Moselle bike tour for connoisseurs: Schengen Trier Cochem Koblenz

Journey to Schengen / Perl

Individual journey to Perl near Schengen on the Moselle. Your rental bicycle, if booked, is ready for you at the hotel. At the hotel you can also get the tour information.

You still have a little time?

Experience Schengen, the place where Europe overcame its borders. Experience Luxembourg, France Germany – Benelux. Very close, from shore to shore.

A walk along the Moselle River in the border triangle is a great way to start this tour. Visit the Gardens Without Borders with the baroque garden around the Palais Nell in Perl.

Overnight stay in 3***+ Hotel Residence or equivalent.
Unguarded public parking lot near the hotel.

Bike tour Schengen – Trier, ~ 55 km, 200 m↑↓, ~ 4 h

From Schengen you follow the cycle path along the river, which you will follow for the next eight days for about 200 km, first a good distance to the north-northeast. At this point, the Moselle – coming from the Vosges – has already covered a good 300 km. It gently runs through the wide valley with its numerous lakes, oxbow lakes and reed beds.

Enjoy the tranquility, the vastness before the road takes you to the lively Roman city of Trier.

Amidst the vineyards of Luxembourg and Germany, you will cycle through ancient Roman sites such as Remich and Nennig with probably the most important Roman mosaic in Germany, cycle through weirs and waves and always ride along the German-Luxembourg border in the middle of the river.

You can ride on both sides of the Moselle and enjoy changing banks every now and then over one of the many Moselle bridges. In the tour plan we have suggested a route for you. There is always at least one more, which is no less beautiful. Let your bike carry you. Keep your eyes on the river – and you’ll never get lost.

At Konz, the Saar flows into the Moselle. You may devote a break to the confluence of the two streams. Here it is huge, the Moselle as you will never see it again in the narrower and steeper wine country valley to the east. If you like – treat the emperors of Rome to an audience. The empire once built an imperial palace in Konz for Emperor Valentinian: well worth a detour!

In the evening you will reach Trier, the former imperial city of the Western Roman Empire, the city of archbishops and students, the city of good life in the West!

The oldest city in Germany attracts visitors with numerous historical sights. You should not miss the famous Porta Nigra, Roman excavations of all places, the Emperor’s Herem, Constantine’s Basilica or the amphitheater and the magnificent St. Peter’s Cathedral . A stroll through the lively old town is perfect to get in the mood for the hiking week ahead.

Overnight stay at 3☼☼☼ Hotel Deutscher Hof or equivalent.

Bike tour Trier – Neumagen-Drohn, ~ 45 km, 250 m↑↓, ~ 4 h

Trier – ah Trier!

I bet you’ve experienced it: Trier is worth its own trip. Come back once and let yourself be taken back to the ancient times of the Roman Imperial Baths, the Constantine Basilica, the Amphitheater. Give Karl Marx the honor, and Peter in the cathedral. Trier has so many colorful faces. Come again!

Today, however, we are moving on first. You continue to follow the Moselle and cycle past Schweich with its Old Ferry Tower.

The Roman Villa Rustika, a water conduit, the Roman ship, a Roman winepress remind at every turn the historical ground on which you walk.

You will pass through the Trittenheimer Moselschleife, the pretty village of Trittenheim and finally Neumagen-Dhron, which calls itself the oldest wine village in Germany.

You will stay overnight at 3☼☼☼ Hotel Lekker or equivalent.

Bike tour Neumagen-Drohn – Traben-Trarbach, ~ 50 km, 220 m↑↓, ~ 4 h

Today, the numerous Moselle loops dominate the landscape.

Through picturesque vineyards you will reach Bernkastel-Kues. Already visible from the bike path is Landshut Castle. You will pass directly by the castle on the right side of the Moselle, the south bank. Due to the steep ascent, however, a detour is only recommended on foot. They go about 45 minutes.

Treat also the beautiful half-timbered houses of Kues for a while. Worth seeing is the market square lined with half-timbered houses. Wine lovers are invited to the Moselle Wine Museum incl. Vinotheque. Before continuing on to Traben-Trarbach with its Grevenburg ruins, the Mont Royal fortress ruins and the mighty slate city wall, we would like to mention a settlement from the Neolithic Age in the town of Kues. You move on historical ground at every turn.

Overnight stay in 3*** Parkhotel or equivalent

Bike tour Traben-Trarbach to Ediger-Eller, approx. 40 km, 170 m↑↓, ~ 3 h

From Traben-Trarbach, the twin-town“Pearl on the Middle Moselle” you cycle through the narrow Moselle bends near Zell and near Neef on to the day’s destination.

Before that, a small, friendly bicycle ferry already runs between Enkirch and Kövenig. You do not have to, but you may …

Overnight stay at 3☼☼☼ Hotel Oster or equivalent.

Bike tour Ediger-Eller – Treis-Karden, approx. 35 km, 160 m↑↓, ~ 3 h

Passing the Calmont with the steepest vineyard in Europe, you will reach medieval Cochem with its beautifully restored old town, the Reichsburg Cochem, whose foundation dates back to the year 1000.

Continue along the Moselle River to your destination for the day.

Overnight at 4☼☼☼☼ Hotel Petry or equivalent.

Bike tour Treis-Karden – Koblenz, approx. 45 km, 280 m↑↓, ~ 4 h

From Treis-Karden with its collegiate church and museum, the tour continues to Moselkern.

In a short detour on foot or by bike into the Eltz valley you have the opportunity to visit the impressively beautiful Eltz Castle – the one on the 50 – Mark – bill anno dazumal.

Passing the castle Bischofstein and Hatzenport with its Fährturm as well as the castle Thurant you drive to the wine-growing villages Kobern-Gondorf and Güls. High above the Deutsches Eck in Koblenz, face to face with “his” Ehrenbreitstein Fortress, the gigantic equestrian statue of Kaiser Wilhelm I has once again towered above the confluence of the Moselle and Rhine rivers since 1993. You have reached the “Wacht am Rhein”.

Overnight stay in 3*** Hotel GHotel or equivalent.

Koblenz

You have reached the ancient capital of the Rhenish Republic, the Romans, Chur-Trier, the Prussians, the Germans. Koblenz is probably the most underrated city in Germany. The banks of the Rhine and Moselle, the three fortresses, the fortress garden, the promenades, the beautiful old town. Koblenz is worth an extra day.

Stay or go and come back again. Maybe a Rhine tour next year?

Please book extra nights or return transfer to Perl as described.