St. Goar to Bingen am Rhein
Rheinland-Pfalz
11. St. Goar to Bingen am Rhein
Difficult
8h30
29,5km
+901m
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You will walk along the Rhine all day long, watching the castles that line the flanks of this famous valley where the course of the river offers all its charm and diversity. The narrowing of the valley ends in Bingen-sur-Rhin with its castle and St. Martin's Basilica.
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La Mäuserturm à Bingen - Wikimedia Commons Brego CulturalMouse Tower Bingen
The Mäuseturm in Bingen is a tower on an island in the Rhine at the level of the town of Bingen, the Mäuseturm Island. It was built in the XIIIᵉ century as a watchtower for the Ehrenfels Castle on the right bank of the river.
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Description
In front of St. Goar's Collegiate Church, turn right into Oberstrasse, then left into B 9 Heerstrasse and follow the Rhine from the St. Goar pier.
- After the Tauber Werth island turn right under the railway and turn left into Koblenzer Strasse, Rathausstrasse, Liebfrauenstrasse, then left and then right
- Left in front of the Liebfrauenkirche, right on the way to the Rhine bank
- In Bacharach, first street on the right, pass under the railway, Auf der Münze, left on Oberstrassse, take the path behind St. Peter's Church up the JugendHerberge Youth Hostel to the Burg Stahleck it is possible to shorten the distance a little bit, take the direction of Bacharach railway station.
- Go down to the Rhine bank, on the right follow the river on a path between the Rhine and the railway line.
- In Bingen am Rhein, cross the "Nahe" on the railway bridge, on the right Gerhausstrasse you reach St. Martin's Basilica.
- Arrival : Saint Martin's Basilica, Basilikastraße 6, 55411 Bingen am Rhein
- Towns crossed : Rheinland-Pfalz
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