View of Marksburg Castle – View of Marksburg Castle loop from Boppard-Buchholz

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View of Marksburg Castle – View of Marksburg Castle loop from Boppard-Buchholz

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View of Marksburg Castle – View of Marksburg Castle loop from Boppard-Buchholz

04:26

65.0km

600m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 7, 2026

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Nassau

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UNESCO Welterbe Oberes Mittelrheintal

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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11.1 km

View of Thurant Castle

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Thurant Castle above Alken offers overnight accommodation for up to 6 people in a holiday home.

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21.7 km

View of the Moselle Valley Bridge

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From here you have a wonderful view of the motorway-Moselle bridge

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23.8 km

Winninger Hamm Vineyards

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According to experts, the Riesling that grows on the slate terraces is one of the best wines in the world. The Winninger Hamm is the smallest single vineyard in Winningen.

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24.7 km

Winningen – Historic Old Town

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A picturesque wine village on the banks of the Moselle. Everything here revolves around the delicious grape juice cultivated on the banks of the Moselle on the steepest vineyards in …

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49.0 km

View of Marksburg Castle

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Nice view of the Marksburg.

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49.4 km

View of Marksburg Castle

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The Marksburg stands on a slate cone at a height of 160 meters and is the only medieval hilltop castle on the Middle Rhine that has never been destroyed.

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50.2 km

View of Marksburg Castle

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The castle stands on a slate cone at a height of 160 meters and is the only medieval hilltop castle on the Middle Rhine that has never been destroyed.

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50.3 km

View of Marksburg Castle from the Rhine riverside path

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The Marksburg stands on a slate cone at a height of 160 meters and is the only medieval hilltop castle on the Middle Rhine that has never been destroyed.

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65.0 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

19.7 km

18.8 km

16.5 km

7.70 km

1.23 km

981 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

37.8 km

13.9 km

4.95 km

4.69 km

3.67 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (410 m)

Lowest point (60 m)

Weather

Thursday 8 October

12°C

6°C

92 %

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Max wind speed: 27.0 km/h

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Comments

May 1, 2026,Koblenz - Boppard - Hunsrück

Nice lunch break at the Hirschkopf-Alm by the chairlift in Boppard, not far from the Rhine Cycle Route

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July 11, 2025,🍇Vom Rheintal übern Berg 📈📉ins Moseltal runter und Koblenz zurück 🛥🚢

We could have saved ourselves the detour to Fahrrad XXL Koblenz in the middle of town. We expected more from the shop, with XXL on the front.

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October 22, 2022,Von Mitfahrerparkplatz A61 Pfaffenheck-Mosel-Deutsches Eck-Boppart

Very nice tour. The strong 8km with 5-10% increase at the end was fortunately before dinner and in daylight

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July 28, 2024,An Mosel und Rhein 🥰🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️

There is no other way to say it: it is simply a dream landscape here! 🥰
And the weather was kind to us today after the day of arrival was rainy. But that's how it is. 👍

We woke up in sunshine and with the steaming Moselle outside the window, but then it clouded over again and the photographer was …

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November 18, 2021,Burgentour am Abend

Others have already noticed that it is getting dark quickly :-)

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April 7, 2026,MOSEL Koblenz-Niederfell(Mosel)-Boppard-Koblenz (Parkplatz KurtSchumacherBrücke)

In brilliant sunshine, the tour today went from the Mosel to the Rhine and back to the Mosel. We parked in Koblenz under the Kurt Schumacher Bridge, where there are large free parking lots on both sides of the Mosel. Another free parking lot is under the Europa Bridge in Koblenz. Initially, we went along the Mosel to Niederfell, driving …

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July 19, 2025,5 Tag-von Burgen nach Boppard

Today we started at 9:30 a.m. in Burgen, continuing along the Moselle and through the vineyards. In Röttgen, the wine-growing ended. We then cycled through the villages and past numerous campsites along the Moselle to Koblenz. From Koblenz, we followed the Rhine, continuing along the beautiful route to Boppard.
The weather was hot today. We reached our destination around 3:00 …

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May 22, 2024,Mosel Mosel Koblenz Rhein

Today's destination was Koblenz, so we set off early😃. First to the Deutsches Eck and then up to Ehrenbreitstein. There we visited the castle and had lunch with tarte flambée. Then we headed down the Rhine with a headwind to Boppard. There we fortified ourselves with a Black Forest cake and then we headed over the hill to Alken. After …

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