Day Trip List by Jessica Rapsavage

Day Trips
Times from Buechel, Germany

Mayen. 2 castles. 30 min.
Beilstein. Small village near Cochem. River cruise from Cochem available. 30 min.
Bremm & Ediger Eller. 20 min.
Kobern- Gondorf. 2 castle ruins on the mosel. 40 min.
Kloster Maria Laach. Abbey on the lake. 45 min.
Brodenbach. Castle Ehrenburg. 45 min.
Cologne Zoo. 1 hour
Montabaur. 1 hour
Bad Neunahr. old town, car free, medieval gates & moat. 1 hour
Bad Munstereifel. 18 towers, wall & castle. 1 hour
Echternach, Luxembourg. "Little Switzerland" 1 hour
St. Goar. 2 castles on Rhine River. 1 hour
Vianden Castle, Luxembourg. 1 hr. 20 min. & Castle Beaufort, Luxembourg. 15-20 min. apart
Limburg. castle, cathedral, medieval town. 1 hour
Bonn. castle ruins, cathedral, riverside. 1 hour
Valley of the Seven Castles, Luxembourg. 1 hr. 30 min.
Idar-Oberstein. 2 castles, Church of the Rock. 1 hr. 30 min.
Bouillon, Belgium. Fortress & castle above the river. 2 hours
Worms. 1 hr. 40 min.
Castles Reichenstein & Rheinstein. 1 hr. 20 min. ( Im Burgweg 25- Trechtingshausen am Rhein)
Aachen. Cathedral & Christmas Market. 2 hours
Castles Stolzenfels & Lahneck. 50 min. (Parkplatz B9-Rhenser Str. Schlossweg.)
Castle Thurant. Alken. 45 min.
Gerolstein. Kasselburg ruins. 45 min.
Castle Sooneck. 1 hr. 20 min. Niederheimbach
Luxembourg Casemates. 2 hours. 10 Montee de Clausen- Bock Casemates
Castle Satzvey. 1 hour 20 min.
Monschau. Half-timbered houses, no cars, medieval town & castle. 2 hours
Heidelberg. Large castle ruins, old bridge, bridge gate, shopping. Close to Ramstein. 2 hours
Dusseldorf Alt Stadt. Old center in the city. 2 hours.
Saarbrucken. 1 hr. 30 min. Large city
Atta Hohle Cave. Attendorn. 2 hrs 20 min.
Clerveaux, Luxembourg. Chateau. 1 hr. from Spang
Burg Eltz. 45 min.
Cochem. Castle, half-timbered houses on the Mosel. 20 min.
Koblenz. Large city, shopping. 30 min.
Trier. Oldest city in Germany. Shopping, old city center, Roman ruins. Porta Nigra, Roman bath ruins and more. 45 min.
Manderscheid castle ruins. 2 castle ruins. 20 min.
Bernkastel-Kues. 45 min. Christmas market, wine fest, pretty town on the mosel.
Irrel. Waterfall Irrel. West wall museum Irrel- restored WWII bunkers. 45 min.
Monreal. tiny village with half-timbered houses and a river running through. 2 castle ruins. 20 min
Traben-Trarbach. gated bridge. 45 min.
Darmstadt. Frankenstein's Castle Halloween. 2 hours