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Attractions in Speyer
From the Imperial Cathedral and the medieval Jewish courtyard to the Technik Museum, from the Maximilianstraße to the Altpörtel gate. Every highlight with its neighborhood, admission price and how to get there.
Old Town
Adenauer Park & Medieval City Wall
A city park on the western edge of the Old Town with the longest surviving stretch of the medieval city wall.
Free entry
Old Town
Altpörtel Gate
One of the tallest surviving city gates in Germany. Standing 55 meters high, it is the landmark of the Maximilianstraße.
from 1 €
Speyer-Südwest
Convent of St. Magdalena
A Baroque Carmelite convent in the Edith Stein quarter, where the philosopher and saint Edith Stein worked from 1923 to 1931.
Free entry
Old Town
Fishermen's Gate
The last surviving Rhine gate of the medieval city wall, marking the way to the old fishing quarter and the river.
Free entry
Old Town
Historical Museum of the Palatinate
Right on the cathedral square. Home to the Golden Hat, the Palatinate Wine Treasure and major special exhibitions on antiquity and the Middle Ages.
from 8 €
Old Town
Holy Trinity Church
A Baroque Protestant court church from 1717. Its richly painted wooden vault makes it one of the finest Baroque churches in the Palatinate.
Free entry
Old Town
Jewish Courtyard with Mikvah
A ShUM UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2021. A medieval Jewish sacred quarter with a mikvah from 1128, one of the oldest surviving ritual baths in Europe.
from 4 €
Old Town
Maximilianstraße
The 600-meter promenade running from the Altpörtel gate to the cathedral. Speyer's main artery since the Middle Ages.
Free entry
Old Town
Memorial Church of the Protestation
A neo-Gothic church from 1904 commemorating the Protestation of the Protestant estates at the 1529 Diet of Speyer.
Free entry
Old Town
Old Mint
A medieval mint house on the Korngasse, one of the few Speyer buildings to survive the destruction of the city in 1689.
Free entry
Old Town
Palatinate State Library
An academic regional library with a Palatinate focus. A reading room in modern architecture, free to enter.
Free entry
New Rhine Harbor
Rheinstrand Speyer
Beach bar at the southern end of the Speyer riverside promenade: more than 1,500 square metres of deckchairs, hammocks and lounge seating right by the water.
Free entry
Old Town
Sea Life Speyer
An aquarium by the old harbor basin with around 30 tanks: Rhine fish, a deep-sea shark tunnel and a seahorse breeding station.
from 19 €
Old Town
Speyer Imperial Cathedral
The largest surviving Romanesque church in the world. A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1981 and the burial place of Salian and Hohenstaufen emperors.
Free entry
Speyer-West
Technik Museum Speyer
One of the largest technology museums in Europe. A Lufthansa jumbo jet, the submarine U9, the Soviet Buran space shuttle and an IMAX dome.
from 18 €
Old Town
Town Hall
The Baroque town hall on the Maximilianstraße, built between 1712 and 1726 after the destruction of the city in 1689.
Free entry
Tours & tickets
Guided tours and tickets in Speyer
Cathedral tours, city walks and skip-the-line tickets - book online, free cancellation on most options.
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