Back Roads Germany (Dk Eyewitness Travel Back Roads)

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MARKSBURG

LORELEY

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RHEINFELS

BOPPARD

KOBLENZ

OBERWESEL

BACHARACH

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PFALZGRAFENSTEIN

BURG

RHEINSTEIN

Franzosenkopf

2,028 ft

Jägerhorn

1,759 ft

Rhens

Brey

Spay

Sankt

Goarshausen

Osterspai

Kaub

Bornich

Trechtings-

hausen

Weiler bei

Bingen

Münster-

Sarmsheim

Miehlen

Kamp-

Bornhofen

Buchenau

Bad

Salzig

Aulhausen

Assmanns-

hausen

Braubach

Urbar

Fachbach

Nievern

Arenberg

Buch

Diethardt

Strüth

Wollmerschied

Espenschied

Presberg

Lautert

Oberbachheim Marienfels

Dachsenhausen

Hainau

Ruppertshofen

Oelsberg

Auel Nieder-

wallmenach

Reichenberg

Nochern

Weyer

Prath

Dahlheim

Eschbach

Kestert

Filsen

Kratzenburg

Karbach

Perscheid

Hungenroth

Utzenhain

Niederburg

Dörscheid

Sauerthal

Lipporn

Oberdiebach

Oberheimbach

Niederheimbach

Hinterwald

Urbar

Langscheid

Dellhofen

Ransel

Schweighausen

Becheln

Frücht

Miellen

Eitelborn

Arzbach

Dausenau

Zimmerschied

Waldesch Singhofen

Emmelshausen

Dörth

Badenhard

Wiebelsheim

Breitscheid

Bogel

Nastätten

Welterod

Lahnstein

Bad Ems

Sankt Goar

Lorch

Nassau

The Romantic Rhine

Slicing through the Taunus and Hunsrück hills, Germany’s mighty Rhine river has sculpted

a craggy and dramatic gorge classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Here, near-

perfect wine-growing conditions and the lucrative tolls on passing river traffic gave rise

to a multitude of wealthy castles during the Middle Ages. Many of these were destroyed

in the 17th century and then rebuilt in the 18th and 19th centuries during the Romantic

movement, which celebrated the valley as

a source of Germanic identity. This tour

visits many of these grand fortresses and

explores the sleepy and traditional towns

of Marksburg and Bacharach, where

half-timbered houses have survived

alongside Roman fortifications.

Scores of local wines await

discovery all along the way.

BACK ROADS GERMANY

ACTIVITIES

Cruise the most scenic stretches

of the Rhine at Koblenz aboard a

pleasure boat

Taste flinty Rieslings, dry reds,

and sparkling wines on a wine-tasting

tour at Boppard

Ascend the chairlift to the Vierseenblick

at Boppard for extraordinary views

of the Rhine

Explore the labyrinthine fortifications

of the mighty Burg Rheinfels

Hike steep, twisting paths to the

Loreley Rock for views of the most

treacherous part of the Rhine

Learn to print at the Druckladen

workshop in Mainz, home of the printing

press inventor Johannes Gutenberg

Below The Rhine flowing past lush green forested hills in the Rhineland-Palatinate