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EAT AND DRINK

BACHARACH

The Stüber Restaurant moderate

This excellent restaurant in the

Rhein Hotel is particularly good

for its Rieslingbraten – a pot roast

marinated for three days in Riesling

and mustard – served with Spätzle

(Swabian noodles).

Langstrasse 50, 55422; 06743 12 43;

http://www.rhein-hotel-bacharach.de

Zum Grünen Baum moderate

For a good wine tavern experience,

try Zum Grünen Baum, which serves

a well-priced 15-wine sampler.

Oberstrasse 63, 55422; 06743 12 08

RÜDESHEIM

Breuer’s moderate

Despite its location on the tourist strip,

Breuer’s is a stylish rustic restaurant

specializing in classic regional cuisine

such as venison Schnitzel (pork fillet) in

herb sauce or monkfish in lemon sauce.

Drosselgasse, 65385; 06722 905 00;

http://www.ruedesheimer-schloss.com

DRIVE 14: The Romantic Rhine

Left Panoramic view of the Rhine from Burg

Rheinstein Below left Quirky Altes Haus,

Bacharach Below right Picturesque Burg

Pfalzgrafenstein along the Rhine

Walk to Assmannshausen

Taking the chairlift from the

center of Rüdesheim allows for

an excellent two-hour hike to

Assmannshausen, from where it is

possible to get a boat or bus back

to Rüdesheim; the boat is included

in the price of a “Ringtrip.” The

chairlift climbs to the impressive

Niederwalddenkmal, after which

the hiking trail passes through a

series of fine Rhine view points

before descending past vineyards

into Assmannshausen.

Eat and Drink: inexpensive, under €20; moderate, €20–€40; expensive, over €40

which is lined with countless
wine bars and shops. There are also
the remains of three castles: the
Boosenburg, the Vorderburg, and
the 12th-century Bromserburg,
which houses a wine museum.
The Rheingauer Weinmuseum
Brömserburg (Mar–Oct: open daily)
has a wide array of wine-making
items from Roman times, particularly
aged wine presses, but also antique
amphorae, wine coolers, and goblets.
Walking up Burgstrasse from the

museum and turning right along
Oberstrasse leads to the center of
Rüdesheim and Drosselgasse, the
tourist hub where strings of souvenir
shops peddle their wares. The top of
the lane is close to the chairlift (Mar–
Nov: open daily) to viewpoints above,
while around its base are many lanes
lined with wine taverns serving sam-
ples of the celebrated local Riesling.
Rüdesheim also has several historic
mansions, including the half-tim bered
Bromserhof (1559), with a collection
of musical instruments, and the

early 16th-century Klunkhardshof.

Above the town towers the

Niederwalddenkmal, a huge 125-ft

(38-m) statue of Germania, built to

com mem orate German unity and

the founda tion of the German Reich

in the wake of the country’s victory in

the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71.

ª Return to the B42 in the direction

of Wiesbaden/Eltville to Hattenheim.

Turn left at Schlossergasse, left on

to Hauptstrasse, then right on to

Eberbacher Strasse to signs for

Kloster Eberbach parking lot.