# Things to see in Mainz (Germany): 139 places and when to go

> Mainz is a city in Germany with around 185,000 inhabitants, and this site lists 139 places in and around it, mainly Food and drink (93), History (14), Hiking (12). The best known are Mainz Cathedral, St. Stephan, Mainz and Gutenberg Museum. The best time to come is April to October and December; also possible: January to March and November. In June there are 16 h 07 of daylight, and in December, 7 h 53. Here is what there is, when to go, how to get there and what else is nearby.

- Address: https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/maguncia/
- Reviewed on: 2026-10-02
- Language: en

## In a nutshell

- **Where:** Germany · 49.9825, 8.2732
- **Population:** About 185,000
- **Places:** 139 places on this site, in the town and around it.
- **What people come for:** [Food and drink](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/gastronomia/) (93) · [History](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/historia/) (14) · [Hiking](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/senderismo/) (12) · [Nature](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/naturaleza/) (9) · [Wildlife](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/fauna/) (9) · [Temples](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/espiritual/) (7)
- **Best time:** April to October and December.
- **Also possible:** January to March and November.
- **Nearest airport:** FRA Frankfurt am Main, 21 km as the crow flies

## What to see in Mainz

The places in and around Mainz, best known first, each with its own page: what it is, when to go and what is next to it. Distances are from the centre, as the crow flies.

- [Mainz Cathedral](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/st-martin-s-cathedral/): Cathedral in Germany · 1.8 km
- [St. Stephan, Mainz](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/iglesia-de-san-esteban/): Church in Mainz · 1.5 km
- [Gutenberg Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/gutenberg-museum/): Museum in Mainz, Germany · 2.4 km
- [Roman Theatre](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/roman-theatre/): Roman theater · 1.2 km
- [Mainz Citadel](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/zitadelle/): Was built in its present form around 1660 and was the important part of the Fortress of Mainz · 1.2 km
- [Ingelheim Imperial Palace](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kaiserpfalz-museum/): An important Imperial Palace erected in the second half of the 8th century in Germany · 14 km
- [Protestant Castle Church, Ingelheim](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/burgkirche/): Church in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany · 15 km
- [Wood Tower](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/holzturm/): Watchtower in Mainz, Germany, built in the early 15th century · 1.7 km
- [Saalkirche Ingelheim](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/saalkirche/): Church building in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany · 14 km
- [Schloss Waldthausen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schloss-waldthausen/): Architectural structure · 7.7 km
- [Ohrenbrücker Tor](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/ohrenbrucker-tor/): Gate in the city wall of Ingelheim am Rhein in Germany · 16 km
- [Selztaldom](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/selztaldom/): Protestant church in Ingelheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany · 14 km
- [Weingut Brüder Dr. Becker](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-bruder-dr-becker/): German wine grower and craft producer · 19 km
- [Wiesen am Layenhof - Ober-Olmer Wald](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/wiesen-am-layenhof-ober-olmer-wald/): Nature reserve in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany · 8.2 km
- [Opel-Rennbahn](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/alte-opel-rennbahn/): Race track · 10 km
- [Weingut St. Antony](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/st-antony-weingut/): German wine estate · 13 km
- [Catholic Church of St. Remigius, Ingelheim](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/st-remigius-kirche/): Church building in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany · 15 km
- [Synagogue in Gross-Gerau](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/standort-ehemalige-synagoge/): Temples · 16 km
- [Weingut Arndt F. Werner](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/arndt-f-werner/): Winery · 14 km
- [Aulheimer Tälchen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/aulheimer-talchen/): Nature reserve in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany · 29 km
- [Erweiterung Laubenheimer - Bodenheimer Ried](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/erweiterung-laubenheimer-bodenheimer-ried/): Nature reserve in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany · 5.4 km
- [Gau-Algesheimer Kopf - Erweiterung](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/gau-algesheimer-kopf-erweiterung/): Nature reserve in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany · 18 km
- [Im Briehl/Schafwiese](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/im-briehl-schafwiese/): Nature reserve in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany · 22 km
- [Ingelheimer Dünen und Sande](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/ingelheimer-dunen-und-sande/): Nature reserve in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany · 16 km

And the other 115, by what you come to do:

- **Nature**: [Kisselwörth und Sändchen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kisselworth-und-sandchen/), [Laubenheimer-Bodenheimer Ried](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/laubenheimer-bodenheimer-ried/), [Sandgrube am Weilersberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/sandgrube-am-weilersberg/)
- **Museums and art**: [Museum der Stadt Rüsselsheim](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/stadt-und-industriemuseum/)
- **History**: [Stiegelgässer Tor](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/stiegelgasser-tor/), [day laborers' house, Woerrstadt](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/tagelohnerhaus/), [Uffhubtor](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/uffhubtor/)
- **Food and drink**: [Weingut J. Neus](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-j-neus/), [Bernhart](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/bernhart/), [Brauhaus Goldener Engel](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brauhaus-goldener-engel/), [Brunnenhof, Weingut Münzenberger](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brunnenhof-weingut-munzenberger/), [Eulchen Brauerei](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/eulchen-brauerei/), [Gutsausschank Lindenhof](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/gutsausschank-lindenhof/), [Gutsschänke Pfaff "Zum Kamin"](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/gutsschanke-pfaff-zum-kamin/), [Gutsschänke Schwalbenhof](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/gutsschanke-schwalbenhof/), [Haus Thiel](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/haus-thiel/), [Henkell Sektkellerei](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/henkell-sektkellerei/), [Hotel Weingut Duchmann](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/hotel-weingut-duchmann/), [Kuehn Kunz Rosen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kuehn-kunz-rosen/), [Landgraf](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/landgraf/), [Mengel-Eppelmann](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/mengel-eppelmann/), [Rebenhof](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/rebenhof/), [Rheingauer Hof](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/rheingauer-hof/), [Rheinhessen-Bräu](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/rheinhessen-brau/), [Schönhals](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schonhals/), [Sekt und Weingut Chumbderhof](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/sekt-und-weingut-chumbderhof/), [Straußwirtschaft Dienst Dorotheenhof](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/strausswirtschaft-dienst-dorotheenhof/), [Straußwirtschaft zur Guten Stube](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/strausswirtschaft-zur-guten-stube/), [Vinothek Immerheiser](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/vinothek-immerheiser/), [Wein Hück](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/wein-huck/), [Wein- und Sektkellerei Jakob Gerhardt](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/wein-und-sektkellerei-jakob-gerhardt/), [Weinbau Schenk](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weinbau-schenk/), [Weingut A. Schick](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-a-schick/), [Weingut Adam Darmstadt & Sohn](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-adam-darmstadt-sohn/), [Weingut Alexander Venino](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-alexander-venino/), [Weingut Alfred Weilbächer & Gutsausschank "Klosterhof"](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-alfred-weilbacher-gutsausschank-klosterhof/), [Weingut Alwin Schmitz](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-alwin-schmitz/), [Weingut am Honigberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-am-honigberg/), [Weingut Bischmann](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-bischmann/), [Weingut Blodt](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-blodt/), [Weingut Bott](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-bott/), [Weingut Braunewell](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-braunewell/), [Weingut Bugner](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-bugner/), [Weingut Christ](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-christ/), [Weingut Dahlem](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-dahlem/), [Weingut Diefenhard](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-diefenhard/), [Weingut Dietz](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-dietz/), [Weingut Doktor Heyden](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-doktor-heyden/), [Weingut Dörrschuck](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-dorrschuck/), [Weingut Dr. Alex Senfter](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-dr-alex-senfter/), [Weingut Ebling](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-ebling/), [Weingut Elftausend-Mägde-Mühle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-elftausend-magde-muhle/), [Weingut Fleischer](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-fleischer/), [Weingut Frank Kühn](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-frank-kuhn/), [Weingut Frank Müller](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-frank-muller/), [Weingut Fritz Reichert I.](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-fritz-reichert-i/), [Weingut G.A. Schneider](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-g-a-schneider/), [Weingut Gehring](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-gehring/), [Weingut Gerharz-Hochthurn](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-gerharz-hochthurn/), [Weingut Gustav Strub](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-gustav-strub/), [Weingut Heinz Lemb](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-heinz-lemb/), [Weingut Hubertus Duttenhöfer](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-hubertus-duttenhofer/), [Weingut Jung](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-jung/), [Weingut Lamberth](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-lamberth/), [Weingut Leonhard](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-leonhard/), [Weingut Lisa Bunn](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-lisa-bunn/), [Weingut Lorenz Sauer](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-lorenz-sauer/), [Weingut Martinshof](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-martinshof/), [Weingut Mitter-Velten](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-mitter-velten/), [Weingut Mossel Mentz](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-mossel-mentz/), [Weingut Nelgen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-nelgen/), [Weingut Paul Rainer Gillot](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-paul-rainer-gillot/), [Weingut Peter Flick](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-peter-flick/), [Weingut Petry](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-petry/), [Weingut Preis](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-preis/), [Weingut Schilling](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-schilling/), [Weingut Schneider](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-schneider/), [Weingut Schreiber](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-schreiber/), [Weingut Staiger](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-staiger/), [Weingut Stauß](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-stauss/), [Weingut Stefan Leber](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-stefan-leber/), [Weingut Steigerhof](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-steigerhof/), [Weingut Stenner](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-stenner/), [Weingut & Straußwirtschaft Bunk-Hirschmann](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-strausswirtschaft-bunk-hirschmann/), [Weingut Thörle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-thorle/), [Weingut und Gästehaus Mussel](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-und-gastehaus-mussel/), [Weingut Villa Silius](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-villa-silius/), [Weingut Wagner](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-wagner/), [Weingut Wedekind](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-wedekind/), [Weingut Werner Menk](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-werner-menk/), [Weingut Willi Menk](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-willi-menk/), [Weingut & Winzerhof Kahl](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-winzerhof-kahl/), [Weingut Wolf](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-wolf/), [Weingut Zehe-Clauß](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weingut-zehe-clauss/), [Weinhaus Priester](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weinhaus-priester/), [Weinhaus Schramm](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weinhaus-schramm/), [Weinhof Peterhof](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/weinhof-peterhof/)
- **With kids**: [astroparc](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/astroparc/), [Maaraue outdoor pool](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/maaraue-outdoor-pool/), [Mainzer Taubertsberg Bad](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/mainzer-taubertsberg-bad/), [Waldschwimmbad](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/waldschwimmbad/)
- **Hiking**: [Aulheimer Mühlen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/aulheimer-muhlen/), [Hessenweg 7 (Teilstück Wiesbaden - Darmstadt-Eberstadt)](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/hessenweg-7-teilstuck-wiesbaden-darmstadt-eberstadt/), [Camino de Santiago](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/jakobsweg-rheinhessen/), [Lutherweg 1521 (Teilstück Neu Isenburg - Nierstein)](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/lutherweg-1521-teilstuck-neu-isenburg-nierstein/), [Rheinhöhenweg Trail](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/rheinhohenweg-8-etappe-bingen-heidesheim-lrh/), [Rheinhöhenweg Trail](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/rheinhohenweg-9-etappe-heidesheim-bodenheim-lrh/), [Riesling Schleife Flörsheimer Schweiz](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/riesling-schleife-florsheimer-schweiz/), [Riesling Schleife In Vino Sanitas](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/riesling-schleife-in-vino-sanitas/), [Riesling Schleife Löss und Lehm](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/riesling-schleife-loss-und-lehm/), [Riesling Schleife Spätlesereiter](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/riesling-schleife-spatlesereiter/), [Riesling Schleife Wein und Victoria](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/riesling-schleife-wein-und-victoria/), [Via Sancti Martini HW-38 Offstein - Bingen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/via-sancti-martini-hw-38-offstein-bingen/)
- **Stargazing**: [Paul-Baumann-Sternwarte](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/paul-baumann-sternwarte/), [Sternwarte Trebur](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/sternwarte-trebur/)

## When to go to Mainz

The best time to visit Mainz is **April to October and December**; also possible: January to March and November. This comes from its own places: a month counts as the town's best time when it is the best time for half of what there is to see.

| Mes | Época | Hours of daylight |
| --- | --- | --- |
| January | Possible | 8 h 19 |
| February | Possible | 9 h 49 |
| March | Possible | 11 h 33 |
| April | Best time | 13 h 31 |
| May | Best time | 15 h 11 |
| June | Best time | 16 h 07 |
| July | Best time | 15 h 44 |
| August | Best time | 14 h 16 |
| September | Best time | 12 h 21 |
| October | Best time | 10 h 27 |
| November | Possible | 8 h 45 |
| December | Best time | 7 h 53 |

In June there are 16 h 07 of daylight, and in December, 7 h 53. In April, 137 of the 139 places are at their best.

When to go to Germany in general, with its festivals and peak seasons, is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/#cuando-ir).

## Getting to Mainz

The nearest main airport is Frankfurt Main Airport (FRA, Frankfurt am Main), 21 km as the crow flies. How to get around Germany (train, car, bus) is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/#moverse), and what to sort out before you leave is in [its checklist](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/#antes-de-salir).

- [Where it is](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=49.9825%2C8.2732)
- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=49.9825%2C8.2732)

## Other towns nearby

- [Wiesbaden](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/wiesbaden/): 217 places · 11 km
- [Stockstadt am Rhein](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/stockstadt-am-rhein/): 44 places · 24 km
- [Frankfurt](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/francfort/): 66 places · 32 km
- [Rüdesheim](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/rudesheim/): 226 places · 34 km
- [Messel](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/messel/): 35 places · 36 km
- [Flörsheim-Dalsheim](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/florsheim-dalsheim/): 141 places · 36 km

And all of Germany, in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/).

## Frequently asked questions

### What is there to see in Mainz?

The best known: [Mainz Cathedral](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/st-martin-s-cathedral/), [St. Stephan, Mainz](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/iglesia-de-san-esteban/), [Gutenberg Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/gutenberg-museum/), [Roman Theatre](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/roman-theatre/), [Mainz Citadel](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/zitadelle/). In all, 139 places in the town and around it, all on your trip map from day one.

### When is the best time to visit Mainz?

April to October and December; also possible: January to March and November. In June there are 16 h 07 of daylight, and in December, 7 h 53.

### How do you get to Mainz?

The nearest main airport is Frankfurt Main Airport (FRA), 21 km away. From there, [directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=49.9825%2C8.2732) opens the route on the map.

### How do I add it to my trip?

Create a trip with Mainz as the destination and these 139 places are on your map, each with its category. The ones you like go into a day's plan with one tap, and Kokai reminds you when you pass nearby.

Data from [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), licensed under the ODbL, from [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/), CC0, cities from [Natural Earth](https://www.naturalearthdata.com/) and airports from [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/). Daylight hours are calculated from the latitude. More in [credits](https://kokai.app/en/aviso/#creditos).