There are two alternative starting points: 1) L-6552 Berdorf, Centre Martbusch: GPS: 49.825962 N 6.343749 E 2) D-54669 Weilerbach, hiking car park at the K19: GPS: 49°50'10.0"N 6°23'36.4"E
Start and finish are identical on the circular route.
Directions
The premium route is sufficiently marked by NaturWanderPark delux signs.
Safety Guidelines
For your own safety, please always stay on marked paths and do not leave them.
The hike is challenging and takes time. From autumn onwards, make sure you do not start too late to avoid being caught in the dark. The rocky paths can be slippery especially in wet weather and in autumn.
Equipent
Sturdy footwear, weather-appropriate clothing, and packed food (especially water) are recommended.
Tip
From Bollendorf, the “Felsenweg 2” (20 km) is also accessible, and the “Felsenweg 1” (also 20 km) starts at Weilerbach Castle.
Information on all routes in the Germany-Luxembourg border area can be found at www.naturwanderpark.eu.
Another tip: www.mullerthal-trail.lu – Little Luxembourg Switzerland.
Getting There
Please use the navigation-capable start address in the parking section for inputting into your navigation device.
Or use the online route planner at the end of the stage description.
Parking
The starting points of the routes are also hiking car parks.
Public Transit
Train: no direct train connection. The nearest stations are in Bitburg-Erdorf or L-Diekirch.
Bus: Rhein-Mosel-Bus (www.bahn.de, www.vrt-info.de)
Information on Luxembourg public transport: www.mobiliteitszentral.lu
We recommend for this route
a) arriving by car
b) if arriving by train, to contact local taxi companies (www.gelbeseiten.de or www.editus.lu).
Literature
Boundless HIKING
Author Bernd Pieper presents 22 diverse circular routes from NaturWanderPark delux in his book "Boundless HIKING" from Bachem Verlag, suitable for both beginners and experienced hikers. The routes lead through remarkable fauna and flora and promise genuine nature experiences. Lush blooms, orchards, wheat and rye fields belong to the scenery as much as near-natural flowing waters.
€14.95, available among others at all tourist information points in NaturWanderPark delux
Paperback: 192 pages
Language: German
Publisher: Bachem, J P (4 December 2017)
ISBN-13: 978-3761632024
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On the way - our cycling and hiking tips
The cycling and hiking offers of the Eifel in one magazine: The magazine "On the way" introduces selected cycling and hiking routes and gives tips on what can be discovered along and off the paths. Hiking the Eifelsteig without luggage, experiencing a goat cheese dairy on the Maare-Mosel cycling path, or time together on the rock paths in NaturWanderPark delux: The most important details of selected routes with suitable, directly bookable holiday offers complement the information for planning a cycling or hiking trip in the Eifel.
Maps
The topographic map 1:25,000 with hiking and cycling routes is currently being revised. The routes of NaturWanderPark delux are marked on the following map:
Hiking map of the German-Luxembourg Nature Park
Topographic map 1:50,000 with hiking trails simultaneously Hiking map no. IV of the Eifelverein e.V.
ISBN 3-89637-308-0
Additional Information
Gastronomy and accommodation in the area and on the routes can be found on the homepage of NaturWanderPark delux under "Hosts".
If you have further questions, the following tourist information offices will be happy to assist:
Eifel Tourismus GmbH
D-54595 Prüm, Kalvarienbergstr. 1,
Tel.: +49 6551 - 96560, Fax: +49 6551 - 965696
Email: info@eifel.info - www.eifel.info
Holiday region Felsenland Südeifel
D-54669 Bollendorf, Neuerburger Straße 6,
Tel.:+49 6525 933930, Fax: +49 6525 9339329
Email: info@felsenland-suedeifel.de - www.felsenland-suedeifel.de
Office Régional du Tourisme Région Mullerthal - Petite Suisse Luxembourgeoises
L-6402 Echternach, B.P. 152,
Tel.:+352 720457, Fax: +352 727524
Email: info@mullerthal.lu - www.mullerthal.lu
Startpoint
There are two alternative starting points: 1) L-6552 Berdorf, Centre Martbusch: GPS: 49.825962 N 6.343749 E 2) D-54669 Weilerbach, hiking car park at the K19: GPS: 49°50'10.0"N 6°23'36.4"E
Destinationpoint
Start and finish are identical on the circular route.