Moselle Valley
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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
Get in
By plane
The main airports in the region are Luxembourg Airport, LUX and Frankfurt Airport, FRA, which is about an hour's drive away. Closer are Hahn (HHN) airport and Bonn/Köln (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 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 and Gebrüder Kolb cruise ships stop at a number of points between Koblenz and Cochem.See
Do
- Hike along the Moselsteig
- Cycle the Mosel Radweg