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Left Medieval Marksburg, Braubach
Below Deutsches Eck, the spur between
the Mosel and the Rhine
EAT AND DRINK

KOBLENZ
Weindorf inexpensive
This “wine village”, set around a mock
village square beside the Rhine prome-
nade, is a fun place to sample local
wines and traditional German food.
Julius-Wegeler Strasse 2, 56068; 0261
13 37 19; www.weindorf-koblenz.de;
Jan & Feb: closed Mon–Thu; Mar–Dec:
closed Tue
once served as a butcher’s market, Rheinpromenade, turn right on to Augusta moderate
the city’s main execu tion site and Stresemannstrasse to the car park. Located on the Rhine, this restaurant
the venue for medieval tourn aments. ª From the Kurfürstliches Schloss uses local produce and serves wines
from nearby vineyards. The lunch
An alley off its left side leads to the turn left and get on to B49. Turn right specials include regional dishes.
Liebfrauenkirche 5, Koblenz’s main on to B42 in the direction of Lahnstein. Rheinstrasse 2a, 56068; 0261 91 44
church. Despite its Baroque onion Follow signs to the Marksburg car park. 68 22; www.augusta-koblenz.de
domes and Gothic choir and chancel, Weinhaus Hubertus moderate
the church is Romanesque in origin. 2 Marksburg This traditional wine tavern in the old
Just to the south on Zentralplatz, the Rhineland-Palatinate; 56338 town offers an excel lent range of local
Mittelrhein-Museum (closed Mon) is The huddle of towers and turrets wines. Sample the Zander (local perch)
and seasonal dishes such as autumnal
a regional history museum with high above the delightful half- rack of lamb with pumpkin seeds.
some 19th- century paintings. Also timbered town of Braubach belongs Florinsmarkt 6, 56068; 0261 311 77;
of interest are the works of 18th- to the Marksburg (open daily). Built www.weinhaus-hubertus.de
century Rococo painter Januarius in 1117, it is one of the Rhine’s most Schiller’s Restaurant expensive
Zick, who lived in Koblenz. impres sive castles, and is particularly Housed in Hotel Stein, this restaurant
With the Liebfrauenkirche to the remarkable for being the only offers three-course seafood menus and
right, follow Braugasse east, turn left medieval castle in the region never four-course menus of world cuisines.
onto Entenpfuhl and then right to have been destroyed. It is easy to Mayener Strasse 126, 56070;
0261 963 530; www.hotel-stein.de
along Firmungstrasse to head back imagine lively banquets in its Gothic
to the Rhine. Alongside the river, the grand hall, while its armoury and AROUND MARKSBURG
Rheinpromenade 6, a pleasant array of torture instruments recall Zum Weissen Schwanen moderate
prome nade, stretches south and a more gory past. The hotel Zum Weissen Schwanen has
is worth strolling down as far as ª Return to B42 and turn left. Take an excellent restaurant for local fish
and lamb dishes in particular.
the quaint wine village Weindorf 7. the Kamp-Bornhofen-Boppard ferry Brunnenstrasse 4, Braubach, 56338
Back near the junction of Rheinstrasse, across the Rhine; then in Boppard, (2 km/1 mile north of Marksburg);
a passenger ferry (Easter–mid-Nov: turn left along Rheinallee for car park. 0262 798 20
open daily) crosses to the right bank
of the Rhine. From here, turn left then
right down the Charlottenstrasse
and Obertal to the chairlift (Easter–
Oct: open daily) up to the Festung
Ehrenbreitstein 8 (open daily),
which has a commanding position
over the city. First built in AD 1000,
the fortress was extended by the
arch bishop of Trier, who lived here
between 1648 and 1768 until its
des truc tion by Napoleonic troops
in 1801. Today’s version, a Prussian
rebuild from 1832, houses the
Landesmuseum (mid-Mar–mid-Nov:
open daily). The state museum looks
at local trade, includ ing car manufac-
ture in a tribute to Audi, which was
founded nearby. Return to the
Eat and Drink: inexpensive under €20; moderate €20–€40; expensive over €40

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