 Großbottwar is situated on the Württemberg "Weinstraße", or wine road, a tourist route through the Württemberg wine region.The old town is well preserved, as it has been fortunate to have largely escaped damage from war and fire.Many half-timbered buildings from the 15th to the 17th centuries are still intact, as is some of the original mediaeval wall that once stood around the town, although large sections of it were torn down between 1820 and 1837.