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Romantic Rhine 34

After traversing powerhouse riverside cities Düsseldorf, Cologne
and Bonn, watch epic scenery unfold as Germany’s Romantic Rhine
valley carves between towering cliffs clad in forest and capped by
castles, to delightful Mainz.

TRIP HIGHLIGHTS
L 5–7 DAYS
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# Düsseldorf 198 km 235 KM / 146 MILES
Rüdesheim
Escape the crowds by GREAT FOR…
hiking into the
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# Cologne picturesque vineyards

BEST TIME TO GO
April to October offers
the best weather, but
July and August can
Koblenz # be crowded.
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Pfalzgrafstein on a
Rhine island.
Mainz BEST FOR
Boppard Home to rustic wine K OUTDOORS
One of the Romantic taverns and a
Rhine’s prettiest towns magnificent cathedral Hike through the vines
above Rüdesheim.
155 km 235 km
Bacharach St Peter’s Church 479