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Help in selecting choices of sights at Rhine River

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Myself and my wife are travelling to Frankfurt and have reserved Saturday 07 Jun 2025 for Rhine river towns. Predicted weather is good. Considering the time limit of one day, we cannot do all that is in our mind. Yet I would like to list it all here and request advise on what is the best compromise.

Arrive Rudesheim and take cable car to Neiderwald. See Seigfried musical museum.

Take ferry to St Goar and visit Rheinfels castle

Take train to Boppard and take a chair lift to Gedeonseck

Take train to Bacharach and stroll for 1-2 hours before taking train to Frankfurt.

Various options possible within one day are described below..

Option 1- Arrive Rudesheim at 8.04 am to catch 9 am ferry to St Goar. Omitting Neiderwald as well as Seigfried museum. See Rheinfels Castle at St Goar and catch train to Boppard for chair lift to Gedeonseck. Then take a train from Boppard to Bacharach and stroll for 2 hours after which take a train back to Frankfurt.

Option 2- Arrive Rudesheim at 9.04 am and see Neiderwald but omit Seigfried. Catch 11 am ferry to St Goar and visit Rheinfels castle. Take a train to Bacharach and stroll for 2 hours after which catch train for Frankfurt.

Option 3- Arrive Rudesheim at 9.04 am and see Neiderwald as well as Siegfried museum. Catch 13.45 ferry to St Goar to see Rheinfels castle. Take train to Bacharch for a very brief walk of 1 hour before departing to Frankfurt. Will return to Frankfurt late around 10 PM which affects sleep required for next hectic day.

Can you please advise what you would consider as the best option .

Thanks.

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I know many people value visiting Castles very highly, but I would prefer the KD boat ride through the highly scenic Middle Rhine Valley. This also allows you to have a sausage and beer lunch on board the boat, with no extra time spent. I had hoped to visit the Thonet museum, but it was closed on our day in Boppard. But we found a wine cafe across the street from the train station, while we waited for our train.

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My response that I posted on TA:

I think you need to check the times of the gondola and Siegfrieds musical cabinet. They may not open til 10:00

Alternative is to take the train to Boppard, Do the chair lift, train to St. Goar, See Burg Rheinfels. Take the ship back to Rüdesheim. Yes, it is slower, but it gives you more time in all three places. Once you get to Rüdesheim do the chairlift if you like or see Seigfrieds.

End your day over at RheinWein Welt, which is across from the train station. Do some wine tasting here, or have a snack. They even have alcohol free wine if you prefer.

I left off Bacharach, which though a nice town, does not take 2 hours to see and it is in the middle of all the rest of the places you want to visit. I just don't feel it is a must to see on the Rhein.

There is a train every hour back to Frankfurt.

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