Bad Wimpfen

Leave the broad river valley and climb up to park near the town walls. Walk to the Marktplatz (it’s a little town so you will not get lost) and obtain a town map from the tourist office in the Rathaus (town hall). Walk beside the town hall to the Blamer Turm (blue tower), whose turreted top was the home to the nightwatchman in years gone by. It is not worth the entrance fee to climb the tower (more dramatic towers await). Continuing along the wall, you have a panoramic view of the valley from the viewpoint adjacent to the Kaiserpfalz, which now houses the town’s museum with its displays of Roman remains. (10 am–noon and 2–4 pm, April to mid-October, Wednesdays to Mondays.) On to the Roter Turm (red tower) where you can climb a small section of wall before continuing through the little cobbled streets and looping back to the market place. Leaving the town, the road zigzags down to the broad river valley, weaving through the village of Hensheim towards Gudshem