Bacharach, also known as Bacharach am Rhein, is a town in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rhein-Nahe, whose seat is in Bingen am Rhein, although that town is not within its bounds.

The original name Baccaracus suggests a Celtic origin. Above the town stands Stahleck Castle (Burg Stahleck), now a youth hostel.

Bacharach is divided into several Ortsteile. The outlying centre of Steeg lies in the Steeg Valley (Steeger Tal) off to the side, away from the Rhine. This glen lies between Medenscheid and Neurath to the south and Henschhausen to the north on the heights.

Culture and sightseeing:

• Timber-frame houses, which can be found throughout the town. A whole row of them borders Bacharach along with the town wall along the Rhine.
• Altes Haus ("Old House"), mediaeval timber-frame house from 1368
• Haus Utsch from 1585; in its time, Friedrich Wilhelm Utsch, the Jäger aus Kurpfalz ("Hunter from the Electorate of the Palatinate" - a character in a well known song) lived there.
• Old postal station
• Old marketplace
• Electorate of the Palatinate Amt wine cellar
• Former Electorate of the Palatinate mint
• Toll yard with Saint Nicholas's Catholic Church
• Saint Peter's Evangelical Church
• Ruin of the Gothic Wernerkapelle
• Saint Joseph's Catholic Chapel
• Town wall ringing Bacharach, parts of which may be visited
• Town wall towers: Diebesturm ("Thief's Tower", remnants), Zehnt-turm ("Tithe Tower"), Spitzenturm ("Pointed Tower", remnants), Postenturm ("Post Tower"), Holztor ("Wooden Gate", also called Steeger Tor), Liebesturm ("Love Tower"), Halbturm ("Half Tower", remnants), Kühlbergturm ("Kühlberg Tower", remnants), Sonnenturm ("Sun Tower", remnants), Hutturm ("Hat Tower"), Zollturm (no longer existing), Kranentor, Markttor ("Market Gate"), Münztor ("Mint Gate"), Winandturm ("Winand's Tower"). The town fortifications are among the best preserved in Rhineland-Palatinate.
• Island in the Rhine, the Bacharacher Werth.
• Stahleck Castle (Burg Stahleck)
• Remnants of a Roman road up from Stahleck Castle
• Stahlberg Castle (Burg Stahlberg) above Bacharach-Steeg
• Blücher monument stone at the Rhine ferry