On the Maare-Moselle and Kyll Valley cycle paths through the Volcanic Eifel

From Bernkastel-Kues on the Moselle, you can easily reach Daun in the Volcanic Eifel (58 km) via Lieser and the Maare-Moselle cycle path. From Lieser, the cycle path runs along a former railway line with occasional gradients of a maximum of 2.5 per cent. In Daun, you turn onto the Eifel-Ardennes cycle path to Gerolstein (21.5 km, partly steeply uphill). From Gerolstein you cycle along the Kyll valley cycle path with only a few climbs back to the Moselle (from Gerolstein to Trier: 80 km).

Note: The Eifelquerbahn railway no longer runs!

Journey:
Take the train to Wittlich, from there take the bus or cycle along the Maare-Moselle cycle path to Bernkastel-Kues (start of the tour). The return journey is then from Trier (end of tour). Information under www.bahn.de

By car via the A 1 motorway to the Wittlich exit, from there via the B 50 and B 53 to Bernkastel-Kues.

Information:
Accommodation directory, cycle tour tips, package deals for cyclists and much more are available from the Tourist-Info Daun/Vulkaneifel, Leopoldstraße 5, 54550 Daun, Tel. 06592/95130, www.tourismus.daun.de
Further information at
http://www.eifel.info/a-maare-mosel-radweg
www.gerolsteiner-land.de
www.geopark-vulkaneifel.de
www.radwanderland.de
www.gastlandschaften.de

Accommodation:
Hotel-Restaurant Schneider "Haus am Maar", Maarstraße 22, 54552 Schalkenmehren, Tel. 06592/95510
Accommodation in a double room with breakfast costs from 34 euros per person.

Siebenborn monastery millSiebenborn 2, 54484 Maring- Noviand, Tel. 06535/7037. double room with breakfast from 33,50 Euro per person.

Worth seeing:
The two castle ruins of Manderscheid form one of the most beautiful castle ensembles in Germany, which can be explored via a great hiking trail.
Information is available from the Manderscheid Tourist Information Centre, tel. 06572-932665, www.manderscheid.de and www.burgenfest.info
The Eifel bell foundry in Brockscheid (Glockenstraße 51) offers interesting guided tours, tel. 06573-990330,
You can find out more about volcanism in the Eifel at the Strohn volcano houseHauptstraße 38 in Strohn, Tel. 06573-953721
Also worth seeing is the Eifel Volcano Museum in DaunTel. 06592-985353,

Literature/Maps:

Bikeline "Radatlas Eifel", published by Esterbauer, with route descriptions and detailed maps at a scale of 1:75,000, 240 pages, 12.90 euros. The informative "Radmagazin Eifel" can be obtained free of charge from the Daun Tourist Information Centre (Tel. 06592/95130, www.daun.de) request.

The full-length article from issue 4/2007 is available as a free PDF download.

Downloads:

Eifel (pdf)