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Accessibility in Baden-Baden
Discover Baden-Baden barrier-free - for people with a disability, senior citizens and families with small children. We support you in planning your perfect stay and would like to offer you unforgettable moments. Here you will find all the important information for your journey, the selection of accommodation tailored to your needs as well as barrier-free cultural offers, sights and leisure and recreational opportunities.
Arrival & mobility in Baden-Baden
Arrival by train
The Baden-Baden Railway Station is well connected to the German and European rail network. Each track is equipped with an elevator and the entrance to the station building is barrier-free thanks to a ramp and automatic door. The disabled toilet at the entrance to the main station is free of charge and accessible with a Euro key. From here you can quickly reach the city center by bus or cab.
Arrival by car
Baden-Baden is easy to reach via the A5 highway. Follow the signs to the city center or to your hotel.
Arrival by plane
The nearest airport is Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport (FKB). From there, you can quickly get to the city center by cab or rental car.
Public transportation
When procuring new buses, the Stadtwerke Baden-Baden public transport company relies on specialized low-floor buses with an entrance height of 28 cm. The middle bus door is provided for wheelchair users. The stops in and around Baden-Baden are gradually being made barrier-free.
Barrier-free accommodation
Feel completely at home in Baden-Baden's barrier-free and disabled-friendly accommodation. These not only offer comfortable rooms, but are also equipped with special facilities such as barrier-free access, wheelchair-accessible bathrooms and elevators to make your stay as pleasant as possible.
Art and culture for all
Whether barrier-free access, free audio guides or special guided tours in sign language and/or easy language: experience the great diversity of the European Capital of the Art of Living. "Experience" means taking in all the diversity with all your senses. The more intense the experience, the more vivid the experience. It is not only the art in our museums that is impressive: Baden-Baden's cultural centers are also impressive in their architectural totality.
Museum Frieder Burda
- Completely wheelchair accessible
- Barrier-free toilet
- Free wheelchairs for hire
- Special guided tours for the blind and visually impaired (depending on the exhibition)
- Free audio guides and tour systems for the hearing impaired
- Guided tours in sign language and easy language on request
- Access for the disabled to enter and exit via Lichtentaler Allee possible
- Timely registration required for special guided tours
State Art Gallery | Staatliche Kunsthalle
The Kunsthalle has a barrier-free entrance with a bell at the rear of the building on Friedrichstraße. Barrier-free access is possible via the main entrance of the Museum Frieder Burda, which is connected to the Kunsthalle by a glass bridge. There is also a barrier-free toilet in the neighboring museum. Please contact reception to use the barrier-free elevator to the first floor. Guided tours for the disabled can be requested by telephone.
Museum LA8
The LA8 museum has ground-level access and a barrier-free double door with a bell button. An elevator takes you to all floors and exhibition rooms of the museum. A disabled toilet in the basement is accessible by elevator. Group tours in easy language are available on request for people with learning disabilities.
City Museum | Stadtmuseum Baden-Baden
For wheelchair users, there is a 150cm wide ramp with a bell next to the main entrance. The city museum also has a barrier-free toilet and an elevator with a surface area of 75cm by 150cm. The height of the operating bar is 120cm. A wheelchair is available for visitors.
Sights & attractions
It's not just the art in our museums that is impressive: The sights in Baden-Baden are also impressive in their architectural totality.
Baden-Baden offers numerous barrier-free access points and facilities so that every visitor can enjoy the city's cultural highlights without restrictions. From ramps and lifts to special guided tours and audio guides - every guest will find the support they need to experience the diversity of the cultural city of Baden-Baden.
More leisure & recreation
Baden-Baden offers a variety of leisure facilities that provide barrier-free access and special facilities so that every visitor can relax and enjoy themselves without restrictions.
While the Hardbergbad has two disabled parking spaces, a ramp to the main entrance and disabled-friendly changing rooms, showers and toilets, the Sandweier lido also offers a free beach wheelchair, barrier-free parking and level access.
For cultural experiences, the Cineplex Baden-Baden offers several wheelchair-accessible seats in the cinema auditorium, audio descriptions for the blind and visually impaired and barrier-free toilets on every floor.
You can also explore the Gönneranlage via two side entrances, despite some steps. The Lichtentaler Allee stretches three and a half kilometers from the city center to Lichtenthal Monastery and has well-maintained, wheelchair-accessible walking paths along the Oos. The numerous park benches are perfect for a short break and invite you to linger.
And the Merkur Funicular Railway, which has had barrier-free access at both stations since its renovation, makes it easy to stay above the clouds with fantastic views and cozy hours in the summit restaurant.