Eifel: The best hiking trails for your holidays!
Hikes in the Eifel take you into a pristine natural landscape. Extinct volcanoes, maars, bizarre rock formations, and mystical high moor landscapes characterize the low mountain range region, which offers an extensive network of hiking routes between Aachen and Trier. In many places, venerable monastery complexes and imposing castles lie along the way. The Eifel National Park offers incomparable wilderness experiences.
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Eifel - 8 special hiking trails
Eifel Trail Long-Distance Hiking Path
The Eifelsteig leads from Aachen in North Rhine-Westphalia to Trier in Rhineland-Palatinate and is divided into 15 different stages. A stage is approximately between 14 and 29 kilometers. Thus, the long-distance hiking trail offers a variety of options to combine sections into a hike according to one's preferences. Especially for the individual stages, there is usually a good selection of accommodations and gastronomy. The long-distance hiking trail has the German Hiking Seal from the German Hiking Institute, which considers naturalness and a charming landscape as criteria in addition to good walkability when awarding their seals.
Dream Path Volcano Path
The circular hiking trail Traumpfad Vulkanpfad begins and ends in the small community of Ettringen in the Eifel in Rhineland-Palatinate. It leads up to the Ettringer Bellberg, which offers a fantastic view, and through the quarry landscape of Kottenheimer Winfeld. The route is 6.6 km long, including 234 meters of elevation. The summit of the Ettringer Bellberg is reached via a charming narrow meadow path. Afterwards, it passes by the crater breakthrough and through the magnificent forest of Kottenheimer Büden. The impressive quarry landscape of Kottenheimer Winfeld is accompanied by the crater caves of the Sieben Stuben, offering plenty of interesting insights.
Dream Path Four-Mountains Tour
The Traumpfad Vier-Berge-Tour, a nearly 13 km long circular route, leads from the small town of Mendig in Rhineland-Palatinate over the four volcanoes Gänsehals, Schmitzkopf, Sulzbusch, and Hochstein in the Eifel and through the beautiful Kellbach Valley. There is both a magnificent view and plenty of idyll to enjoy. In addition to the four volcanic mountains, which offer a good view over the Volcanic Eifel, the route also includes the massive rock area Rauhbuur with its tuff stone walls and the impressive rock gorges Marxe-Lay. The beautiful path with its many highlights has about 500 meters of elevation and requires some fitness in certain areas.
Felsenweg 6 Devil's Gorge
The Devil's Gorge in the rockland of the Southern Eifel was created by rockfalls. This resulted in the approximately 28-meter deep rock crevice with its fascinating nature. Hikers traverse the gorge through a varied path of bridges, stairs, and narrow rock crevices and also enjoy a magnificent view on the Ferschweiler Plateau. There are several hiking trails of different lengths through the Devil's Gorge. One of the most beautiful hiking trails in Germany is the 17.4-kilometer-long Felsenweg 6, which promises the most beautiful corners of the gorge, passing by the romantic rock pond, the picturesque Liborius Chapel, or the Devil's Gorge Nature Park Center, which also offers gastronomic services.
AhrSteig
The starting point of the AhrSteig is in Blankenheim. For the ascent to the Eifel heights, you are rewarded with a magnificent view. The Freilinger Lake is the first of seven stage destinations. Culture fans will get their money's worth on the AhrSteig: The castle ruins of Ahrenberg and the Gillig Antweiler mill are some highlights. A longer stay is worthwhile in the historic town of Ahrweiler: Numerous half-timbered buildings provide a romantic flair. The destination of the AhrSteig is Sinzig: Here, a visit to Sinzig Castle, which houses a local history museum, is worthwhile. In the Ahr estuary nature reserve, the Ahr flows into the Rhine.
Roman Canal Hiking Trail
The 120 km long hiking trail is divided into seven stages. At important stations with interesting relics, information boards point out the historical background. In Rheinbach, approximately halfway, you reach the information center with an exciting exhibition. Take part in a guided tour and learn about Roman water engineering. Additionally, at the Römerkanal information center, you will learn everything important about the hiking trail. Regular events on the topic of the Roman era also take place here. In the same building of the historical Himmeroder Hof estate, the Glass Museum and the Nature Park Museum are housed. The pocket guide "Römerkanal Hike" lists accommodation and inns. Guides offer guided tours on the hiking trail.
Monreal Knight's Trail
Starting from the pretty little community of Monreal in Rhineland-Palatinate, the almost 14-kilometer-long dream path Monrealer Ritterschlag leads on beautiful trails, including a varied and magnificent Eifel panorama, up to the imposing ruins of Philippsburg and Löwenburg, which majestically crown a hill above the community. The path first leads through the picturesque little alleys of Monreal, which boast idyllic medieval half-timbered houses and exude a wonderful atmosphere. In addition, there are the lovely stream valleys of the Elz and Thürelz, which promise plenty of natural idyll. Furthermore, imposing and interesting forest gorges and ridge paths are on the route.
Moor Path Dahlem
The Dahlemer Moorpfad is a varied and short walking trail for the whole family that brings you closer to the heath moor areas in the so-called "Wasserdell" moorland on the outskirts of Dahlem. Along the Morbach stream, expansive heath moors alternate with alder swamp forests. There is also a small lake on site. A special feature is that the small hiking trail leads on wooden planks through the Dahlemer Moor. Along the way, information boards provide plenty of interesting facts about the unique habitat of the moor. The trail starts at the Wasserdell hiking parking lot. From there, it follows a circular route of about 1.5 kilometers along the wooden planks through the moorland.