Bad Homburg vor der Hohe Attractions

24km/15mi northwest of Bad Homburg is the Grosser Feldberg (880m/2,887ft), the highest peak in the Taunus. On top of the hills rises a 70m/230ft high telecommunications tower. On the Kleiner Feldberg (827m/2,713ft) is an outlook tower (views extending over the Spessart and the Odenwald).

The Taunus Baths in Bad Homburg, in a style showing Far Eastern influence, were opened in 1984. They occupy the site of an earlier spa establishment which was burned down in 1983.
The facilities also include saunas, solariums, steam bath, and whirlpools.

On the north side of the Kaiser-Friedrich-Promenade in Bad Homburg, which runs parallel to Louisenstrasse, is the Kurpark (44 hectares/110 acres), an English-style landscaped park laid out by P. J. Lenné in 1854, with the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Bad, several carbonic mineral springs, the Siamese Temple and beautiful gardens and clumps of trees.

The Landgrafenschloss is the ancient home of the Landgraves and was the summer home of the Prussian king for a time.

The principal shopping street in Bad Homburg is Louisenstrasse (pedestrian zone), with the Kurhaus (Festival Hall).

In Neu-Anspach, northwest of the Saalburg, can be found the Hessenpark open-air museum, with typical old Hessian peasants' and craftsmen's houses. Some of the workshops are occupied by working craftsmen. There are a variety of exhibitions and other events.