Forty castles in forty kilometres — the Rhine Gorge where legends outnumber the vineyards.

Stationen dieser Tour (12)

1. 1
   Koblenz (Deutsches Eck) Where the Moselle meets the Rhine — Kaiser Wilhelm on horseback at the confluence
2. 2
   Ehrenbreitstein Fortress Fortress above Koblenz — cable car crossing with river panorama
3. 3
   Marksburg Castle The only hilltop castle on the Rhine never destroyed — medieval rooms intact since 1117
4. 4
   Boppard Roman town on the great Rhine bend — the Vierseenblick shows four apparent lakes
5. 5
   St Goar (Rheinfels Castle) Rhine's largest castle ruin — French sappers could not fully demolish it
6. 6
   Loreley Rock The legendary siren's rock — 120 metres above the Rhine's narrowest, deepest point
7. 7
   St Goarshausen Cat Castle (Burg Katz) looms above — built to outdo the Mouse Castle downstream
8. 8
   Oberwesel Town of towers — sixteen medieval towers still ring the walls, Schonburg Castle above
9. 9
   Kaub (Pfalzgrafenstein) White ship-shaped toll castle in mid-river — Blucher crossed here chasing Napoleon
10. 10
    Bacharach Half-timbered perfection — wine taverns in medieval buildings beneath ruined Werner Chapel
11. 11
    Niederwald Monument Germania statue above Rudesheim — views across the widening Rhine valley
12. 12
    Rudesheim (Drosselgasse) Famous wine alley — packed with taverns pouring local Riesling

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