Salm cycle route
- start: Dreis
- destination: Klüsserath
- easy
- 16,52 km
- 3 hours 30 minutes
- 163 m
- 170 m
- 119 m
- 40 / 100
- 20 / 100
Cyclists' short visit to the Mosel Eifel - along the river course through meadow valleys and historic places.
The Salm winds almost exclusively through the area of the Mosel Eifel from the Himmerod Monastery to its mouth in the Mosel near Klüsserath. The Salm cycle path creates the connection between the Maare-Mosel cycle route near Wittlich and the Mosel cycle route in Klüsserath. It passes through the geological formation of the "Wittlich Basin" and partially uses the Wittlich Basin cycle path. Further, it follows the Salm valley to Klüsserath, past fields and meadows and from Rivenich through the vineyards of the Mosel region. It opens up as a route of rural culture the castle in Dreis, remarkable churches and mills, farmhouses in the style of the Trier Einhaus and other regional special features such as representative vintner estates in the wine region.
sights along the route:
- Dreis: Baroque church St. Martin
- Dreis: Dreis castle
- Salmtal: Salm mill, district Dörbach
- Sehlem: village square
- Sehlem: parish church
- Sehlem: old school
- Esch: church
- Esch: mill
- Esch: village square
- Rivenich: church and parsonage
- Rivenich: wine museum
- Klüsserath: former Kurtrier castle
- Klüsserath: Echternach courtyard
- Klüsserath: village square
- Klüsserath: parish church
General information
Directions
Requirement: The Salm cycle route is suitable for everyone - especially from Dreis to the Mosel - and also presents only moderate demands from the Mosel valley to the heights.
Route character: The route runs mostly through flat terrain along the Salm; there is a short climb (150 m long / 50 meters elevation) immediately behind Rivenich. The cycle path is suitable, with some restrictions, also for children and for use with bicycle trailers and tandems.
Route guidance: Outside the town via farm roads, in town streets without cycle paths.
Surface quality: All paths are asphalted.
Safety Guidelines
Pay attention to traffic and stay on the designated path.
Equipment
Traffic-safe bicycle, bicycle helmet, repair kit for small repairs, cycle map.
Tip
In the villages along the connecting route between the Maare-Mosel cycle route and the Mosel cycle route, it is sometimes worth detouring from the path. Exciting village stories with numerous historic buildings and charming beer or cider gardens invite you to linger.
Getting there
Via the A 48/A 1 motorway Koblenz-Trier, exit Salmtal (127). Via the A 60 motorway Belgium-Bitburg, exit, exit Wittlich-West (10) towards Salmtal/Dreis.
Parking
Free parking is available at the Dreyshalle in the town center, Talstraße 12e.
Public transit
Salmtal train station: connection to the Trier-Koblenz railway line
Maps
www.radwanderland.de (responsible for infrastructure and route description)
Free South Eifel cycle map with routes & tour tips
Additional Information
Mosellandtouristik GmbH
Kordelweg 1
54470 Bernkastel-Kues
Tel. +49 (0)6531/97330
info@mosellandtouristik.de
www.visitmosel.de
Tourist Information Wittlich City and Country
Market square 5
54516 Wittlich
Phone: 06571 – 4086
info@moseleifel.de
www.moseleifel.de
Tourist Information Roman Wine Road
Brückenstr. 46
54338 Schweich
Tel: 06502-9338-0
mosel@touristinfo-schweich.de
www.roemische-weinstrasse.de
Suggestions, peculiarities or defects? Contact us by email: radwege@lbm.rlp.de (www.radwanderland.de)
Weather
This tour is presented by: Mosel. Faszination Urlaub, Author: Mosellandtouristik GmbH