Moselle Valley (Germany)
Moselle Valley (Germany)
For other places with the same name, see Moselle Valley. The Moselle valley (Moseltal) is largely in Rhineland-Palatinate. The source of the Moselle river is in the Vosges mountains of French Alsace and it then flows north before reaching Germany at Perl and forming the border with Rhineland-Palatinate and Luxembourg.
Understand
The Moselle River is bordered to the north by the Eifel and the to the south by the Hunsrück. It flows into the Rhine at Koblenz.
Cities
Other destinations
Get in
By plane
The main airports in the region are Luxembourg Airport, IATA: LUX and Frankfurt Airport, IATA: FRA, which is about an hour's drive away. Closer are Hahn (IATA: HHN) airport and Bonn/Köln (IATA: CGN) airport which do have a number of low-cost carriers.
By car
The A61 autobahn crosses the Moselle Valley west of Koblenz.
By boat
Avalon have a number of options of river cruises into the region.
Get around
By car
The main road (B49, B53) runs along side the river alternating between the left and right banks.
By train
The Moselstrecke (dead link: August 2018) runs from Koblenz to Bullay mainly on the left (North) bank of the Mosel before leaving the valley to return at Trier.
By boat
The KD (dead link: February 2023) and Gebrüder Kolb cruise ships stop at a number of points between Koblenz and Cochem.
See
- Eltz Castle. One of the most beautiful castles in a region packed with them
Do
- Hike along the Moselsteig
- Cycle the Mosel Radweg
Eat
Drink
The Moselle is one of the 13 German wine regions, the main varieties of grapes grown being Riesling and Müller-Thurgau.