Rock), part of the Siebengebirge.

Get in

By train

• 1 Bad Honnef station. (updated Jul 2018)

The nearest bigger railway stations to Bad Honnef are in Bonn, Cologne and Siegburg, but Bad Honnef also has its own railway station. It can by reached from Cologne by a regional train going to Koblenz. But make sure that your train is travelling on the right side of the Rhine, not via Bonn Hbf on the left, and that your train stops in Bad Honnef.

By Regionalbahn or Stadtbahn

From these stations you have to travel by Regionalbahn, Regional-Express or Stadtbahn. Long distance trains end im Bad Honnef. From Siegburg or Bonn you take the tram 66.

You need a train going to Königswinter or Bad Honnef. From Cologne you can either take a Regional-Express or S-Bahn to Siegburg or Bonn or take the Stadtbahn that is directly going to Bad Honnef. Mostly, these are trains from Cologne to Koblenz but only those on the Rhine's right side. You must look for trains passing Deutz, (the airport of Cologne), Troisdorf and Bonn-Beuel. Trains travelling to Koblenz via Bonn Hbf and Remagen won't bring you here.

By boat

By boat, you can reach Bad Honnef with the tourist boats on the Rhine and by ferry from Rolandseck, but this is not useful only if you live in Bonn.

See

• 1 Rheininsel Grafenwerth (Island Grafenwerth).  
• 2 Stiftung Bundeskanzler-Adenauer-Haus. (updated Feb 2017)
• 3 Siebengebirge. many nice places in the forests and many wonderful views on the Rhine valley.  

Do

• Rheinsteig. Walk part of this long distance trail 

Events

• Rhein in Flammen (Rhine in Flames): early May. Between Linz am Rhein and Bonn (date needs fixing)

Eat

• 1 Burgermeisterei, vor der Insel Grafenwerth, ☏ +49 2224 9887401. 
• 2 Ristorante Caesareo, Rhöndorfer Straße 39, ☏ +49 2224-75 63 9. 

Sleep

• 1 Jugendherberge Bad Honnef, Selhofer Str. 106, ☏ +49 2224 989810. 
• 2 Hotel Restaurant Domblick, Rottbitzer Strasse 81 (On A3 (Bergbereich) autobahn exit), ☏ +49 2224 80216, fax: +49 2224 81 376. 
• 3 Tagungshotel Seminaris, Alexander-von-Humboldt-Straße 20, ☏ +49 2224 771-0. 
• 4 Hotel am Markt, Aegidiusplatz 1, Aegidienberg, ☏ +49 2224 8843. 

Go next

• Bonn – Is a half hour Stadtbahn ride from Königswinter.
• Cologne – Is easy to get to by train from Königswinter's train station.
• Königswinter
• Middle Rhine Valley
  • Unkel is a town several minutes by Regional-Bahn from Bad Honnef. The town is noted for its charm, river boat cruises, and as being home to two German chancellors after World War II.
  • Linz am Rhein
  • Neuwied
  • Koblenz – Is easily accessible from Königswinter, however, the ride is a bit long by train.
• Eifel