Bad Kissingen is a famous spa town (hence the word "Bad") in Lower Franconia. It is one of 11 "Great Spa Towns of Europe", a transcontinental UNESCO world heritage site.

Understand

Bad Kissingen was converted into one of Europe's oldest and leading spas as early as the eighteenth century and had established itself as a global household name by the late eighteenth century with many crowned heads staying here to receive various treatments against countless ills, mostly based on the supposed or real powers of water.

Get in

By train

• 1 Train station.  

By stagecoach

During the summer months (April-October) the last stagecoach line still operated by the German postal service is run as a tourist attraction between Bad Kissingen and nearby Bad Bocklet. A round trip ticket will set you back €22. The stagecoach leaves Bad Kissingen at 14:00 and leaves for the return trip at 17:30. It goes to/from Bad Bocklet on Sundays and to/from the nearby Aschach castle on Thursdays Fridays and Saturdays.

See

• 1 Bismarck Monument. (updated Mar 2017)
• 2 Botenlauben Castle. Ruined castle. (updated Jul 2021)
• 3 Regentenbau. A concert hall. (updated Jul 2021)

Drink

• 1 Wittelsbacher Turm Bräu, Wittelsbacher Turm 1, 97688 Bad Kissingen, ☏ +49 971 785 88 20. Adventure brewery, Franconian cuisine, beer garden .
• 2 Museumsbraugasthaus Jägersruh (Stärkerbräu), Nepomukgasse 1, 97688 Bad Kissingen - Garitz (im Bad Kissinger Stadtteil Garitz westlich des Zentrums), ☏ +49 971 66899. Inn in old Franconian style, opened in 2000 

Sleep

• 1 Hotel Frankenland, Frühlingstr. 11, ☏ +49 971 81-0. Wellnesshotel 
• 2 Residence Dapper, Menzelstraße 21, ☏ +49 971 785480. Wellness- und Romantikhotel 
• 3 Laudensacks Parkhotel, Kurhausstraße 28, ☏ +49 971 7224-0. 

Go next

• Schweinfurt
• Rhön-Grabfeld
• Spessart
• Fulda