Hiking trip Moselle and Eifelsteig: In 7 days from France to Trier and the Kyll valley

Arrival to Perl near Schengen

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.

Unguarded public parking lot near the hotel.

Hike Perl – Palzem, ~ 20 km, 300 m↑ 400 m↓, ~ 6 h

The start of your hiking week offers the three-country view all the way to Luxembourg and France. Your route takes you from lovely wine-growing areas through rustic forests and wide fields to the Palatinate wine town of Palzem.

Palzem awaits you with famous wineries and extensive vineyards. You will meet the Moselle again and enjoy a glass of home-pressed Elbling wine.

Hike Palzem – Nittel, ~ 16 km, 320 m ↑↓, ~ 5 h

After visiting the double-towered Helfan Cathedral, you will hike along scenic paths with short, steep climbs along flowering meadows and forests.

Enjoy the view of the Moselle before you reach the next wine village on a crossroads.

Hike Nittel – Trier, ~ 18 km, 520 m↑↓, ~ 6 h

With an impressive panorama of the Moselle and the unique limestone cliffs on the Moselle and Saar, you will hike along varied paths through the Nitteler Felsen nature reserve, which is rich in species.

Your way leads you to Wasserliesch. From here, please take the Mosel Valley Railway to the Mosel metropolis of Trier.

In the afternoon, towards 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.

Circular hike Trier, ~ 10 km, 150 m↑↓, ~ 3 h

You should definitely visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site Porta Nigra, the amphitheater and the cathedral in Germany’s oldest city. On the Traumsteig you hike up to the Petrisberg, where you have a breathtaking view of Trier and the Mosel valley.

In the afternoon you will take a panoramic boat trip on the Moselle.

Hike Trier – Eifelsteig – Kordel, approx. 20 km, 550 m↑↓, ~ 7 h

Today you will switch from the Moselsteig to the Eifelsteig, a final stage that is hard to beat in terms of highlights. Impressive natural monuments such as the famous Genoveva and Klausen caves.

Look forward to the views over the river loops of the Kyll. The imposing Ramstein Castle awaits you in the middle of the forest. From here you descend through the wild and romantic Butzerbachtal valley to the Kyll.

Please return from Kordel to Trier with the Eifel or Mosel Valley Railway. They are on the road for about a quarter of an hour. Trains run directly and mostly every half hour.

Return trip Trier – Perl

Feel free to stay another day in the Roman city, book an extra night or make your way back to Perl on the Moselle Valley Railway, which runs every hour.