Moselle Valley (Germany)


 * For other places with the same name, see Moselle Valley.

The Moselle valley (Moseltal) is largely in Rhineland-Palatinate. The source of the Moselle river is in the Vosges mountains of French Alsace and it then flows north before reaching Germany at Perl and forming the border with Rhineland-Palatinate and Luxembourg.

Understand
The Moselle River is bordered to the north by the Eifel and to the south by the Hunsrück. It flows into the Rhine at Koblenz.

By plane
The main airports in the region are Luxembourg Airport, and Frankfurt Airport,, which is about an hour's drive away. Closer are Hahn airport and Bonn/Köln  airport which do have a number of low-cost carriers.

By car
The A61 autobahn crosses the Moselle Valley west of Koblenz.

By boat
Avalon have a number of options of river cruises into the region.

By car
The main road (B49, B53) runs along side the river alternating between the left and right banks.

By train
The Moselstrecke  runs from Koblenz to Bullay mainly on the left (North) bank of the Mosel before leaving the valley to return at Trier.

By boat
The KD and Gebrüder Kolb cruise ships stop at a number of points between Koblenz and Cochem.

See




Do

 * Hike along the Moselsteig
 * Cycle the Mosel Radweg

Drink
The Moselle is one of the 13 German wine regions, the main varieties of grapes grown being Riesling and Müller-Thurgau.

Go next

 * Middle Rhine Valley
 * Eifel