Mosel Cycle Path Section 4: From Mehring to Piesport

The Neumagen Wine Ship, Roman wine cellars and numerous vineyards are perfect for short breaks.

The Moselle Cycle Route loops and winds from Mehring to the wine-making village of Piesport on this fourth leg, always along the right bank of the Moselle. You will come across one of the most beautiful and well-known sections of the route between Leiwen and Trittenheim, before reaching Neumagen-Dhron, Germany’s oldest wine-making town and where the Neumagen Wine Ship was discovered. This grave carving, made for a Roman wine merchant, can be viewed in front of the Peterskapelle (St. Peter's Chapel) and a floating replica is anchored in a specially built harbour. Located just before Piesport, the faithfully restored wine cellars bear witness to the central importance the town had in terms of Roman wine production. The largest Roman wine cellar ever discovered north of the Alps is worth taking a short break for, before sampling the taste of the famous “Piesporter Goldtröpfen” wine in one of the hospital wineries there.

25,4 km
1:45 h
106 m
118 m

Route information

Route length: 25,4 km

Difficulty: easy

Hiking time: 1:45 h

Ascent: 105.69 m

Descent: 117.69 m

Start Point: Mehring

End Point: Piesport

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Characteristics

Von A nach B
Etappentour
aussichtsreich
Einkehrmöglichkeit
familienfreundlich
kulturell / historisch

Radfahren

Mosel-Radweg
Radtouren mit Kindern

Journey

Mehring and Piesport are without train connections

Use RadBus “Moseltal”

www.radbusse.de

Mehring: Parking along the Moselstraße parallel to the B 53 or at the Peter Schröder Platz.

Piesport: free parking within the town

Tip

A trip on the Neumagen Wine ship offers the opportunity to see the Moselle from a completely different perspective. A list of any currently closed route sections and relevant detours, e.g. due to roadworks, can be found here.

Equipment

A smartphone to access the audio tour "Lauschpunkte am Mosel-Radweg": Get to know the Moselle region via a series of listening stop-off points. 40 listening stations between Perl and Koblenz encourage you to take a closer look and guide you to surprising discoveries along the way. The “Lauschtour” audio tour app can be downloaded free of charge from the Apple App Store or Google Play.

Remember to take your cycle tour book and your camera.

Literature

www.radwanderland.de (responsible for the infrastructure and route descriptions in the Rhineland Palatinate section)