Ahrbrueck Zell Burgentour Eifel
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Last edit: 18-05-2024
Route Summary Start: Café Ahrwind
End: Café Fahrtwind
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10h 7m
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328.68 km
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RouteXpert Review After half an hour and quite a few nice curves you reach the first object on our route: Olbrück Castle in Hain. More information about this 1,000-year-old castle, which stands on a hill more than 400 meters high, can be found in the link below.
Exceptionally, you take a piece of Bundesstrasse and you soon come to the Burgruine Virneburg. Visiting this ruin is a bit difficult, but you can admire this beautiful object from a distance.
Take off, because you will now meander through the Eifel to Schloss Bürresheim. This is still open to visit and unlike other castles in the Eifel, this castle was never conquered or destroyed.
The tour continues to the small town of Mayen. In Mayen you can visit the stately Genovevaburg which is still actively used for all kinds of events. It's time to spoil the inner person. In Mayen on the Marktplatz you will find a variety of cafes, the closest is Café Dajöh and they probably have coffee there.
Burg Monreal or also called the Löwenburg is our next stop. Here too, you have to walk a bit for the visit, but for the view it is more than worth it.
On a border road connecting the Eifel and the Moselle, the next location during the ride, Burg Eltz, was built. This 750-year-old castle is open daily for visitors and is one of the most visited castles in the region. For more information follow the link below.
You drive towards the Moselle via a few beautiful bends. Here you will find the Winneburg ruins, for which you will also have to get off your steel steed and, if you wish, take a short walk to visit the ruins, which are always open.
It's time to stop now and where better to do that, in this environment, than in Cochem. Cochem attracts millions of visitors every year, so see if you can get a spot at one of the many restaurants for lunch. If the parking lot at the Moselpromenade is full, try opposite the Tourist Info, at the bus station. There is a larger parking lot.
saddle up! In front of the medieval castle Burg-Metternich, you cross the Moselle at Bruttig Frankel and you can go up the mountain in Beilstein. You now drive a bit along the Moselle and a little later you cross the river again and you return to the Eifel part (although the border between Eifel and Moselle is vague). You will arrive at the medieval castle Burg Arras. There is a reasonably priced hotel located there, but definitely worth a short visit.
You meander further through the Eifel and after you have visited Ulmen Castle, dating from ca. 1.074 on the Ulmener Maar: a volcanic lake, it is already time to bring the moisture content of the knights up to standard. On the Alter Postplatz, at the Hexen Brunnen, you will definitely find a terrace or a restaurant.
You drive again and pass another volcanic lake: the Pulvermaar. Then you arrive at Niederburg Manderscheid. Definitely worth a visit in August when the "Historic Castles Festivals" are played. Unlike many other castles, you park here "in front of the door".
You are now going to one of the highlights, not only because of the beautiful B257 with some lovely curves, but the next stop is known to many. Nürburg is not only connected to the Nürburgring, but also to the Burg Nürburg. If you drive south of Nürburg, you often see the Burg Nürburg in the distance as an indication. That's what they call strategic location!
You can visit the Nürburgring and all its events, or you can also choose to spurs the steel horse again to the end point of the ride. The route also stops at Café Fahrtwind, an old Motortreffen in the Eifel.
This tour has now come to an end and you have been able to see the Eifel from a different side in this tour, you have been able to experience how it was centuries ago, how strategic locations were determined: with the help of the landscape. The landscape that motorcyclists appreciate so much. That's why the bond with knights is so strong: it's more than just riding around in circles, you've regained the Eifel today!
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The Eifel is the eastern part of the medium plateau Eifel-Ardennes. It is located north of the Moselle and west of the Rhine. The largest part is in Germany, a small part is in Belgium, in the East Cantons. The German part of Eifel is located in the federal states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate. The highest point is the Hohe Acht with 747 meters.
Several chains can be distinguished in the Eifel:
The northernmost part is called the Nordeifel, which in Belgium connects to the High Fens;
To the east of this is the Ahrgebirge, this part is located north of the Ahr in the Ahrweiler district;
South of the Ahr is the Hohe Eifel (or Hocheifel), of which the Hohe Acht (747 m) is the highest point, and also the highest point in the entire Eifel region;
To the west, near the Belgian border, the hills are known as Schneifel, part of the wider Snow Eifel area with peaks reaching up to 698 metres;
South and east of the Hohe Eifel is the Volcano-Eifel, a volcanic area with many crater lakes (Maare).
The southern part of the Eifel is less high. The area is bisected by streams and rivers running southwards. These streams flow into the Moselle. The largest of these rivers is the Kyll; the hills around this river are known as the Kyllwald;
In the south, the Eifel ends in the Voreifel.
In the north of the Eifel there are some large reservoirs. The largest of these is the reservoir in the Roer that was created by the construction of the Roerdal dam.
The Nürburgring is also located in the Eifel, a well-known car circuit for Formula 1 races, among other things. Since 2004, part of the north of the Eifel has become the Eifel National Park. This National Park falls entirely within the German-Belgian nature park High Fens-Eifel. Another part of the Eifel falls within the South Eifel Nature Park.
Well-known throughout the Netherlands and Belgium by car and motorcyclists, so reason enough for the MyRoute app RouteXpert to compile a Top 5 of Car and Motorbike routes for you.
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Several chains can be distinguished in the Eifel:
The northernmost part is called the Nordeifel, which in Belgium connects to the High Fens;
To the east of this is the Ahrgebirge, this part is located north of the Ahr in the Ahrweiler district;
South of the Ahr is the Hohe Eifel (or Hocheifel), of which the Hohe Acht (747 m) is the highest point, and also the highest point in the entire Eifel region;
To the west, near the Belgian border, the hills are known as Schneifel, part of the wider Snow Eifel area with peaks reaching up to 698 metres;
South and east of the Hohe Eifel is the Volcano-Eifel, a volcanic area with many crater lakes (Maare).
The southern part of the Eifel is less high. The area is bisected by streams and rivers running southwards. These streams flow into the Moselle. The largest of these rivers is the Kyll; the hills around this river are known as the Kyllwald;
In the south, the Eifel ends in the Voreifel.
In the north of the Eifel there are some large reservoirs. The largest of these is the reservoir in the Roer that was created by the construction of the Roerdal dam.
The Nürburgring is also located in the Eifel, a well-known car circuit for Formula 1 races, among other things. Since 2004, part of the north of the Eifel has become the Eifel National Park. This National Park falls entirely within the German-Belgian nature park High Fens-Eifel. Another part of the Eifel falls within the South Eifel Nature Park.
Well-known throughout the Netherlands and Belgium by car and motorcyclists, so reason enough for the MyRoute app RouteXpert to compile a Top 5 of Car and Motorbike routes for you.
All routes in this collection have been checked and made equal for TomTom, Garmin and MyRoute-app Navigation by a MyRoute-app RouteXpert.
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email: routeexpert@myrouteapp.com
Subject: New Route for the Top 5 collection Eifel composed by Hans van de Ven.
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