Arnstorf: Circular Trails, Castles and Outdoor Pool

Arnstorf offers several starting points for planning a trip: marked circular trails, historic castle buildings, cultural performances and a seasonal outdoor pool. If you are looking for a hotel for your stay, you can first consider whether landscapes, architecture or an event date should be the main focus of your trip.

Circular Trails and Landscapes

Arnstorf has two extensively signposted circular trails: the Panorama Trail and the St. James Way. Both offer views of the Isar-Inn hill country and the Bavarian Forest. This gives you two specifically named circular trails as reference points for choosing a route, both offering the same views of these landscape areas.

Castles and Brewing Tradition

The Lower Castle stands on Arnstorf’s market square. Built around 1680, it is a two-storey Baroque building with a gable and corner towers. Mariakirchen Water Castle was built around 1550; its courtyard features a Renaissance portal bearing the Closen-Nothaft marital coat of arms. Mariakirchen is in the municipality of Markt Arnstorf. The two buildings offer distinct architectural features: the Lower Castle is defined by its form and towers, while the Water Castle stands out for its history and portal.

At Schlossbräu, guests can experience beer production using traditional brewing methods and in accordance with the German Beer Purity Law, and sample the beer. The beer seminar is reserved for groups of eight or more; the date must be confirmed in advance. If you are considering the seminar for your trip, take this group-size requirement and the advance confirmation into account.

Outdoor Pool and Culture

Arnstorf’s outdoor pool has a spacious sunbathing lawn and mature deciduous trees that provide shade. Aquafit and swimming classes are offered, and the pool opens at the start of summer. As visits are seasonal, it is advisable to check the current opening times and class dates in advance.

The Arnstorf Castle Concerts feature vocal and musical performances. If you want a concert to be the reason for your trip, check the event dates before booking a hotel. This lets you plan your trip around a specific cultural event.

In the wider destination of Rottal-Inn

The wider destination of Rottal-Inn offers other cultural attractions. Each year, Theater an der Rott presents premieres in drama, musical theatre, concerts, dance, operetta and opera. It is the only theatre in Germany owned by a district. Compared with the vocal and musical performances at the Arnstorf Castle Concerts, the theatre programme thus encompasses several explicitly named stage genres.

The “Gothic Tours” introduce selected Gothic monuments to residents and tourists through brochures, maps, the tour portal and the Gothic Portal. The Gothic Portal offers audio guides to Gothic buildings that can be accessed on site, as well as an online museum with information, knowledge and learning resources. This provides a range of ways to find your bearings: printed materials, digital tour options, and content that can be accessed on site or online.

Rottal-Inn also offers plenty for nature lovers and cyclists: the Inn Cycle Path runs through the Lower Inn European Reserve and offers insights into the flora and fauna of the Rottal-Inn leisure region. The leisure region has a well-developed, extensive network of paths spanning several hundred kilometres for hikers and cyclists. For planning your own route, the tour portal provides elevation profiles, details about trail surfaces and GPX downloads.

Discover more destinations: Hebertsfelden, Egglham, Bad Birnbach, Pfarrkirchen, Postmünster, Simbach Am Inn, Gangkofen, Reut.

To the overview of the wider destination: Rottal-Inn.