Bavaria · Germany
Where to stay in Bayreuth
Bayreuth is a city in Bavaria, Germany, home to about 73,000 people. This guide covers 1 aparthotel in Bayreuth, with about 17 rooms between them.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Best months
- May to September
- Nearest airport
- NUE62 km · Nuremberg Airport
- Currency
- EUReuro
- Time zone
- Europe/Berlin
- Language
- German
About
About Bayreuth
Bayreuth is a town in northern Bavaria, Germany, on the Red Main river in a valley between the Franconian Jura and the Fichtel Mountains. The town's roots date back to 1194.
Bayreuth is famous in Germany as the host of the Richard Wagner Festival (Festspiele) each year from July to August. In that respect, most of the tourist industry has evolved around the life and times of Richard Wagner as well as Margravine Wilhelmine, one of the major contributors in bringing the arts to Bayreuth. For most of the year, Bayreuth is quiet, somewhat out of the way of the major tourist itineraries. However, during the Festspiele, the town fills to capacity; hotels are nearly impossible to book and at certain times the traffic in some areas almost slows to a stop.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Bayreuth
See
Most attractions in Bayreuth hail from the residence of Margravine Wilhelmine and her husband Margrave Friedrich. A diligent supporter of the arts and culture, Wilhelmine brought Italian architects and French builders to construct many of the town's historical landmarks. As such, much of the architecture reflects heavy baroque and rococo influences.
- Margravial Opera House
- Festival Theater
- New Palace
- Bayreuther Faiences – The Rummel Collection
- Museum of Wilhelmine's Bayreuth
- State Gallery in the New Palace
- Hermitage/Old Palace
- Richard Wagner Museum
- Franz-Liszt-Museum
- Museum of Art
- British American Tobacco's Historical Collection
- Little Poster Museum
Do
With its wide pedestrian streets, the city centre is easy to stroll, and provides a pleasant contrast to many other South German towns loaded with medieval architecture. During the summer many cafes and ice cream parlors set up outdoor seating on the main shopping streets, Maximilianstraße, Sophienstraße, and Von-Römer-Straße. As with any town in Bierfranken (cf Breweries in Franconia), trying some of the local brews is a must. The default beer in most pubs is some sort of pale lager (Helles), but the real specialities are the darker ones – look for Zwickl, Zoigl, Kellerbier or Dunkles on the menu.
- Oberfrankenhalle
- Hans-Walter-Wild-Stadion
- Kreuzsteinbad
- Stadtbad
- Lohengrin Therme
- SBV-Hallenbad
- Therme Obernsees
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Where to stay
Places to stay in Bayreuth
1 place to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| Bayreuth Spitalgasse aparthotel | 17 |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
Which part of Bayreuth to stay in
Bayreuth's sleeping options are mostly reasonable in price and quality, but during the Richard Wagner Festival prices can go through the roof. The Tourist Information can help you find many other smaller guest houses in and around Bayreuth. (Organized by price in each category.)
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Where to stay
More hotels in Bayreuth
11 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Gasthaus | 0.5 km | |
| Pflaums Posthotel | 21.5 km | |
| Arvena Kongress Hotel - Hotel in der Wagnerstadt | 0.6 km | |
| Gasthof & Hotel Goldener Hirsch | 13.2 km | |
| Grunau Hotel | 3.2 km | |
| H4 Hotel Residenzschloss Bayreuth | 1.0 km | |
| Hotel Bayerischer Hof | 0.1 km | |
| Hotel Goldener Anker | 0.5 km | |
| Hotel Kaiseralm | 20.7 km | |
| Hotel Rheingold | 0.9 km | |
| Transmar Travel Hotel | 3.5 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Bayreuth
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Bayreuth are May to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 24 °C; July is the wettest, with about 79 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Bayreuth: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Nuremberg Airport (NUE), about 62 km from the city centre in a straight line; Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV, 100 km) and Erfurt-Weimar Airport (ERF, 123 km) are also within reach.
Getting around
Bayreuth is a very walkable city, as the terrain is flat and distances are short. Most sights of interest are easily reached by foot within the city. Exceptions to this are the Festspielhaus, the Eremitage, and Fantaisie – all of which are easily accessed by bus or bike. Most of the extensive pedestrian zones in the city centre around the Maximilianstraße are paved with flat natural sett stones or large pavers, which make for pretty comfortable walking compared to the medieval cobble stone you may find elsewhere.
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NUE · Nuremberg Airport
KLV · Karlovy Vary Airport
ERF · Erfurt-Weimar Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Bayreuth
Eat
Bayreuth's status as a university city means that a wide variety of restaurants populate the city, including typical Franconian Wirtshäuser, pizza parlors and Asian cuisine (including specifically Chinese, Japanese, and Thai), as well as the normal fast food fare in the train station and along the pedestrian streets. Small food stands (Imbiss) dot the pedestrian areas and offer quick hot meals for those in a rush (the traditional Franconian choice would be a pair of Bayreuther Bratwürste). If you're looking for halal food, the numerous Döner places around the city centre are your safest bet.
Drink
The city centre of Bayreuth has plenty of options for having a pint. Most of them fall into the pub or Wirtshaus categories, though, as the city lost its main dance hall, the (in)famous Rosenau, to a fire in 2017. Below is a list of some of the most well-established places, but don't hesitate to just take a walk around the city and see where that leads you.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Bayreuth
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 1 place
of 1 place
Questions
Bayreuth: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Bayreuth?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Bayreuth are May to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 24 °C; July is the wettest, with about 79 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Bayreuth?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Nuremberg Airport (NUE), about 62 km from the city centre in a straight line; Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV, 100 km) and Erfurt-Weimar Airport (ERF, 123 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Bayreuth?
euro (EUR).
Nearby
Destinations near Bayreuth
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.