Places of Interest Fascinating Bad Ems
With one of the steepest funicular railways in the world, the oldest casino in Germany and a tower which leans more than the one in Pisa, Bad Ems is lucky enough to be blessed with so much worth seeing that one holiday alone is hardly enough to experience everything.
3. Russian Orthodox Church
Impressive church with golden domes and valuable iconostasis.
4. Malbergbahn - historical mountain railway
Epitome of the art of German engineering, and at the same time one of the steepest of its kind worldwide.
5. Heinzelmanns-Caves
Legendary caves, which were an attraction that fascinated visitors even in Goethe's time.
6. Balmoral Castle
The building is a mixture of a villa and a castle and was built as a country house for a rich Russian landowner. Later it became a hotel where artists and musicians were regular guests. In fact Richard Wagner completed his opera “Parzifal” here. Today the castle is a foundation, where art scholarship students can live and work.
7. Robert-Kampe Artesian Spring
This spring is listed in the Guinness Book of Records - at 57° C it is one of the hottest in Germany.
12. House with the four towers
Striking baroque building, once the summer residence of Tsar Alexander II.
13. Concordiaturm (look-out-tower)
Impressive panoramic view of the Lahn Valley and Bad Ems.
14. Museum of the Spa and the Town
A journey into the past of one of the oldest spas north of the Alps.
18. Monument of Emperor Wilhelm I.
The only "private" statue of the Emperor in Germany where he is not dressed in military uniform - showing how relaxed Bad Ems was - for everyone!
