Land Rheinland-Pfalz Transportation Tips by globetrott Top 5 Page for this destination

driving your own car along the river Mosel

When driving your own car or motorhome through the Mosel-valley you have to choose carefully the best side of the river.
You may drive almost the whole river on both banks on a road very close to the Mosel / Moselle, but only a few bridges and some carferrys will force you to decide in advance, which road to take.
When driving from Koblenz to Bernkastel - Kues you will need the whole day for the long and winding road just on one of the river-banks, including a few stops for photography and a lunch.

You may see a map of the total Mosel / Moselle - valley on my link below !

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Type: Car/Motor Home

The Mosel-Wein-Express in Cochem

In Cochem it is certainly a good idea to take the tour by the small street-train, that is shown on my picture:

The Mosel-Wein-Express
The tours will start on a regular basis on the big square in the very centre of Cochem, next to the Mosel-bridge .
The train-ride takes 25 minutes and is 4 Euros and that price includes also a coupon for a small glass of Mosel-wine, that you may taste in a shop nearby . The wine-glass will be your souvenir ! Children pay just 2 Euros, but will get NO drinks of course.

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Other Contact: %B%CB%S4Fax:+49 (0)2671 7445

Phone: +49 (0)2671-7444

Type: Train

Biking along the river Mosel / Moselle

Biking along the banks of the river Mosel / Moselle is easy and also quite flat at most places. In general the car-trafic is quite low, at least on the right bank of the river and at many places you will even find a seperate biking-track for safe riding.
Here you may click on 2 links regarding biking in the Mosel-valley :
Maare-Mosel-Radweg

where to rent a bike in the Mosel-valley

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Type: Bicycle

Website: http://www.maare-moselradweg.de

Small ferries for passengers and cars at the Mosel

There are several places along the river, where small ferryboat will take you and your car across the Mosel and mostly these ferry-boats are just big enough for 2-4 small cars and a few bikes.
These ferries are operated mainly in summertime and only during daylight. Unfortunately I could not find any timetable. There is quite some cruise- and cargoship-trafic on the river Mosel, so you will have to considder, that going accross the Mosel on such a small ferry might cost you half an hour or even more, BUT it will still save you lots of kilometers, as bridges are hardly to be found across the river Mosel.

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Type: Ship/Boat

Arrive in Frankfurt/Hahn by Ryanair & others

Frankfurt / Hahn is pretty close to Bernkastel-Kues, maybe 30km off the river Mosel ( BUT 150 Km off the well known airport of Frankfurt am Main)
That way the whole Mosel-valley even has it's own airport with cheap airlines like Ryanair landing. The whole region around Hahn seems to live on that airport with small hotels and restaurants around it. At the moment (2005) there are road-constructions as well there !
For more infos and pics, hotels etc. nearby the airport Frankfurt / Hahn - please click on my link below !
On my picture : The Concorde, that you may visit inside the SINSHEIM technical museum ( about 150km off Berncastel) togeather with lots of more aircrafts, vintage cars, trains etc. - have a look on my Sinsheim-page for more infos and pics !!

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Type: Airplane

Website: http://www.hahn-airport.de/default.aspx?menu=passengers_visitors&cc=en

take the old Mercedes to the castle Landshut

Take the old Mercedes to drive you up to castle Landshut, high above the village of Bernkastel. Every hour on the hour this lovely vintage-4x4-bus will leave at the ship-station and take you within 35 minutes to the castle. And of course you may drive up, spend some time in the castle and drive down with a later bus.

5 Euros is the tour up and down
3,50 Euros for one way up
2,50 Euro for one way down

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Type: Bus

By chairlift to Pinnerkreuz in Cochem

Pinnerkreuz is the name of a mountain opposite of the scenic castle of Cochem and from that mountain you may enjoy the very best view of the castle with the Mosel-valley and its surroundings.
On top of the mountain you may take several hiking-paths or spend some time in the restaurant with a perfect view on the castle.
The tickets for the chairlift are 4 Euros one-way or 5,50 Euros return.
Almost on the very top you will be asked by a charming lady, whether you like to have a picture taken from you. When you are back in the valley again, you will get 2 different postcards with you on the lift and the castle of Cochem in the background for a total of 7 Euros. When you click on my picture, you may see the castle of Cochem between the cables.

The chairlift is operated
between easter and mid-november 09.30a.m. - 06.30p.m.
The lift is in Endertstrasse 44
you simply follow the street next to the Mosel-bridge to the north

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Other Contact: %B%CB%S4Fax:+49(0)2671-989064

Phone: +49(0)2671-989063

Type: Other

day-cruising in the Mosel-valley

day-cruises on the river Mosel will start on a regular basis from Koblenz, Cochem and from Bernkastel-Kues. These cruises will mostly take the whole day and not always you will find a ship, where you may stop-over in smaller places like Beilstein and go on by the next ship the same day. Therefore you eighter have to take a cruise without getting out of the ship and enjoy the landscape of the Mosel valley from the ship, or you make a stop-over, stay over night and go on the next day.

For more infos about cruises from Cochem to Beilstein - please click on my link below !

www.cochem.de/6kolb.htm

www.k-d.de

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Type: Ship/Boat

Website: http://www.k-d.de

Trains in the Mosel-valley

There is a good train-line running along the river Mosel / Moselle and it covers mainly the left bank of the river . In addition to the trains you will have busses running at the other side of the river, and you may change from train to Bus at theese villages with bridges across the river :
Bernkastel-Kues, Cochem, Trier, Koblenz, Traben-Trarbach
Check for time-tables and connections on my link below !

Trainstations along the river Mosel:
Bengel - Bullay - Cochem -Ediger-Eller - Ehrang - Föhren - Güls - Hatzenport - Hetzerath - Igel - Kattenes - Klotten - Kobern-Gondorf - Koblenz - Koblenz-Moselweiß - Konz - Kövenig - Lehmen - Löf - Moselkern - Müden - Neef - Nennig - Pfalzel - Pommern - Quint - Reil - Saarburg - Schweich - Serrig - Traben-Trarbach - Treis-Karden - Trier - Ürzig - Wiltingen - Winningen - Wittlich

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Type: Train

Website: http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en