The most comfortable and easiest way to reach the Schlossberg is to take the mountain railway, which will take you from Heidelberg's Old Town to the entrance to the Schlossgarten in just a few minutes and back to the Old Town up to 30 minutes after the end of the performance. The service is suspended during the performance and at later times.
To avoid queues and delays, please use funiculars leaving between 6.45 p.m. and 8.15 p.m. You might not make it in time if you take later rides.
The valley station of the cable car is located in Bremeneckgasse near Kornmarkt (accessible by bus lines 20 and 36).
You can also reach the castle on foot from the Old Town by climbing a flight of stairs (»Kurzer Buckel«) from the valley station of the mountain railway. Pedestrian access via the Kurzer Buckel, Burgweg and Schlossberg is guaranteed at all times.
On the day of the event and for up to four hours before the start, tickets for the Heidelberger Schlossfestspiele serve as tickets for bus, tram and designated trains within the fare zones of Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar (VRN) and Heidelberg’s funicular from Kornmarkt station to the castle and back. It is therefore worthwhile collecting reserved tickets before the day of the performance.
Information about the timetables is available at www.vrn.de or by calling the service number 0621 / 1077 077; €0.14 per minute or part thereof from a landline.