Rhine, Moselle & Saar 3-river tour

Check in: 3:30 PM – 4 PM we will offer a welcome drink and introduce the crew. Also we inform you about the tour, the ship and give you a safety briefing. After dinner there is time for a city walk through the city.

We start sailing early, enjoy your breakfast while we sail further upstream on the river Rhine. Your bike tour will start at Bonn, the city of Beethoven. After a short visit you will cycle along the  Siebengebirge (lit. "seven mountains" in German), it is a German range of hills to the East of the Rhine, southeast of Bonn, consisting of more than 40 mountains and hills. Your bike tour will end at Andernach where  you will meet the Merlijn again. We will stay here overnight. Our guide will take you on a digestive walk through this interesting city at the Rhine.

We start sailing after breakfast, your bike tour will start from Andernach and leads you to Koblenz. You will be early enough in Koblenz to explore the city or to take the cable cart up to the castle of ‘Ehrenbreitenstein’ on the other side of the Rhine river. (We can organize tickets as well as a local guide).

During  breakfast we will sail to Alken and pass the first 2 locks from the Moselle. Here you will start biking into the Eltztal and after a hike of approx. 40 minutes you will visit the beautiful castle of Eltz. Lying romantically on a cliff, the castle is one of the very few that has never been destroyed during its long history. Afterwards, you will bike to Cochem where the Merlijn is already waiting. In Cochem you may want to pay a visit to the famous Reichsburg or stroll through the cosy streets in this romantic city.

In the morning you will start biking from Cochem and the first stop will be in Beilstein. The small village of Beilstein is worth a visit, it has never been destroyed and you will enjoy a stroll through this medieval village. Along the meandering Moselle River, you will bike to Zell famous for its vineyard ‘Zeller Schwarze Katz’. Here in Zell you will board the Merlijn and together we will sail to Traben Trarbach, the city of the art nouveau. Tonight you will be offered a wine tasting at the Winery of Storck.

During your breakfast the Merlijn sails to Bernkastel Kues. First you will have some time for a tour through the city and visiting the oldest market place from Germany. After your visit the bike tour will start, to the holiday resort of Mehring, passing Neumagen-Drohn. This is the spot where the Romans first set foot travelling from the Rhine to the Moselle river. The Romans fell in love with this landscape more than 2000 years ago and built splendid country-villas here. In Mehring, you will board the Merlijn again and together we will cruise to Trier. Tonight you will enjoy the local German cuisine, while eating dinner out in one of the many local restaurants in Trier.

In the morning, you can explore Trier more, we can arrange a local city guide to learn you everything about Trier. Trier was the capital of the Western Roman Empire, a Roman government seat and is well-known for its Porta Nigra, a gigantic city gate. In the afternoon you will bike to Saarburg. The cityscape of Saarburg is embossed from narrow alleys, framework houses, Baroque constructions as well as colourful fishermen and sailor-houses. The master architect of Berlin, Karl Friedrich Schinkel already named the ensemble of romantic houses and small bridges on the Buttermarkt ‘Little Venice’ in the 19th century.

After breakfast it is time to say goodbye and continue your European trip or leave for the airport.