Maikammer: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Maikammer is located on the edge of the Palatinate Forest Biosphere Reserve and offers views towards the Kalmit. The transition zones between forests and vineyards are characterized by orchards and terraced viticulture and serve as biotopes for warmth-loving animals and plants. Maikammer is also a starting point for hiking and cycling tours. Anyone wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Maikammer can then continue searching for accommodation.

Getting around

Maikammer is connected to the Palatinate Wine Trail, the Palatinate Almond Trail and the Pälzer Keschdeweg. The route suggestions include circular and long-distance hikes as well as walks through vineyards. The outdoor activities also include hiking, cycling, mountain biking, climbing, trekking, picnicking and stops at places to eat.

For the Maikammer routes, visitors can download GPS data or complete tour PDFs, or open the tours in the Rheinland-Pfalz erleben app. Guided local tours, culinary tours, wine experiences and vineyard tours can be booked in and around Maikammer. Kalmitbad has 50-metre and 25-metre lanes, a leisure pool and a diving pool.

Wine

Maikammer's winegrowers cultivate around 350 hectares of vineyards. More than 25 wineries in Maikammer operate as full-time businesses. The Weinkammer wine shop presents wines, sparkling wines and spirits from 16 winegrowing businesses in the Verbandsgemeinde.

Culture and History

Maikammer was first documented in 1264. The folding ruler known as the Klappmeter was invented in Maikammer in 1886 by the brothers Franz and Anton Ullrich.

Information

The Tourist Information Office offers digital event and tour suggestions as well as a wheelchair-accessible information pillar outdoors. Its services also include a digital exhibition about viticulture, the sustainable destination German Wine Route and Cittaslow.

More places: Knöringen, Dörrenbach, Edesheim, Leinsweiler, Essingen, Landau in der Pfalz, Albersweiler, Roschbach.

To the overview of the wider travel region: Southern Wine Route.