Cochem Lutzerath Hairpins Eifel 2
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Last edit: 27-07-2023
Route Summary Because of the many curves, beautiful views and the many historic buildings, the route gets 5 stars.
Start: Cochem
End: Cochem
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Duration
8h 54m
Mode of travel
Car or motorcycle
Distance
303.93 km
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RouteXpert Review You leave one of the many terraces near the parking lot on the Moselle in Cochem. You steer your two-wheeler right onto the promenade, it's not called the Moselpromenade for nothing, and take the B259 uphill. A few years ago this road was an outright race track. However, after a number of fatal accidents, the speed of this fantastically winding section has been reduced considerably. Still, it's definitely worth warming up.
Even though you have just started and even if your engine is not yet completely warm, you will still be taken off your motorcycle, because in the parking lot high above Cochem you have a fantastic view that you absolutely must see. But not too long there is still a lot to see today.
After turning left, you will enter a wooded section of the route and soon the first bends will appear in front of you. You can show your driving skills around 15 km! The route continues through the rolling countryside until you get to the 2nd set of bends at Kelberg. You cross the Middle Eifel in a westerly direction. The first coffee stop has been planted at Gerolstein. When the weather is nice, you can enjoy coffee with a nice piece of cake on the terrace of the Stadt-Café.
After the coffee, your steering skills are quickly addressed. Just outside Gerolstein begins a stretch of 11 km to Salm. Just before Salm you get off to enjoy the view on the left side of the road. The existing signpost makes you believe that the center of the world is here.
After Salm you head west and make a large loop through the middle part of De Eifel. Prepare yourself, this loop measures almost 50 km and includes 4 combinations, before you can enjoy your lunch in Deudesfeld at the biker-friendly Zur Quelle.
After lunch you will head in the opposite direction. You go in the opposite direction until Lutzerath and from Lutzerath you drive south. Via three wonderful pendulum combinations, with enough hairpin bends, you can pull out your camera just before Bremm in a hairpin bend, for a beautiful picture of the Moselle. From Bremm you drive along the Moselle for a while. You successively pass the ruins of the Stuben monastery, an old city tower and the Lehmener tower. Just drive on, because you can spoil your inner man again at Hotel zu Brücke. From the terrace you have a nice overview of a bend in the Moselle.
Now it's the turn of the engine. Across the Moselle is an ED Tankstelle.
You then meander through a piece of Hunsrück, the south side of the Moselle and come back to the river at Beilstein. You follow the river until Bruttig-Frankel, where you turn right onto what is probably the most beautiful part of the route. You can take a picture of the Moselle in one of the very wide bends. After 6km of meandering you think you're there, but then a few cramped hairpins are waiting for you. The route after Liesenich is to relax. In the meantime, you can shoot beautiful places in the Galgenturm from a considerable height, you will find a ruin of an old castle (Balduinseck) and you will arrive at one of today's highlights: the Geierlay or the Hangbrug Geierlay is a suspension bridge for pedestrians between the Hunsrücker places Mörsdorf and Sosberg. It is really advisable to park the motorcycle and take a look.
After the suspension bridge you don't get stuck, but you set out and you can meander for 10 km before you can almost touch the Moselle again at Treis-Karden. Here you cross the Moselle and swing up and down the mountain on the Eifel side a number of times.
You save the best for last. From Landkern you drive the last 8 km through the valley to Cochem and you reach the large parking lot where you will certainly meet many motorcyclists. And if you still have time, it is definitely recommended to visit the Reichsburg.
Still a bit dizzy from all those bends, you move to a terrace, or perhaps you have booked a hotel here, then you can immediately enjoy the golden yellow rascals.
Yes, these were again sublime MRA turns!
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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.
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