District

Town Center & Spa Quarter

The town center is the heart of Bad Dürkheim: here stands the Dürkheim Giant Cask, the largest wine barrel in the world, which today houses a restaurant serving Palatinate specialties. Just a few steps away, brine trickles down the great graduation tower in the sprawling spa park, where the salt-laden air does you good even in passing. Around the saltworks and the drinking-cure fountain you'll find the casino, the Kurhaus and shady avenues where spa guests and strollers enjoy the day. In the old town, wine taverns, cafés and shops line up between half-timbered façades, and over a glass of Riesling or a wine spritzer you quickly fall into conversation with the locals. At the latest on the vast Wurstmarkt fairground, where the world's largest wine festival roars to life every September, you sense that spa and wine are inseparable here. So the town center blends elegant spa tradition with lively wine culture in the tightest of spaces.