Walk, Koblenz, Germany

Walk, Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Approximately 3.0 mile or 4.8 kilometres

On a sunny afternoon we walked from the campsite (Campingplatz Rhine Mosel), over the river Mosel into Koblenz centre for a look around and possibly book a Rhine cruise.   It was quite a long walk into Koblenz centre and Koblenz was a lot bigger than we thought it was going to be.

From the main site entrance we walked along Schartwiesenweg, a bit of an industrial area, then left onto Neuendorferstraße and then Schüllerplatz until we got to the bridge to cross over the river Mosel.  Over the river we turned left onto Peter-Altmeier-ufer and followed the river to its confluence with the Rhine.

 

We had to have a climb up the huge monument at the confluence (Deutsches Eck), for some photos, there is a very good view of the campsite from up there.  After a good look at the monument and a rest by the rivers, we head off to find out how much the river cruises are, for a trip out tomorrow.  So from the confluence we followed Konrad-Adenauer-ufer along the Rhine this time, as it is along this stretch the boats leave.

There are many trips on offer, we do not fancy the short one hour trip but a longer one, only I have to be back in time to have food in town and get back to the site before the football at 21:00.  One trip is 24€ with breakfast but is too late coming back, the other shorter is trip that gets back in time is 19.50€ but we can not make up our minds, so at the end of street and the line of sales people, we have to have a beer to help clear our minds (we never did decide and got cheaper tickets from campsite reception that night). 

 

Having not decided, we wandered away from the river and around the shops in the centre before heading back towards the confluence.

Back at the confluence, Dot spots the city tour land train thing so we hopped on for a guided tour (always a good idea to do this before walking, to get your bearings), it was a very bumpy ride (cobbled streets), afterwards we looked for something to eat.

Luckily there was a place where the tour finished, near the big monument, it was sort of open-air self-service restaurant with excellent meet dishes, we both got pork with chips, caramelised onions and sauce (a very nice gravy).  Drinks had to be ordered separately from a bar around the corner form the serving counter and then all paid for at the till, with the deposit for the bottle and glass.  Must say the food was wonderful (could be because we hadn't had much to eat all day) and the views were good as well, it was a great place for a very cheap and enjoyable meal.  Then, after getting our deposit back from the bar (actually you get a chit from the bar to cash in at the till), we headed for the ferry back to the campsite.

 

Just next to the restaurant and opposite the campsite we found the ferry the crosses back to the site for only 0.80€ each, the ferry goes whenever there are any passengers, from 08:00 to 20:00 each day, it is a lot easer than walking round.