Is 4 nights in Rhine+Moselle enough ?

Posted by mathemilu on 02/29/16 03:59 AM

Hi !

It looks we have to add a night in Nuremberg (too much daytrip to do for 3 nights) so it means we have to cut a night in Cochem (or any other base town we choose to stay in that region) and it also means we wont make it to Cologne on that trip. Too much travel just for taking a picture of the dom I guess.

So it means we will have 4 nights in that region. Do you think il would be enough for : Cochem, Trier, Burg eltz or Marksburg, Cruise on the rhine ? We keep one more night at the end for Luxembourg because our flight is leaving from there.

The other option would have been to cut a night in Berlin (we got 5 but we will also be jetlagged !) or in Munich (we got 4).

Posted by mike

shingle springs, CA, USA

03/01/16 06:40 AM

782 posts

Four nights are not enough. You will have one day in Trier; Burg Eltz and Marksburg, half day each; Cochem and its Castle one day; River Cruise and towns on the river one day.You will probably tour the towns on the cruise, that is a very hectic schedule. I did all of those places in September and stayed in Beilstein on the Moselle and Bacharach on the Rhine for a total of seven nights.
Mike

Posted by Laura

Rick Steves' Europe

03/02/16 12:56 AM

16893 posts

Mark's timing basically shows what's possible and you have to decide which items are highest priority. Rather than cut time in the cities, I think I would try to make your Mosel/Rhine sightseeing fit the time that you have, especially since you said you'd choose Burg Eltz or Marksburg. It sounds like the Mosel options are higher on your list than the Rhine. If you need an excuse to narrow that focus, remember Rick's intro:

The misty Mosel is what some visitors hope the Rhine will be — peaceful, sleepy, romantic villages slipped between impossibly steep vineyards and the river, fine wine, a sprinkling of castles, and lots of friendly small pensions. Boat, train, and car traffic here is a trickle compared with the roaring Rhine.

Posted by glennlorrainer

NSW Australia

03/02/16 10:46 AM

703 posts

last year we spent a number of days staying on the rhine and driving around and visiting the mosel area. while we liked the whole time, if we had our time again we would have just gone to the mosel, it was what we expected the rhine to be like.

Posted by mathemilu OP

03/02/16 07:47 PM

150 posts

Thanks for those answers !

We're having a hard time figuring how many nights stay in each of our destinations. For dsome 4 nighjts in Mosel+Rhine is enough for others it isn't (i guess it's something predictable).

One thing for sure is that addin in that last part of our trip would mean to cut somewhere else. Also, can ayone show us waht would be the best base for that part of our trip ? Since we are with our two kids we don't want to change lodging every day.

Maybe we could ditch the trip to Luxembourg but since our flight goes from there it would be a pity to not go there in our opinion.

Posted by mathemilu OP

03/05/16 01:51 AM

150 posts

We plan to stay at the same place for the whole duration of our stay in the Rhine-Mosel region. Cochem is high on the list because we only plan to go on the rhine for a boat ride between bingen and Klobenz.

If we could do Trier + Luxembourg the same day it would have been perfect but it's seems to be too much for that amount of time.

If we could have time for Cologne it would be perfect by i Guess we have to forget that !

Heres the planing

July 30: leave Munich at 9:00, arrival in Cochem at 15:00. Get the appartement, walk a bit in the town
July 31: Cochem (leisure park ? Burg eltz castle ? )
August 1: Boat ride Bingen to Koblenz (can we combine that day with a trip to Cologne)
august 2 : Trier
August 3: Train to Luxembourg and sleep there
august 4: fly back home