The 2nd Monster tour of MTC-Zeilberg. The route goes to 4 countries, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, & Germany. In every country you stop for a while to eat and / or drink or just to stretch your legs and take some pictures.

The route starts at the McDonalds in Maastricht. We drive to the south where we quickly enter Belgium, via Sippenaeken we drive towards the "High Fens" * where we at Boulangerie Philippe Hennes a delicious sandwich and cup of coffee. Then on to the head of Luxembourg to stretch the legs at Hotel Rittersprung. Then the Eifel in and back to the Netherlands.

* The High Fens (German: Hohes Venn; French: Hautes Fagnes) are part of the High Fens-Eifel Nature Park. The High Fens are located on a plateau, largely in the Ardennes and for a smaller part in the Eifel. It is located in Wallonia in eastern Belgium, there in the province of Liège, and in a piece of adjacent Germany. The whole covers about 4500 ha. As the name implies, a large part of the region consists of deposits of high peat. Some of this is still active, which means that peat formation still occurs. The High Fens have been provided with the European diploma for nature management since 1966. (source: Wikipedia).

The Eifel is the eastern part of the middle plateau Eifel-Ardennes. It lies north of the Moselle and west of the Rhine. The largest part is in Germany, a small part is located in Belgium, in the East Cantons. The German part of Eifel lies in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate. The highest point is the Hohe Acht with 747 meters. In the Tertiary, there was strong volcanic activity in the Eifel. The name Vulkane-Eifel also refers to this in the southeastern part. The craters created by explosions of volcanic gases have filled themselves with groundwater and are called Maare. The last eruptions took place 10,000 years ago. Research shows that this area is still geologically active: the entire Eifel region rises 1 to 2 millimeters per year. In the past, inactive phases of 10,000 to 20,000 years have also occurred, suggesting that future eruptions are still possible. (Source: Wikipedia).

Dutch South Limburg is a region in the south of the Dutch province of Limburg. The area covers an area of 660 km² and has approximately 600,000 inhabitants. South Limburg is characterized by a varied relief and beautiful nature areas in the midst of highly urbanized areas. The most important cities are Maastricht, Heerlen, Sittard and Kerkrade. The area also forms the Safety Region South Limburg (a joint venture between municipalities, fire brigade and medical assistance) (Source: Wikipedia).

Because I have driven this route myself, this route gets 5 stars.

Route details:
The route is created for TomTom, Garmin and MyRoute-app Navigation users.
Take something to eat and drink along the way, then you can always stop to stretch the legs and what to eat and / or drink or to take some pictures.
rp 9 - Boulangerie Philippe Hennes (Coffee and a sandwich)
rp 16 - Hotel-Restaurant Rittersprung
rp 17 - Europa Monument
rp 26 - Photomoment
rp 34 - Gemünder Brauhaus (Schnitzels)
rp 40 - Haus Zahlepohl (Coffee)
rp 48 - Square view Climbing (Ice)