Lörrach is in the southwest of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Get in

EAP (Euro airport) in Basel has flights from many cities in Europe including from budget carriers. Trains run from Basel SBB to Lorrach every half hour.

Travellers from further away may find it cheaper to fly to Zurich and take a train from the airport there to Basel SBB.

Get around

There are train services from the central station every half hour to Basel (leaving at one minute past the hour and half hour). Trains can also be used to get to the southern suburb of Stetten or the northwestern suburb of Steinen. There is also a bus service around Lorrach but busses are not as frequent as trains. However, most areas are within walking distance of the central city.

From Stetten, the Swiss border is in easy walking distance and the number 6 tram runs from the border into Basel.

See

• The ruined castle of Burg Rötteln, which is about 35 minutes walk from the town centre. The outer castle is free and open year round. The inner keep and museum is open each day in summer and on weekends at other times and costs €2 for adults.
• There are views over Lörrach, Basel in Switzerland, and parts of France from Ober-tulligen on a hill directly West of the Lörrach suburb of Stetten.

Further afield

• Holzen is 13 km north and has large stork nest on top of several buildings, most picturesquely on a narrow church spire. Look for a witches house (marked with 'Hexe') - if you put 50 cents in the slot the shutters will open and a mechanical witch appears to tell you (in German) about her life.
• Inzlingen is a neighbouring town which can be reached walking through the Black Forest. It has its own castle, Wasserschloss Inglingen.

Do

Go for a walk through the Black Forest, which surrounds the town.

Buy

There are market days on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, with the latter being by far the largest.

Sleep

• Stadt Hotel is central and comfortable. http://www.stadthotel-loerrach.de/
• The youth hostel is cheaper, and close to the Black Forest, but is about half an hour's walk or a bus ride from town. http://www.jugendherberge.de/en/hostels/search/portrait/jh.jsp?IDJH=16
• There are other hotels. There are a number of apartments catering to travellers, but no central website for booking them.

Go next

• Basel (CH)
• Freiburg (DE)
• Colmar (FR)