Rhine tour

Meadow 49ers
Meadow 49ers Forum Participant Posts: 23
edited March 2019 in Overseas Campsites & Touring #1

Hello, we are new motorhomers and want and want to travel down the Rhine Valley in May/June, time no object.  We assumed starting in Cologne.  Can anyone suggest 'must see' places.  We are open on the final destination.

many thanks.

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  • eurortraveller
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    edited March 2019 #2

    Final destination might be Mulhouse - about 300 miles from Cologne - for the motor museum with 500 Bugattis, Ferraris and so on, and the French national railway museum, the Cite de Train.  Though you could push on into Switzerland to visit the Rhine Falls. 

  • Dave Nicholson
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    edited March 2019 #3

    There’s an excellent Stellplatz in Cologne on the banks of the Rhein and a 20 minute walk into the city centre. The Stellplatz will accept reservations but in May and June you will not have to pre-book any sites if you arrive before tea time. Koblenz is an attractive town and the campsite at the junction of the Rhein and Mosel is ideal for a few days stop-over. I’d second the Rhein Falls as a must see. The section of the river between Koblenz and Bingen is the most popular but the whole of the Mosel is worth a visit too.

  • Martatin
    Martatin Forum Participant Posts: 306
    edited March 2019 #4

    We toured down the Rhine a couple of years ago but last year did Mosel. Mosel pleasanter tour much less industrial. Ideally suitable for Motorhomers.

  • cyberyacht
    cyberyacht Forum Participant Posts: 10,218
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    edited March 2019 #5

    I plan to visit the Rhine Falls on my way back from Bodensee. AFAICS, I only need a vignette for certain Swiss roads and, as I'm only passing through for a day, I'm reluctant to shell out for one just for a day. We are planning to approach Neuhausen via Galingen and leaving towards Singen. Can anyone provide any detailed routing to avoid roads that require a vignette. As far as I'm able to ascertain, vignettes seem to kick in at Schaffhausen.

  • eurortraveller
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    edited March 2019 #6

    CY, It can be done. ViaMichelin.com has an option to choose non motorway roads avoiding the need for Swiss vignettes, and I just checked that for your own proposed in and out route. 

  • Philnffc
    Philnffc Forum Participant Posts: 317
    edited March 2019 #7

    Have to agree with Martatin comment about  the Mosel  being a better option for motorhomes, with each village having at least three stellplatz and most over looking the river or in vineyards. One of our favourite places to tour but enjoy which ever you choice.

     

    Phil

  • InaD
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    edited March 2019 #8

    Agree with others about the Mosel being a better option for MHs.  We've stayed at some superb Stellplatze, Wintrich, Zell, Neef, Ernst, Cochem.  Great for cycling too, if you have bikes, take them with you.   

  • cyberyacht
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    edited March 2019 #9

    Thanks, ET.

  • peedee
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    edited March 2019 #10

    Whether you decide on touring the Mosel or Rhine or both which I have done. I agree with Dave Nicholson Koblenz is worth a visit. We stayed at Camping Rhine - Mosel for three nights which is located opposite Deutsches Eck, the point where the Mosel flows into the Rhine. From here you can catch a small ferry across the Mosel to the Deutsches Eck from where you can stroll along the river banks, catch a river cruise, walk into the old town or catch the tourist "road train" for a quick tour of the main sites of Koblenz.

    peedee

  • eurortraveller
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    edited March 2019 #11

    Yes Koblenz is good. Strasbourg is too. 

  • Oneputt
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    edited March 2019 #12

    Have to say we prefer the Moselle, a lot quieter IMO.  

  • DianneT
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    edited March 2019 #13

    https://www.joysofeuropeancaravanning.co.uk/2ndtripeurope2005.htm 

    Certainly we enjoy the Mosel better than the Rhine.  There is an excellent campsite at Bernkastel-Kues right on the river.  Link above.

     

     

  • Tammygirl
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    edited March 2019 #14

    Another vote for the Mosel over the Rhine.

    If you do go down the Mosel its worth having a look at Saarburg for a few hours, lovely little town as are most of them on the Mosel.

  • eurortraveller
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    edited March 2019 #15

    Wow ! Some anti - Rhine views on here. Are some of you thinking of the industrial section of the valley?  

    How about the hundred mile stretch further south instead - with Alsace on one side and the edge of the Black Forest on the other.  I can cheerfully eat Tarte Flambee and slurp Gewurtztraminer on the left bank, and then the hot springs  at Baden Baden over on the other side might be a useful health cure afterwards. 

  • Lutz
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    edited March 2019 #16

    I someone who lives just 10 minutes from the Rhine I would also suggest giving the Moselle first option. The reason why I say that is that the picturesque part of the Rhine is relatively small, between Koblenz and Mainz (near where I live), whereas the Moselle is picturesque almost along its entire length.

  • DianneT
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    edited March 2019 #17

    I agree with what you say Lutz.  The Rhine in your area is very pretty and interesting but Mosel is very picturesque from Trier up to the Rhine.

     

    DianneT

  • commeyras
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    edited March 2019 #18

    Another vote for the Moselle over the Rhine.  Penty of sites all along the river.

  • reynoray
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    edited March 2019 #19

    Rhine in Flammen Bingen is on 7 June - It's a fireworks bonanza worth being in the area for.

  • DavidKlyne
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    edited March 2019 #20

    You could stay at Rüdesheim and go across on the ferry to Bingham. Not been during this event but it might be good to see it from the Rüdesheim side?

    David

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