Duration: 5 days 4 nights | Stage tour: Bernkastel-Kues to Cochem
Fitness level: medium | Experience: sporty
Start: daily | Execution: private self guided | Luggage transfer: included
Cycle paths: Moselle Cycle Path Bernkastel-Kues - Zell - Cochem
Hiking trail: Moselsteig stage 18 or 19, Cochem - Beilstein or Cochem - Treis-Karden
Explore the Moselle Cycle Path by bike and the Moselsteig Trail on foot. Spend the night in the Moselle centers along the Moselle loops.
DAY 1: ARRIVAL TO BERNKASTEL-KUES
Your COMBINED cycling and hiking holiday begins in Bernkastel-Kues. After your arrival, take a visit to the medieval old town and stroll through the narrow streets. To get in the mood, hike the Bernkasteler Bärensteig, a 6.5 km circular hiking trail, today. You will be rewarded with wonderful views of the Moselle town and Landshut Castle.
DAY 2: MOSELLE CYCLE PATH - CYCLING TOUR BERNKASTEL-KUES TO ZELL | 40 KM
You cycle down the Moselle and reach the former Machern monastery, where an excellent beer is brewed today. After visiting the monastery, continue on and pass through the Art Nouveau town of Traben-Trarbach. In the area of the Zeller Black Cat you should interrupt your bike tour on the Moselle cycle path to try the famous drop made from this vineyard.
DAY 3: MOSELLE CYCLE PATH - CYCLING TOUR ZELL TO COCHEM | 38 KM
Today's stage of the Moselle cycle path takes you to the via ferrata on the Calmont, the steepest single vineyard in Europe. Around noon, you can take a sweet or savory break above the Sleeping Beauty village of Beilstein at Metternich Castle, before you visit the place. Then you continue to your overnight stay in Cochem. Stroll through the little streets or to the impressive Reichsburg.
DAY 4: MOSELSTEIG STAGE 19 | COCHEM TO TREIS-KARDEN | 24 KM | Ø 8 HOURS
This hiking stage of the Moselsteig Trail is quite demanding and requires good surefootedness. It goes up and down in the Dortebach valley. You can overcome the first meters of altitude with a cable car and reach the Pinnerkreuz. You will walk past a small waterfall and if you are lucky you will see the native Apollo butterfly here. You can get back to Cochem by ship or train (not included in the tour price).
ALTERNATIVE: MOSELSTEIG STAGE 18 | COCHEM TO BEILSTEIN | 15 KM | Ø 4.5 HOURS
During this Moselsteig stage you will find out how tedious the work of the winegrowers is on the steep slopes. You hike over the Moselkrampen with its paths and stairs to Beilstein and overcome mountain heights, small streams and slopes several times. You can get back to Cochem by ship or train (not included in the tour price).
DAY 5: DEPARTURE FROM COCHEM
We have shown you the most beautiful Moselle centers and varied hiking trails on the Moselle. Your combined cycling and hiking tour is now coming to an end and we wish you a safe journey home.
OUR TIP FOR THE DEPARTURE DAY:
If you want, you can go on a hike today with a visit to the fairytale Eltz Castle. Arrival to Moselkern or Hatzenport by train and from there hike through the Elzbachtal to the castle, approx. 6 km.
Program changes reserved
OUR TIP:
Book our car chauffeur service, and save yourself the time-consuming return transfer. Our car chauffeur service makes sense for anyone whose home is closer to the destination than the starting point of their journey.