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Right Steep vineyards near the twin town
of Bernkastel-Kues
VISITING TRIER
Parking
The multi-storey car park is just off
Simeonstiftsplatz, near the Porta Nigra.
Tourist Information
Simeonstrasse 55, 54290; 0651 97
80 80; www.trier-info.de; open daily

WHERE TO STAY
7 Bernkastel-Kues wine tasting, explore Burg Landshut
Rhineland-Palatinate; 54470 (www.bernkastel.de), a 13th-cen tury
BERNKASTEL-KUES
On a serpentine bend in the river, castle ruin with views of rolling
Doctor Weinstube moderate among woods and vineyards, the hillsides. From the Marktplatz, follow
This half-timbered guesthouse
with renovated rooms has twin-towns of Bernkastel-Kues have Mandatstrasse to a 3-km (2-mile)
a sauna. the per fect Mosel set ting. They have hiking trail to the castle, or take the
Hebegasse 5, 54470; 06531 966 50; many amaz ingly crooked houses, hourly shuttle bus (Apr–Oct: open daily)
www.doctor-weinstube-bernkastel.de some of which house wine taverns, from the river front tourist office.
Gasthaus Burkhard moderate specializ ing in the local Bernkasteler ª Turn right out of the car park
A pleasant guesthouse with modern Doctor. Bernkastel clusters behind on to the B53. In Trier, turn left on to
rooms as well as an excellent restaurant. the Pfarrkirche St Michael, once part Kaiser-Wilhelm-Brücke and then right
Burgstrasse 1, 54470; 06531 23 80; of the town’s defences. The Marktplatz on to Martinsufer to Friedrich-Ebert-
www.gasthaus-burkard.de
is surrounded by half-timbered Allee to Nordallee. Turn right at
TRIER houses. Before set tling down to Simeonstiftsplatz to park on the left.
Villa Hügel moderate
This highly recommended Art
Nouveau villa offers cheerful rooms.
Bernhardstrasse 14, 54295; 0651 93 8 Trier
71 00; www.hotel-villa-huegel.de Rhineland-Palatinate; 54290
Weinhaus Becker expensive Founded in 15 BC, Trier boasts northern Europe’s greatest collection
Located in a wine-producing suburb, of Roman remains. It became the capital of the Western Roman
this is a stylish pension with sleek rooms.
Olewiger Strasse 206, 54295; 0651 93 Empire in the 3rd century. Today, the town’s wine culture, combined
80 80; www.weinhaus-becker.de with its proximity to Luxemburg, provides a cosmopolitan feel.
A two-hour walking tour
0 metres 200 SIMEONSTIFTSPLATZ Porta
Nigra An alley from the Simeonstiftsplatz
OERENSTRASSE MOSELSTR
WALRAMSNEUSTR PFERDE M ARKT SIM E O N S T R AS S E RINDERTANZSTR CHRISTOPHSTR tury Porta Nigra 1 (open daily), the last
0 yards 200 car park leads to the colossal 2nd-cen-
of Trier’s four city gates. Named for
TH.-HEUSS-ALLEE
SICHELSTR
DIETRICHSTR
WINDMÜHLENSTRASSE IN DER OLK BÖHMERSTRASSE Hauptmarkt LIEBFRAUENSTR Dom Bischöfliches Dom- its blackening, which had already
occur red by the Middle Ages, it is
und Diözesanmuseum
remark able for its ingen ious design –
WINDSTR
PREDIGERSTR
the structure is supp orted by just a
Karl-Marx- METZELSTRASSE FLEISCHSTRASSE BROTSTRASSE PALASTS T R St Peter DOMINIKANERSTR few iron rods. It was inhab ited by
OSTALLEE OSTALLEE
Haus MUSTORST R a Greek hermit, Simeon, after 1028.
Turned into a church after his death
BRÜCKENSTRASSE STRE S E MANNSTR NAGETSTR NEUSTRA SSE Konstantinbasilika WEIMARER ALLEE BALDUIN- STR and sanctifi cation, it was dissolved
Kurfürstliche Palais
VIEHMARKT
along with the adjoin ing monastery
PLATZ
Viehmarkt- Palastgarten by Napoleon in 1802. South of the
WEBERBACH gate, Simeonstrasse leads to the
thermen
STR
VIEHMARKT
Rheinisches
Landesmuseum Hauptmarkt 2, the hub of the old
SCHÜTZENSTRASSE
town where the sculpted foun tain
WECHSELSTR
Kaiserthermen
Petrusbrunnen lies encircled by
grand houses includ ing the vivid red
KAISERSTRASSE KAISERSTRASSE
SÜDALLEE SÜDALLEE
HERMESSTR
Baroque Rotes Haus and the 15th-
SAARSTR
E BERHARDSTR GILBERSTR GER B E R STR OLEWIGER STR HETTNERSTR Amphitheater cen tury Steipe, once a banquet ing
hall now housing Germany’s oldest
phar ma cy, the Löwenapotheke.
Where to Stay: inexpensive, under €70; moderate, €70–€150; expensive, over €150
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