Budget Friendly Stays or Sight Seeing along Mosel or Rhine October 27 to 31st

Last October we stayed in the Hotel am Markt in St Goar. Their website offers double rooms at 80€/nt, breakfast included.

It's a great location, just down the hill from the train station and close to the KD dock. Good river view.

There should be plenty of accommodations on the Rhein and Mosel within your price range. Those that I know of and would stay at includes, in Bacharach, im Malerwinkel.

On the Mosel, I once stayed in Gästezimmer Löhr in Treis-Karden. This place is what is called a Privatzimmer, a room (or suite) in a private home. Very nice if you want to get to know your host.

We often stay in hostels (yes, you say no hostels, but I am not talking about the bunkhouse). They are often a little funky, but you can get a private room in most of them. We stayed in a hostel in Leipzig for 45€. Bath down the hall.

Along the Mosel, look for plalces called Weingut, small wineries with a few guest rooms going for 50 to 60 EUR per night with breakfast. Some include rental bikes.

Cochem is a common travel base on the Mosel. Look into the zum Fröhlichen Weinberg, just uphill from the town center on the way to Reichsburg Castle. A double with breakfast is either €27 or €32 p.p. with a small discounts for 4-night+ stays. They expect you to arrive by 4 pm or to arrange a time in advance (this is common with small establishments in Germany.)

https://www.zum-froehlichen-weinberg.de/unsere-zimmer.html

Contact:
Christa Wolff
Schlaufstraße 11 - 13
56812 Cochem

Telefon: 02671 - 4193
Fax: 02671 - 917559

E-Mail: [email protected]

Here's a "Weingut" example in Cochem with prices starting at €23 p.p. in a double with breakfast:
http://www.werner-gansen.de/gaestezimmer.html

Low-cost transport in the core Rhine/Mosel region: the VRM 3-day ticket (€40) allows unlimited train (and bus) trips within the VRM travel zone. For you this zone involves the Rhine from Oberwesel to Remagen, and the Mosel from Koblenz to Bullay and Traben-Trarbach. See map of VRM area below:

http://www.vrminfo.de/fileadmin/user_upload/VRM-Schienennetzplan_2018.pdf

Is free transportation ok? Some innkeepers in the Cochem are participate in the guest ticket program - it provides free local transport around the entire VRM zone during your stay as well as a number of discounts.

Rooms with this innkeeper/winemaker just outside Cochem run €20-24 p.p and include the guest ticket.
https://www.elfriede-fuhrmann.de/english.htm
Guest ticket details: https://www.elfriede-fuhrmann.de/gaesteticket-cochemzell-englisch.htm

The entire set of details about this ticket is available only in German AFAIK.
https://www.cochem-zell.de/kv_cochem_zell/Unsere%20Themen/%C3%96PNV%20-%20Bus%20und%20Bahn/G%C3%A4ste-Ticket/

All participating innkeepers can be found at this pag; many are in the outlying towns around Cochem:
https://www.cochem-zell.de/kv_cochem_zell/Unsere%20Themen/%C3%96PNV%20-%20Bus%20und%20Bahn/G%C3%A4ste-Ticket/Teilnehmende%20Gastgeber%20im%20Landkreis/

(Use the "includes.... next page" link at the very bottom of the page to page through the entire list of innkeepers.)

I’d pick the town you want to stay in, then look at the town website for accomodations. Websites are usually in the format www.TOWNNAME.de
Bacharach’s is www.bacharach.de