Palatinate Almond Trail Section 02 Kleinkarlbach to Bad Dürkheim

Continue left into the main street and across the village square directly through the town with its many places to stop for refreshments. At the end of the village, cross the bypass and follow the L522/Herxheimer Straße for about 1 km. The path leads off to the left, a little way through the "Mandelgarten" vineyard and then in a curve to Herxheim am Berg. In the village, it is worth taking a detour to the castle garden next to the church of St. Jakob. From there, you have a wonderful view of the Rhine plain all the way to the Odenwald and Germany's first almond orchard in the neighbouring village of Freinsheim with well over 1,000 almond trees.

Along the wine road, the almond path leads to the southern exit of Herxheim and further on, below the winegrowers' cooperative, up a hill offset to the right and then in a narrow curve - past the Herxheim karst cave - down again. Past the entrance to the Berntal/Felsenberg nature reserve, the trail runs parallel to the wine road next to old and new almond trees in the direction of Kallstadt.

The wine road leads into the village. In front of the church in the centre of the village is the i-Punkt Kallstadt, the village's tourist information centre at the Platz der 100 Weine, the central festival and car park. The Mandelpfad now turns right slightly uphill into Leistadter Straße and at the end of the village left into Backhausgasse. After a good 200m, turn right into the well-known Kallstadt vineyard "Saumagen", after another 100m turn left towards the south, past the small Kallstadt lake and then immediately left and right again. Slightly uphill, the Mandelpfad continues southwards and on the hilltop gives a view of Bad Dürkheim. After a few metres, you reach the Roman villa on the Weilberg.

From the villa, the trail heads west past the Roman wine press house and then south past three small vantage points with benches and the old execution site. The highlight along the way is a vineyard wall over 100 metres long crowned by several veteran almond trees. In the south, the shortest route leads to the town via the Michaelskapelle chapel. Arriving at the Weinstraße, the Wurstmarktplatz, where the largest wine festival in the world - the Wurstmarkt - is celebrated every year in September, is opposite. Here at the square with the graduation building on the left and the giant barrel on the right is the end of the stage. Take a detour to the Gradierbau, one of the longest in Germany, and get a taste of the famous "sea breeze of the Palatinate". Enjoy the view of the spa gardens, town and vineyards from the 666m-long walkway.