Moselle Cycle Way | Cycling Holiday in Germany | Self Guided Cycling Holiday

The holiday starts in the Roman town of Trier and then follows the course of the river Moselle to its confluence with the River Rhine in Koblenz. The villages you pass through are quiet and very pretty with their timber framed houses bedecked with flowers. Their names, however, will be well-known to many as world famous wines, such as Piesport, Bernkastel-Kues and Zell.  In addition to the villages and vineyards, there are numerous castles to explore along the route, notably Burg Eltz.

Grade: Easy

Getting there:
Fly to Dusseldorf, Cologne, Frankfurt or Karlsruhe then train to Trier.

Day 1 Arrive Trier.

Day 2 Trier to Trittenheim.
Your cycling holiday follows, in the main, the Mosel Radweg or Moselle Cycle Way and you set off on this alongside the river leading north out of Trier. You are soon amongst the vineyards which characterise much of the holiday. The river leads you in sweeping curves to the pretty village of Trittenheim. ~ 26 miles

Day 3 Trittenheim to Zeltingen.
Today you will cycle through pretty villages, with names taken straight from the supermarket shelves! Neumagen-Dhron is the oldest wine village in Germany. Piesport is a very familiar name to many, a small village with its prominent church spire, standing alongside the river. Just before reaching Zeltingen you will need time to explore the picturesque village of Bernkastel-Kues with its black and white half-timbered shops and houses. ~ 22 miles

Day 4 Zeltingen to Zell.
The sweeping bends of the River Moselle with their hillsides covered in neat rows of grape vines accompany you again today. It is interesting to note just how many different varieties of Mosel wine there are. Each village, with its local families, has a proud tradition of wine growing and therefore its own label. The villages of Traben-Trarbach and Enkirch are highlights today but note too, the many castles on the hillsides overlooking the valley. ~ 22 miles

Day 5 Zell to Treis-Karden.
After a few more bends in the river you come to Beilstein, only tiny but a real gem of a village set into the hillside. A little further on you reach Cochem, a pretty town with lovely old buildings and dominated by its castle dating from the 11th century. ~ 29 miles

Day 6 Treis-Karden to Koblenz.
There is much to see on this, the last day of the cycle tour. A detour away from the river takes you up through the woods to the very impressive Burg Eltz. Allow time to visit the castle before rejoining the cycleway alongside the Moselle, which you follow into Koblenz, right to the Deutsches Eck, where the Moselle joins the Rhine. Standing high up on the promontory above where the two rivers meet is like standing on the bow of a ship and you can usually notice a different colour in the waters of the two rivers. ~ 26 miles

Day 7 Departure.

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