For a stay in Landshut, there are various interests to explore: archaeological collections and local history museums, hiking and cycling routes, and a wake park. The places mentioned are spread across several towns. So first choose the themes and specific places you want to visit, and plan your stay around them. This lets you combine culture, outdoor activities and individual excursions according to your own priorities.
Museums: from archaeology to everyday history
The Goldbach MUSEUM opened in the renovated Stiegler-Hof in March 2025. It invites you to discover the history of the market town of Ergoldsbach and the surrounding villages in the Goldbach valley. The museum in the Heimathaus Essenbach focuses on archaeology: it displays more than 300 finds, all of which come exclusively from the municipality of Essenbach, and provides an overview of almost 7,500 years of settlement history in the central Isar valley. The collections therefore have different emphases: one focuses on the history of a town and its surroundings, while the other explores a long period of settlement through archaeological finds.
The Vilsbiburg Local History Museum – Kröninger Pottery Museum explores “Kröninger ware” and the working and living conditions of potters. Its 15 rooms also cover prehistory and early history, local history, social institutions, domestic culture and crafts. If you are interested in historic construction methods, the Altdorf Museum offers a different perspective: the building is a historic log structure, parts of which were dated to 1547 and 1550 using tree-ring analysis. The museum also uses archaeological finds, excavation results and scientific findings to offer insights into the living conditions and burial customs of past societies.
Other museums focus on their own themes. Geisenhausen Museum’s permanent exhibition “Leib und Seel” (“Body and Soul”) uses a variety of exhibits to ask how people in the municipality on the Vils kept body and soul together throughout history. The Bavarian Centre for Traditional Costume Culture in Holzhausen houses a traditional costume museum and a youth education centre. The radio museum in Rottenburg an der Laaber presents a cross-section of every era of broadcasting. The Ahrain School Museum in Oberahrain offers an interactive, hands-on experience: lessons are taught in a historic classroom as they were more than 100 years ago. Check current visiting options in advance for the school and radio museums.
Hiking and cycling routes, a Kneipp facility and a wake park
For a longer hike, the Landshut Höhenwanderweg trail runs for just over 50 kilometres through the gentle hills of Lower Bavaria. In Niederaichbach, a Kneipp facility is located right on the trail. If you plan to visit, check the current visiting conditions. Another type of route is the Rottal Cycle Path: it starts in Velden a. d. Vils in the district of Landshut, connects there to the Vilstal Cycle Path, and follows the Rott from its source to its confluence with the Inn, the Bavarian-Austrian border river, near Neuhaus am Inn. The comparison helps you choose what to focus on: a long hiking route through hilly countryside or a cycle route along a river.
Waketoolz Wakepark in Wörth an der Isar has two cable systems: the longer one measures 890 metres, while the smaller one is about 200 metres long. These measurements describe the two facilities; check current operating and visiting conditions before planning a visit. The wake park is therefore quite different from the trails and collections: it offers a specific activity, while each museum explores its own historical or cultural themes.
Plan your stay around your interests
When choosing a hotel in Landshut, it is worth deciding first which places you want to visit: the museums and activities mentioned are spread across several towns, and the themes range from archaeology and crafts to hiking, cycling and wakeboarding. If you mainly want to visit museums, you can choose collections based on their different themes. For a trip focused on outdoor activities, the hiking trail, the Rottal Cycle Path and the wake park offer clearly different options.
Discover more destinations: Hohenthann, Wörth an der Isar, Vilsbiburg, Landshut, Ergolding, Geisenhausen, Neufahrn in Niederbayern, Essenbach, Buch am Erlbach, Eching, Rottenburg an der Laaber, Ergoldsbach, Gerzen, Velden, Vilsheim, Adlkofen, Bruckberg, Altdorf, Obersüßbach, Bodenkirchen, Altfraunhofen, Niederaichbach.
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