Hiking Weeks on the Rhine, Moselle and Hunsrück

7 days, 5 walks and more

1st Day: Arrival
Explore the area and the surroundings on your own.

2nd Day: Adventure Valley
Walk from Hunsrück to the Moselle (16 km)
Through the narrow canyons and valleys of the Ehrbach Gorge, pass by mills and castles on the way to Brodenbach / Moselle. Climb up to Ehrenburg with the „knights, intrigue and romance" exhibition and return with the walker’s bus.

3rd Day: The Jewel of the Rhine
Walk from Hunsrück to the Rhine (16 km)
From the Hunsrück heights over the Fleckertshöhe to the historic Rhine town of Boppard. Visit the Thonet Museum or take a trip on the chairlift to "Vierseenblick". Return with the Hunsrück Railway (steepest railway track north of the Alps).

4th Day: "Traumschleife Baybachklamm" (11,5 km)
With 84 points the "Traumschleife Baybachklamm" is the point winner in Hunsrück. Enjoy the marvelous way. Start/finish: parking area Heyweiler or Schmausenmühle.

5th Day: Valley of Loreley
A walk to Loreley and Rheinfels (16 km)
Using the Rhine heights path to St. Goar/Rhine. View Burg Rheinfels, one of the largest castle building in the Central Rhine. Journey on with a boat on the Loreley-Linie to Boppard. Return with the Hunsrück Railway.

6th Day: Baybach Valley
The canyon of the Hunsrück (14 or 18 km)
Transfer to Schmausemühle. From here you can pass by the romantic mills and former shale caves to Burgen/Moselle. Carry along the Moselle with views over Burg Bischofstein to Brodenbach. Travel back with the Lower Moselle leisure bus

7th Day: Departure or extra stay

map and gps-data here


Services:
 
6 nights bed and breakfast in rooms with shower/WC, 5 walking tours with extensive descriptions of the route, walking map,
Hiking book "Von Mühle zu Mühle",  5 packed lunches,
2 x bus transfer from the Moselle, entry tickets for Ehrenburg, entry tickets for House of History, a Loreley boat tour, entry tickets for Burg Rheinfels, 2 trips with Hunsrück Railways and transfer to Schmausemühle,

Not included: Bus trip to Kastellaun-Emmelshausen (4th day)

Dates: April to October (daily arrival)

 Rates 2012 Double Single
 Union-Hotel***, 56281 Emmelshausen 367 € 422 €
 Hotel Münster***, 56281 Emmelshausen 337 € 401 €
 Hotel zur Katz***, 56283 Ehr 326 € 381 €
 Hotel Waldfrieden**, 56281 Emmelshausen 320 € 387 €
 Alter Posthof, 56283 Ehr 286 € 317 €
 Kapell-Rinker, 56281 Emmelshausen 273 € 334 €
 Baunhöller Mühle,  56281 Emmelshausen 266 € 266 €
 Gasthaus Schmitt, 56283 Morshausen 260 € 291 €