Gimmeldingen Almond Blossom Festival — 2nd Weekend

The second weekend of the Gimmeldingen Almond Blossom Festival takes place from Friday, March 20th to Sunday, March 22nd, 2026. It is the second and usually the last full festival weekend highlight before the festival finally ends on March 26th. Experienced Palatinate visitors particularly appreciate this second weekend because the almond blossoms often reach their absolute peak during these days, transforming the vineyards on the Haardtrand into a sea of pink blossoms.

The festival mile along Neubergstraße remains unchanged: around thirty serving points from Gimmeldingen vintners offer Palatinate white, rosé, and red wines, as well as regional sparkling wine. Food stalls offer Palatinate classics, from Saumagen to Bratwurst, Quetschekuche, and almond cookies.

The more than two-hundred-year-old tradition of the festival — documented in its current form since 1934 — is meticulously maintained in every detail.

The Almond Blossom Panorama Trail is highly recommended: a well-marked walking path that leads via Haberackerstraße, Fürstenweg, and the Wine Lehrpfad (educational wine trail) to the König-Ludwig-Pavillon. Several viewpoints offer a spectacular view of the pink blooming almond trees against the broad backdrop of the Rhine plain. Gimmeldingen is considered one of the best places in Germany to experience the almond blossoms.

As on the first weekend, the wine village is largely closed to individual traffic. The city of Neustadt relies on free shuttle buses from Neustadt main train station, supplemented by regular public transport connections. Those arriving by train benefit from Neustadt's direct location on the Mannheim–Saarbrücken railway line.