There are exciting things to discover outside the Old Quarter and the main streets for those wishing to venture into the outlying parts of the town and the surrounding areas:

Handschuhsheim with its 13th century Tiefburg Castle, Ziegelhausen and its Neuburg Foundation Benedictine Monastery, the mountain cemetery between Weststadt and Südstadt and trips out in the attractive neighbouring countryside, for example to Speyer or Schwetzingen, following the mountain road or taking the scenic castle and designated German Vineyards routes, to the Oden Forest or along the Neckar Valley.