Volcano Trail

Very nice tour through the Volcanic Eifel, started in Schalkenmehren, past maars, with great pictures and impressions along the Volcano Path😊😊😊.

After several bike rides, I wanted to go hiking again today, so let's go to the Eifel. The circular route is one of the most beautiful tours I have done so far, it goes over fields, meadows, through forest sections and also briefly over roads, but only for short sections. There is really a lot to see, the Mürmes flat moor, the remains of a Celtic ring wall, great views of the Eifel, beautiful nature. I will definitely take a closer look at the village of Ellscheid. One or the other chapel is also worth seeing, as is the Sangweiher. So if you look left and right there is a lot to see here. Absolute recommendation from me to hike this route here.😊👍

Today I hiked the Vulcano Trail. I started in Schalkenmehren. They charge for many parking spaces. I drove down a side street and parked there. Where it goes to the motorway you can hear the cars 🚗 noise. But in many places it was also nice and quiet. The signage is good. You can also stop twice along the way.

Vulkaneifel Trails: https://www.komoot.com/de-de/collection/4228116/-vulkaneifel-pfade Vulkaneifel-Pfad Vulcano-Pfad: Hike with a view over the garden fence into the land of Maare and fairy tales. Whether Maar or fairy tale – both are visible achievements from the battle of the elements. Whether fire or water – both are creators of this patch of earth. It is the Eifel landscape in its perfection between Ellscheid and Steineberg, Schalkenmehren and Mehren, that has it all. Like a large, green cloth, it gently stretches over former volcanic mountains and maar craters, hiding beneath it the hardness of its explosive past. Those who take their time and dare to look over the garden fence enjoy the experience of the big picture, like a natural garden. In its seductive beauty, the landscape around the Vulcano-Pfad hiking trail reveals hidden treasures of nature. Such as the Demerather Drees, a natural spring with millennia-old, mineral-rich water (not drinking water). It proudly displays valuable habitats, such as the Mürmes, a silted-up, now renatured maar with legendary biodiversity. And the sight of its diversity awakens the spirits, for example at the Mehrener Maar or at the unequal twin Maare of Schalkenmehren, inspiration for many a poet and painter. The view over the garden fence Stop. Pause. At a respectful distance. Enjoy the panorama with relaxation. The view over the garden fence invites you to linger. It offers the opportunity to simply rise above things, to see the big picture. And immediately you feel the harmony emanating from this landscape, both externally and internally. Allow yourself to become one with it, to take root in it and to recharge your life force. https://www.eifelsteig.de/a-vulcano-pfad

It was a great hike again 😁 highly recommended you get to see a lot, so don't worry the red kite showed up 😍 In Mehren we looked for a restaurant because of the disorientation 🙈 unfortunately without success 😞 we had to hike the last 5 km hungry 😊

Long but varied tour with great landscape views. Unfortunately, the Ley Tower is (officially) closed because it was poorly maintained. The path around the Mürmes (Moor) is impressive.

The observation tower was closed due to Corona. Pity

The car was once a Fiat 500 station wagon built in 1963 and belonged to my father. At that time, the Italian vehicles were produced for the sunny south. In 1968 the Fiat no longer passed the TÜV on the roads in the Eifel that were full of sentences. At that time there was no garbage disposal, let alone a scrap recycler. Cars that were no longer roadworthy were simply parked near the garbage dump.