Rhineland Nature Park

Just outside the big city

The Rhineland Nature Park is an attractive natural recreational area with a unique and diverse landscape a little over 1000 square kilometres in size, and is located just outside of Cologne and Bonn. Forests, rivers, lakes, and hilly volcanos alternate with flat agricultural landscapes and idyllic villages. 

Famous attractions such as the “Schlösser Brühl” (Brühl castles) and the “Schloss Paffendorf” (Paffendorf palace), the “Seepark” in Zülpich or the four Nature Centres in Rheinbach, Gymnich, Friesheim, and Bonn offer wonderful opportunities for day trips.

Diversity as a special feature

It is the diversity that distinguishes the Rhineland Nature Park. The Nature Park is characterized by the diversity of its landscapes such as the “Ville” and “Seeplatte”, the foothills, the Rhine valley, the “Zülpicher Börde”, the forests of the Kottenforst, and “Drachenfelser Ländchen” (dragon rocks country).