Back Roads Germany (Dk Eyewitness Travel Back Roads)

DRIVE 14

The Romantic

Rhine

Koblenz to

Mainz

Imposing Burg Rheinstein overlooking
the Rhine

Highlights

• Castle hopping

Explore the Rhine’s many

fairy-tale castles, such as Rheinfels,

Pfalzgrafenstein, and Rheinstein

• Rhine wine

Cozy up in a half-timbered inn at

Bacharach and sample the famous

Rhineland wines

• History in print

Admire some of the world’s earliest

printed books in the town of Mainz,

where Gutenberg invented the process

• Craggy cliffs

Appreciate cascading vineyards and

sweeping views of the Rhine Gorge,

a spectacular stretch of Germany’s

most celebrated river

Berlin

Nürnberg

München

Leipzig

Hannover

Bremen

Stuttgart

Saarbrücken

Frankfurt

Dortmund

Köln

Hamburg

GERMANY