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Trier and Mainz.

Posted by (Ohio!) on

A few questions for all you knowledgeable folks.

Trier and Luxembourg City, is most of the old town/touristy areas walkable?

Mainz also, if I am staying close to train station is most of "town" walkable? Is there a Mainz Pass like a Berlin Welcome card for public transit?

I won't ask about day trips from Mainz, the train gets me to 101 different interesting cities within 2 hours. Bonn, Boppard, Bachrach, Worms...

And I guess I would entertain a debate of Mainz vs Koblenz for a home base. I'm spending 3 days in Trier and 4 in either Mainz or Koblenz. Or neither? I'm flying in and out of Frankfurt. I want home base to be in a city where I can walk to food and a beer garden or brewery or winery. I like to stay more in neighborhoods than touristy downtowns if that helps.

Trying to figure out how many days I want a DB card for. I bought a 3 day card that I had stamped on day 1 in Berlin then the DB employees weren't stamping it every trip so I kept using it! Got 6 days out of a 3 day pass (3 days, my choice of days within a month)

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What's a DB card?
Luxembourg has free public transportation for everyone.
I don't know about Mainz or Koblenz, but if you stay in Boppard, you get a guest card that covers all regional trains and buses in the VRM transit district. That includes almost all the way to Bonn, 3/4 of the way to Trier and up the Rhine as far as Obewesel.

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Boppard is a wine town. Of course you can get beer there too. It's only 15 min. from Koblenz in the event you want to spend an evening or two in the city, and the transportation is free with the VRM Guest Ticket you get from all Boppard hosts.

Wine Garden Heilig Grab, Boppard

Favorite place for a beer is Gedeonseck terrace at the top of the Boppard chairlift - preferrably AFTER a nice hike around the hilltop to the Four-lakes-lookout (Vierseenblick.) Both spots offer awesome views.

https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-o/0b/6e/e8/37/restaurant-gedeonseck.jpg

Mainz is also a great town. Much better for a travel base if you want an outing to Worms, but further from the scenic towns on the Rhine that are right near Boppard (Bacharach, Oberwesel, Rüdesheim, etc.

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