Benedictine Abbey "St.Hildegard" is located in the vinyards high above Rüdesheim.
It offers an abbey shop, meditation exercises and retreats with accommodation.
More information: www.abtei-st-hildegard.de

Castle Ruin Ehrenfels
4 meter thick and 20 meter high walls with two towers, each 33 meter high are the remains of this impressive castle ruin...
Built in the 10/11th century Ehrenfels was an important toll station in the 13th and 14th century in connection with the "Mäuseturm" (mouse tower) in the rhine.
In the 30-years-war Ehrenfels was sieged and occupied quite often.
During the "Pfälzische Erbfolgekrieg" it was destroyed in 1689.
Later the prussians got the castle ruin and today it is the property of the federal state Hesse.

Six breathtaking Rheinsteig-Hiking-Days with luggage transfer through the World Heritage Valley from Ruedesheim along the famous Loreley to Koblenz.
You will wonder!
Day 1: Arrive at your friendly guesthouse at the start of the trail in Rüdesheim.
Day 2: Follow the trail from Ruedesheim along the "Red-Wine-Town" Assmannshausen to Lorch.
Day 3: Border-Walk through "Freistaat Flaschenhals" from Lorch to Kaub.
Day 4: Panoramic hiking tour from Kaub along the Loreley to St.Goarshausen...

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...

HOTEL LINDENWIRT RUEDESHEIM Arrangement:
3x bed and breakfast accommodation
2x dinner „Hikermenu“
1x typical dinner in a wine tavern
2x packed lunch
1. Hiking day: Take the train from Rüdesheim to Lorch and follow the RHEINSTEIG trail with fantastic views from Lorch to Assmannshausen (ca. 16 km), from there boattrip back to Rüdesheim...