Location: Heidelberg
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Home to the oldest university in Germany, Heidelberg was hit hard during 17th-century wars and rebuilt in the 18th century with baroque buildings. For a pleasant walk, stroll through the historic city center's Gothic streets. Be sure to take in Heidelberg Castle, the symbolic heart of the city; Alte Brucke, a beautiful 18th-century bridge; and the Student Jail. Built as long ago as the 16th century, it was used to keep mischievous students off the streets for three days to a month at a time. And they say Penn State is the number-one party school!
Restaurants in Heidelberg
1. PALATINA ZEITREISEN
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5.0 based on 12 reviews
Join us in the time machine! My team and I will take you on an eventful journey through time that will remain in your memory for a long time to come. From the regular city tour to the historical adventure tour, you will find everything - always entertaining, of course. Look forward to experience tours, performances and stagings of a special kind in Heidelberg, Schwetzingen, Mannheim, Weinheim and Speyer!
2. Bent Bar
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5.0 based on 50 reviews
3. Henry Heidelberg Tours
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5.0 based on 131 reviews
I offer private tours of the famous Heidelberg Castle & Old Town and many other attractions in the area, such as Schwetzingen Garden, Speyer and Mannheim Castle. I also offer bicycle tours into the beautiful local countryside. Plus I offer wine tours: to Germany's two most famous wine regions, The Pfalz & Baden. I also give wine tours of the Alsace region in France - all along the 185km long the 'Route du Vin' wine road. I offer longer tours (2-5 days) to Alsace (Strasbourg, Colmar & the Wine Vllages), Bavaria( Neu Schwanstein Castle), A Castle tour of South Germany, The Black Forest &. Odenwald Forest & to wonderful Switzerland too.
4. Alte Universitaet
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4.5 based on 232 reviews
Founded in 1368, this famous university is one of Germany's oldest and most prestigious.
Reviewed By tawv - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The Heidelberg University is one of the oldest in Germany (est. 1385). Especially worthwhile are the Great Hall and the spectacular library next door.
5. German Pharmacy Museum
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4.5 based on 1,005 reviews
This intriguing museum with its exceptional collection explores the history of pharmacy. It is located in the beautiful place of Heidelberg castle.
Reviewed By Mairwen1
This is included in your castle ticket and although it seems an odd museum to have here, it really is worthwhile. Whilst it might not strike you as the most interesting sounding museum in the world, I found it unexpectedly fascinating. The main feature is a display of several 18th and 19th century apothecary/pharmacy shops. These are real shops that have been moved here. One is from a Benedictine abbey (1720s), another from the royal court in Bamberg (1730s) and another from the city of Ulm, (1812). I particularly liked the collections of decorative drawers, bottles and beautiful jars - so colourful and such a contrast to today’s sterile chemist shops and hospitals. They looked almost Harry Potter like. You can easily imagine that each little jar or bottle could have something precious or magical in it. Keep an eye out for the crocodile and the porcupine fish too. If you’re interested in the history or science of medicine, the museum traces the development of pharmacy from the days of superstition and alchemy through to the development of a scientific discipline with standards and regulations. It also traces important moments like the discovery of penicillin, quinine, salvarsan. Most intriguing were the specimen rooms. Unfortunately, there is almost no English signs or labels in these rooms which meant we had to resort to guessing what some of the treatments were & what they were supposed to cure. This was probably more fun anyway. Among the specimens were narwhal tusk, snake venom, an odd fish with legs, a toad and something that definitely looked like excrement. It’s only a fairly small museum and I’m very pleased that we didn't overlook it. We probably would have had it not been included in the ticket.
6. Sammlung Prinzhorn
7. Dokumentations - Und Kulturzentrum der Deutschen Sinti und Roma
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4.5 based on 16 reviews
Permanent exhibition on the National Socialist genocide against the Sinti and Roma at the Documentation and Cultural Centre for German Sinti and Roma in Heidelberg: The documentation, which is displayed on three levels and covers a total area of almost 700 square meters, traces the history of the persecution of the Sinti and Roma under National Socialism. The narrative starts with their gradual exclusion from society, showing how the state deprived them of their rights before proceeding with their systematic extermination in Nazi-occupied Europe. The exhibition takes a close look at the genocide on Sinti and Roma: an unparalleled crime against humanity that was conducted on a scale still unimaginable today.
8. Friedrich Ebert Memorial (Gedenkstatte)
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4.5 based on 61 reviews
9. University Library (Universitatsbibliothek)
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4.5 based on 198 reviews
Reviewed By tawv - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
You can feel the knowledge that is contained inside this building! Well reconstructed (they were still doing renovations), beautiful, immense and with nice details.
10. Chocolaterie St Anna No1
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4.5 based on 43 reviews
Reviewed By notdancingcrab
A very nice shop that is hidden away as you approach the old town street on the right side of the first street at St Anna Gasse. 3 flavours of hot chocolate, milk, white, and spicy. and you must try the coal chocolate ice cream. I like this flavour very much and found the salted caramel is not 'salty' enough. Do explore the other flavours. Bought some hot chocolate powder. Great place for a relax afternoon. Was told they close at 8pm.
