Things to do in Eltville

Explore the Eberbach Monastery with your entry ticket and discover its wine cellars and museum. See the filming location for Sean Connery's "The Name of the Rose" and try wine grown at the monastery itself. Discover the monastery at your own pace, exploring its characteristic features, including its basilica and cloister with its arcade window designed by internationally-acclaimed artist, Thomas Bayrle. See the giant wine presses in the Baroque dining hall and the wine barrels in the cellar. Imagine the lives of the former monks as you stroll through their bedrooms and dining room. Stop at the ice cellar and take a look in the treasure chamber - a cellar full of wine bottles. In the Abbey Museum, learn about the monastery's history through documents, sculptures, and paintings. See art and sacral objects preserved on site in Eberbach, as well as loaned objects from public, ecclesiastical, and private collections. *Temporary illusions exhibition VERTRICKST! in Eberbach Abbey: Inclined planes, mirror rooms, whimsical birds: from September 24, 2022, everything in the Abbey Museum of Eberbach Abbey will revolve around the theme of optical illusions. For one year, the varied illusions exhibition "VERTRICKST!" shows the beginnings of perception research with moving images and kaleidoscopes as well as innovative techniques of augmented reality. More than 100 exhibits ranging from historical originals to pictures by Mexican artist Yunuen Esparza (born 1975), which only come to life with the right app on a smartphone, take guests young and old on an entertaining tour of optical adventures. The exciting experiences as well as numerous display boards simultaneously impart knowledge about visual phenomena. Room-in-room installations send visitors into dizzyingly slanted rooms or let them become part of surprising spheres and large-format painting prints. In a black-light room, magical 3-D worlds by artist Martin Hartmann (born 1980) peel out of the darkness.

More than 40 castles, world class wines and breathtaking landscapes- the UNESCO world heritage site Rhine valley is deemed to be Germany’s most romantic region. At the tour you will get to know the landscape and the culture of the Rhine Valley, visit quaint villages, prestigious wineries, fortresses and experience several impressive lookouts. Meanwhile I will provide you with profound information about the area, its history, culture and way of life- in a very entertaining way. You'll be picked up and dropped off at your hotel resp. your place of choice with a comfortable van. After exploring some of the main attractions of the Rheingau region you'll be boarding your river cruise ship and enjoy a fascinating two-hour cruise along the Rhine. Back on land again you can explore the area's largest fortification and the most spectacular lookouts before you get ready for a private wine tasting at a gorgeous family-run winery with an excellent reputation. There are plenty of lunch/ coffee & cake options before, during or after the cruise- depending on your personal preferences. After the wine tasting and the visit of the wine cellar we'll be slowly heading back to Frankfurt, so you'll be back at your hotel in the early evening. The whole tour can always be customized according to your interests, wishes and special needs.