Breathtaking rhine-rambling-tours on the left Rheinburgenweg trail from the Rhein-Nahe-Eck in Bingen to the German Corner (Deutsches Eck) in Koblenz. And further on along Andernach to Bad Breisig. On the right side of the river you follow the young but famous Rheinsteig trail between (Wiesbaden) Ruedesheim and Koblenz (Bonn)...
Walks on the Rhine between Ruedesheim, Bingen and Koblenz.
A hearty welcome from your Rhine Hiker Jens Niemeyer. As an enthusiastic walker I’m frequently on the Rhine hiking trails "Rheinsteig" and "Rheinburgenweg". This unique landscape with its ancient castles and fantastic views of river valleys and rolling woodlands never fails to enthrall me a new...
Day 1: Start in Dörscheid or Kaub.
Day 2: Take the ferry in Kaub to the other side of the river. From there you follow the Rheinburgenweg Trail along Oberwesel to St.Goar.
Day 3: Hikingtour from St.Goar to Boppard.
Day 4: Take the ferry in Boppard back to the right side of the river. After having a short walk to Filsen you follow thr Rheinsteig Trail to Kestert.
The UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE "UPPER MIDDLE RHINE VALLEY" in Germany is only a stone's throw from you. It is surrounded by four international airports.
For example Frankfurt-Hahn-Airport - www.hahn-airport.de - is just 35 min from the Rhine.
Airlines: Ryanair, Wizzair and Icelandexpress... It is Just a cheap and short hop to hahn-airport from London, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dublin, Kerry, Shannon, Reykjavik, Oslo, Gothenburg, Stockholm, Tampere, Mailand, Bologna, Pescara, Venice, Rome, Bratislava, Klagenfurt, Madrid, Sevilla, Santander, Gerona, Porto, Faro, Hamburg Lübeck, Berlin...
Other airports:
Düsseldorf in the north. www.duesseldorf-international.de
Airlines: e.g. Air Berlin
Cologne in the north. www.flughafen-koeln-bonn.de
Airlines: e.g. Air Berlin, Germanwings
Frankfurt in the east. www.airportcity-frankfurt.de
Airlines: eg. Lufthansa, British Airways, Scandinavian Airlines
From the airports take the bus or train to Koblenz, Mainz, Boppard, Rüdesheim or Bingen on the rhine. Or you just hire a car to explore the rhine-region.
Castle Burg Sooneck
55413 Niederheimbach
Telefon: +49 (0)6743 / 6064
Fax: +49 (0)6743 / 949258
Opening hours: 1. April - 30. September: 10.00a.m. - 06.00 p.m.
1. October - 30. November: 10.00 a.m. - 05.00 p.m.
1. January - 31. March: 10.00 a.m. - 05.00 p.m.
Last entry 45 mins before closing. Closed in December and on Mondays
Castle-Tavern. Only guided tours...
Rüdesheim - Lorch
Distance: ca. 21 km
Time: 4-6 hours
Altitude difference about 660 m
Highlights in Ruedesheim: Drosselgasse, Rheingauer Weinmuseum Brömser Burg, cable car to the Niederwalddenkmal, christmasmarket, Abbey St. Hildegard, Asbach Wine Distillery with Visitors Center, midieval torture museum, Siegfrieds Mechanisches Musikkabinett ...
From Rüdesheim we follow the paths through the vineyards up to the Niederwalddenkmal (monument of Germania) with its Adlerwarte (view point). If you prefer you can go by cable car to the monument...
Rhens - Koblenz
Distance: ca. 18 km
Time: 4 - 6 hours
Altitude difference about 530 m
Highlights in Rhens: Königsstuhl, City Wall, historical Old Town with Town Hall, Rhenser Bürgerhäuser...
