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WHY THIS IS A WESTEND61 / GETTY IMAGES ©
GREAT TRIP
CATHERINE LE
NEVEZ, AUTHOR
The romance along this stretch of
the Rhine is timeless. Poets and
painters including Lord Byron and
William Turner are among those
who have been inspired by this
castle-crowned, forest-and-vineyard-
cloaked valley. A fabled stop on the
original European Grand Tour, the
riverscape here is now a designated
Unesco World Heritage site. It
doesn’t get more classic than that.
Top: The Rhine and the town of Boppard on the bend
LORELEI STATUE BY NATASCHA ALEXANDROVA / DEA / W. BUSS / CONTRIBUTOR/ GETTY IMAGES ©
Left: Natascha Alexandrova’s Lorelei sculpture
Right: Cologne’s Kölner Dom illuminated at dusk