Bad Urach is one of my favorite places in the Swabian Alps for hiking. It's a place of big treed hills, castle ruins, waterfalls and a course a beer garden or two!

1. Hiking in Bad Urach
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Bad Urach is one of my f avorite places in the Swabian Alps f or hiking.
It’s a place of big treed hills, castle ruins, waterfalls and of course the requisite beer gardens. Bad Urach Waterfall is
an easy and popular hike with families and it’s not uncommon to see German children stripping down for a dip in the
small burbling stream en- route to the waterfall. While Bad Urach is a popular spot for hiking, it’s primarily Germans that
go there, so if you’re looking for a place with a local flavor on your trip to Germany, Bad Urach is a good choice to
see how the locals hang out on a weekend.
For hikers seeking more

2. For hikers seeking more
challenging routes there are
plenty of those as well, but signs
are not always clear, or even
present as we found multiple
times at three way intersections
with not a sign in sight. We
choose a 10 km route with 6
points of interest along the way,
including two waterfalls and
Hohenurach Castle, a castle ruin
dating back to the 11th century.
We only hit two of those points of
interest due to bad signage and
running out of time. Our 10km
hike turned into a 15km+ one
and Hohenurach Castle (which I
really wanted to see and could
see from a distance along the
way) eluded us, despite taunting
us en- route (as pictured in the
top photo). If you really want to
see Hohenurach Castle, my
advice is to hike to it first and not
last as our route suggested.
We eventually did find the trail at
the very end but had to get back
to Stuttgart at that point. To steal
a famous movie quote from
Arnold Schwarz enegger “I’ll be
back.”
Bad Urach is located only 45
minutes south of Stuttgart or
alternatively the train station is
literally steps away from the start
of the hiking trails. There is a
food kiosk and a restaurant at
the start of the trail and a hut at
Th e h i ke to B a d Ur a ch Wa te r fa l l i s a p o p u l a r p a th wi th G e r m a n fa m i l i e s .

3. the start of the trail and a hut at
the top of
the
waterfall
with a
limited
menu. I
like its
proximity
to
Stuttgart,
the variety
of hiking
options
presented,
the Bad
Urach
waterfalls
and
B e s i d e s B a d Ur a ch Wa te r fa l l th i s m o m u m e n t to a h i ke r wh o e n j o ye d th e a r e a wa s th e o n l y o th e r p o i n t o f i n te r e s t ( o u t o f 6) th a t
we l o ca te d . At l e a s t we h a d a g o r g e o u s vi e w o ve r l o o ki n g th e va l l e y.
Hohenurach Castle. Now if they could just work on improving the signage.
Information (available in English).
For more info see Bad Urach Tourist
Other places of interest in the Swabian Alps:Lichtenstein Castle: 7 Interesting Things

4. Hiking in Germany with Ruins and Castles
Castle Ruins in Stuttgart
About Laurel
Laurel Robbins is a free- spirited adventurer, award- winning travel blogger at Monkeys and Mountains
Adventure Travel Blog. Many hats, one travel obsessed Canadian in Germany.