View of Burg Stahleck – Bacharach Old Town loop from Kaub

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Rhenish Hesse

Mainz-Bingen

Bacharach

View of Burg Stahleck – Bacharach Old Town loop from Kaub

Moderate

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106

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View of Burg Stahleck – Bacharach Old Town loop from Kaub

02:56

10.3km

220m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 16, 2026

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UNESCO Welterbe Oberes Mittelrheintal

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1.76 km

View of Kaub with Pfalzgrafenstein Castle and Gutenfels Castle

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Pfalzgrafenstein Castle is definitely the most unusual castle building on the Rhine. Like a stone ship, it sits enthroned on a promontory in the middle of the Rhine. Especially when …

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2.82 km

View of Pfalzgrafenstein Castle from Auf dem Kreuzstein

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Beautiful little vantage point on the RhineBurgenWeg from Oberwesel to Bacharach. View of the Zollburg Pfalzgrafenstein and the castle ruins Gutenfels

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3.16 km

Bench with a view of the Rhine and Diebsteine

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From here you can see the "thief stones" blocking Rhine shipping, the remains of the "wild danger", the notorious rapids of the Rhine in the Middle Rhine Valley.
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5.96 km

Scenic bench overlooking Bacharach

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Beautiful bench with a small table that invites you to linger with its view over Bacharach

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6.02 km

View of Burg Stahleck

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Stahleck Castle is a hilltop castle in the Middle Rhine Valley in the area of the town of Bacharach in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Mainz-Bingen, almost 50 kilometers south of Koblenz. Its water-filled ditch is a rarity in Germany.

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6.24 km

View of Bacharach and the Rhine

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From here you have a wonderful view of Bacharach and the Rhine, and the walk to get there is also fun and quite easy to do.

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6.98 km

Bacharacher Wernerkapelle

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The ruins of a high Gothic central building in the vineyards above St. Peter's used to be a popular pilgrimage chapel. It was built shortly after 1287. The reason for …

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7.37 km

Bacharach Old Town

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Bacharach is a city in the "UNESCO World Heritage Upper Middle Rhine Valley" and an old wine trading post. The neat Fachwerhäuser and the art historical important church buildings invite …

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