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2 Hikers on the Brauneberg above the Moselle

Moselle Trail

Hiking joy from Perl to Trier

5 Days / 4 Nights
Walking
2 Hikers on the Brauneberg above the Moselle

Nature, culture and culinary delights – you will experience all this and much more on our hiking holiday along the Moselle Trail. Over six days, you will walk through idyllic wine villages, picturesque landscapes along the Moselle and extensive wine-growing areas. Time to sample a good glass of wine from the region is guaranteed. The Moselsteig is a certified quality hiking trail and offers an outstanding hiking experience. Read more information about the quality & premium hiking trails in Germany on our Eurohike HikingBlog.

You start your six-day hiking tour on the Moselsteig in Perl in the border triangle of Germany-France-Luxembourg. The first day's stage takes you through picturesque vineyards and forests to the wine village of Palzem. You can look back on your first day of hiking with a delicious glass of Elbling wine from the region. On the following day, the route leads you on scenic paths through beautiful nature to your next stage destination Nittel on the Upper Moselle. The next day also has a fantastic active experience in store for you: the hike through the Nitteler Fels nature reserve in Rhineland-Palatinate. After a restful night in Igel, you can look forward to your last hiking stage: the hike to the cultural city of Trier, which is home to no less than nine UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

  • Cultural highlights in Trier: Nine UNESCO World Heritage Sites can be visited in the city of Trier. Culture fans experience a wonderful change from hiking here.
  • Hikes straight from a picture book: The daily stages are designed so that they mostly lead along wonderful panoramic paths, simply wonderful!
  • Award-winning hiking experience: The Moselsteig is a certified quality hiking trail and offers the best hiking quality in nature.
  • Wine enjoyment on the Moselle: The wine region around the Moselle is the fifth largest wine-growing area in the whole of Germany. Don't miss out on an excellent glass of Elbling wine.

Our hiking tour along the Moselsteig takes you from Perl via Nittel to Trier in six days and five nights. The daily stages of about four to six hours lead along good hiking paths and are easily manageable with a little basic fitness. The longer sections can also be shortened by public transport. Due to the good routing, this hiking tour is also wonderfully suitable for hiking with a dog.

  • More information about hiking the Moselsteig at a glance.

Itinerary at a glance

Start with a view of France and Luxembourg. Enjoy the tranquility of the Nitteler Fels nature reserve as well as the lively old town in Trier. Look forward to idyllic panoramas and toast with a Moselle wine.

You set off on your week’s walking holiday from the small wine growing district, Perl in the Saarland and you then walk along the river Mosel, which is only separated from the Luxemburg’s border town, Schengen, by the river Mosellel itself.

Hotel example: Hammes

The start of your week’s walk gives you a view across the border triangle to Luxembourg and France. Your route takes you from the delightful wine-growing region via quaint forests and extensive fields in the Palatinate wine village, Palzem, which welcomes you with famous wineries and extensive vineyards. There you will meet again the river Moselle and enjoy a glass of the best Elbling wines.

Hotel example: Zeit bei Sauerweins

After visiting the double towered Helfant cathedral, you walk along the paths offering great views and short but steep ascents along the flourishing meadows and forests. Enjoy the view of the river Mosel before you reach the next wine district by a crossroads

Hotel example: Culinarium Nittel

With an impressive panorama of the Moselle and the unique limestone cliffs on the Moselle and Saar, you hike on varied paths through the Nitteler Felsen nature reserve, rich in species, to Wasserliesch. From there you take the train to the Moselle metropolis of Trier.

Hotel example: Hotel Deutscher Hof

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Route information

Walking

The routes run along good footpaths through wonderful nature. You always have magnificent views too. You need to bring a good level of fitness with you. The longer stages can be shortened with public transport.

Prices & Dates

Category: Middle class hotels and guest houses

Prices per person in EUR

Services & Information

Further details about this tour

Included

  • Accomodation as already mentioned
  • Breakfast
  • Luggage transfer
  • 1 Wine tasting (German, English)

  • Carefully elaborated route description
  • Detailed travel documents 1x per room (German, English)
  • App for Navigation and GPS-data available
  • Service-Hotline

Arrival / Parking / Departure

  • Take the train to Perl and then walk to your hotel in a few minutes.
  • Frankfurt airport.
  • Parking: limited number of free hotel car parking spaces. No reservation possible. Free public car parking available close to the hotel.
  • Return by train from Trier to Perl, duration approx. 1 hour.

Things to note

  • Train ride Wasserliesch - Trier, approx. € 6,- per person
  • Train ride Kordel - Trier, approx. € 5,- per person
  • Tourist tax, if due, is not included in the price
  • Further important information according to the package travel law can be found here!

Join us in achieving greater sustainability by choosing our digital route book, rather than the printed version. As a small thank you we will give you a discount of €20 per room.

Services & Information

Further details about this tour

Included

  • Accomodation as already mentioned
  • Breakfast
  • Luggage transfer
  • 1 Wine tasting (German, English)

  • Carefully elaborated route description
  • Detailed travel documents 1x per room (German, English, French)
  • App for Navigation and GPS-data
  • Service hotline

Arrival / Parking / Departure

  • Take the train to Perl and then walk to your hotel in a few minutes.
  • Frankfurt airport.
  • Parking: limited number of free hotel car parking spaces. No reservation possible. Free public car parking available close to the hotel.
  • Return by train from Trier to Perl, duration approx. 1 hour.

Things to note

  • Train ride Wasserliesch - Trier, approx. € 6,- per person
  • Train ride Kordel - Trier, approx. € 5,- per person
  • Tourist tax, if due, is not included in the price
  • Further important information according to the package travel law can be found here!

Join us in achieving greater sustainability by choosing our digital route book, rather than the printed version. As a small thank you we will give you a discount of €20 per room.

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