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Ruhr      #  Braubach             Must-sees include
                          #
                           6
                          \
                          #
      Ruhr            / ·      # Arnsberg       Cologne’s world-famous
                       B42
                                       5 km
                   \
                 \ # 7
                 # #f
                     #
            \ #  #  # Iserlohn  0 0  \  2.5 miles
                     \
                      Filsen
          Hagen                       # \       Kölner Dom (Cologne Cathe-
                Boppard                         dral; %0211-1794 0200; www.
   # ] Wuppertal                                koelner-dom.de; tower adult/
                # Ludenscheid /·                concession €4/2; h6am-9pm
                       B9
                \
                         / ·                    May-Oct, to 7.30pm Nov-Apr,
                          B42
                           Rhein                tower 9am-6pm May-Sep, to
                          Bigge  St Goarshausen  5pm Mar-Apr & Oct, to 4pm Nov-
                         St Goar # # #f # \     Feb), whose twin spires
                               8
                  / ·      H  # \  / ·          dominate the skyline, as
                           #
                  A61
                                  B42
      Gummersbach  # \  # Olpe  p483            well as superb museums
                       \
                                 10
                                   \ #
                     Lorelei Sculpture # #
                                   # Loreley
                                 # 9
                               / ·
      / ·                   # Kreuztal          such as the Römisch-
                               B9
       A4
                            \
                            Oberwesel /·        Germanisches Museum
                                \
                                #
                                   B42
                                    # f  Kaub   (Roman Germanic Museum;
                             # Siegen  # #      %0221-2212 4438; www.  GERMANY 34 ROMANTIC RHINE
                             \
                                   / ·  11
                                      \ #
                                    B9
  # \                                           museenkoeln.de; Roncalliplatz
                                     # #
         Sieg                Bacharach 12 \ #   4; adult/concession €9/5;
                                                h10am-5pm Tue-Sun); sculp-
                                                tures and ruins displayed
                                                outside its entrance are
                                                the overture to its sym-
                                                phony of Roman artefacts
   # Remagen                                    found along the Rhine.
   #
    4
    # \
                                                The Drive » Drive south
      / ·                                       along the B51 along the Rhine’s
      B9
          Neuwied
          \ #                        Lahn       western bank before joining the
                                                A555 to bring you into Bonn
              #          Limburg  # \           (29km all-up).
              #
               5
               # ] Koblenz
     / ·       / ·    / ·
               B42
     A48
                      B42
                 Braubach
                 \ #  See
         Boppard #\  \ #  Filsen  Enlargement   \ #
                   St Goarshausen
              St Goar  \ # \ #                       LINK
                                                 #
            Oberwesel  \ #  # \  Loreley         ^   YOUR
                    # Kaub      Wiesbaden
                    \
                                   ]
              Bacharach #\         #                 TRIP
                       Rüdesheim  0 ¸
                                 A643
    0 ¸              / · #          14  Main  {   German Fairy Tale
                     B9
                                    ] #
                         #
                                    # #
                         13
                        # #
    B327
                        \ f
                                   Mainz
                       \
     / ·             Bingen        m K  42 km  ‚  Road
                       #
     E50
                                         to   Get on the trail of the
                                         36
                    Bad                 F G   Brothers Grimm 65km west
                                                ]
                                                #
                 Kreuznach  \ #               of Mainz in Hanau.
                                     120 km to
                   Nahe                 F G   z   The Romantic
                                        35
     # \ Idar-                                    Road
                             A63
      Oberstein             / ·               This ribbon of historical
                                              quaintness starts at
                                              Würzburg, two hours
                                              (154km) west from Mainz.
        # e 0 0          20 miles 40  km
                                        Rhein
                        / ·
                         A6
            Kaiserslautern     Ludwigshafen  # ]
                   #              am Rhein                         481
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