Duration: 7 days 6 nights | Stage tour: Schweich to Bernkastel-Kues
Fitness level: medium | Experience: pure Moselsteig Trail
Start: daily | Execution: private self guided | Luggage transfer: optional
Hiking trail: Moselsteig stages 6 to 10, Schweich - Mehring - Leiwen - Neumagen-Dhron - Osann-Monzel - Bernkastel-Kues
In five stages, you hike on the Moselsteig Trail, along narrow paths and panoramic trails with fantastic views, to small winegrowing villages all the way to medieval Bernkastel-Kues.
DAY 1: ARRIVAL TO SCHWEICH
Your hiking holiday begins on the Roman Wine Route. Take a short walk to the city's landmark - the ferry tower - and enjoy the first evening of your holiday in the beer garden on the Moselle.
DAY 2: MOSELSTEIG STAGE 6 | SWEEP TO MEHRING | 12 KM | Ø 4 HOURS
After breakfast, your first hiking stage begins on the Moselsteig Trail. Mountainous up and down, rewarded with fantastic views. When you arrive at your overnight stay in Mehring, you can enjoy a glass of wine at the winemaker's with a view of the Moselle.
DAY 3: MOSELSTEIG STAGE 7 | MEHRING TO LEIWEN | 15 KM | Ø 4.5 HOURS
The Moselsteig leads through Mehringer Schweiz, with wooded steep slopes and breathtaking views of the famous five lakes view. A combination of forest, water and vineyards takes you to Leiwen.
DAY 4: MOSELSTEIG STAGE 8 | LEIWEN TO NEUMAGEN-DHRON | 14 KM | Ø 4 HOURS
The hiking trail takes you over the panorama height, from where there is a fantastic view of the Moselle loop near Trittenheim. In Neumagen-Dhron you leave the Moselsteig Trail behind you and can watch a replica of a Roman wine ship on its journey across the Moselle.
DAY 5: MOSELSTEIG STAGE 9 | NEUMAGEN-DHRON TO OSANN-MONZEL | 19 KM | Ø 5.5 HOURS
You walk on the Moselsteig Trail to Piesport and to a former Roman acid well. Refresh your tired hiking feet in the treading pool. The stage destination is in Kesten or Osann-Monzel.
DAY 6: MOSELSTEIG STAGE 10 | OSANN-MONZEL TO BERNKASTEL-KUES | 16 KM | Ø 4.5 HOURS
After steadily climbing you will reach the elaborately restored Landshut Castle in Bernkastel-Kues. The new restaurant offers a unique view of the old city with its narrow, winding streets and medieval half-timbered houses from the roof terrace and through large panorama windows. You leave the Moselsteig Trail in Bernkastel-Kues and have reached the destination of your hiking holiday.
DAY 7: DEPARTURE FROM BERNKASTEL-KUES
You start your journey home with many new memories of a Moselsteig & Co. tour. We are happy to offer you a day of relaxation or an additional hiking stage afterwards.
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.