Mosel/Rhine in Autumn?

[Alshymer]

Hi
Are we too late to do the Mosel and Rhine this year?
Will all the wine festivals, village fetes have finished by now?
Any recommendations appreciated.
Regards

 

[colinm]

Reunification Day is 3rd October, one of the biggest holidays in Germany.

 

[Jo001]

I love the Mosel and Rhine. Our last trip was like this.

Wehlen - private aire Stűdert Prűm. Walk upstream a few hundred meters for a boat down to Bernkastel Kűes.

A little upstream is Traben Trarbach. Nice walk along the river to town, a good winery just opposite entry to the stellplatz. If you time it right in October, walnuts will be falling off the trees.

Zell is next, it's lovely but gets busy early.

Then Cochem, you've missed the wine festival at Pommern though; but if you want a campsite for facilities by then, there's a decent one there and you can get the boat downstream to Cochem for a visit.

We'd cross over to the Rhine from there - we last visited Braubach which was pretty but there's a railway line nearby with freight trains running all night. We didn't sleep.

Then Oberwesel, you can get a boat trip from there up to the Lorelei rock, and Boppard which is well worth a visit. As long as its not torrential rain like when we went!

Bacharach might have been my favourite place on that route. We stayed at Camping Sonnenstrand and had a waterside pitch.

There are two ferries across the Rhine so you don't have to drive miles for a bridge - Oberwesel - Bacharach, and Sankt Goat - Sankt Goarhausen.

Hope some of that helps.

 

[Alshymer]

Thanks so much for taking the trouble.
Sounds great.

 

[mark61]

Neumagen-Dhron is a sweet little town, with a nice stellplatz. Not sure what it's like out of season though. The stellplatz looks nice enough, but not my cuppa, so have never stayed on it.
The defence collection museum in Koblenz is worth a look if you like military stuff.

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[GMJ]

We were in Krov 2 weeks ago en route to Italy. There is a decent campsite outside the town with a nice resto too. The town is small and quiet but ample opportunities for wine tasting/buying as there aree loads of wine shops/resto's etc.

Another vote for Cochem here as well, as we stayed there on our last visit to the Moselle area. Again, a campsite on the outskirts of town which is walkable/cyclable from. Very nice place to visit, with a ski lift up to the top of the steep banks with lovely views.