Hiking, cultural, bus tours, museums, animal parks, Eifel mountains

xcursions and cultural events

• Adenau and Ahrweiler, old historical market places
• Beilstein on the Moselle river – historical town center and castle, about 50 km
• Bad Bertrich, Roman Glauber’s salt thermal bath, small 18th century castle
• Imperial castle Cochem and Capuchin monastery
• Castle Eltz at Munstermaifeld, the epitome of the German castle romantic, about 52 km
• Castle Pyrmont on the Elz river
• Gerolstein with its dolomite rocks and stone age caves, about 25 km
• The bell foundry in Brockscheid with guided tour
• The monastery of Maria Laach at the Laacher See (Laacher Lake)
• The monastery Himmerod near Manderscheid
• Kronenburg near Stadtkyll, a typical castle village with a historical town center and half-timbered houses.
• Koblenz / Coblence, Deutsches Eck (“German Corner”) – the meeting of the Moselle and Rhine rivers, fortress Ehrenbreitstein
• Mayen, Genovevaburg, a favorite backdrop for ambitious open-air theater performances; historical market place
• Picturesque Monreal on the Elz river, narrow alleys with former cloth manufacturers’ half-timbered houses from the 16th to the 18th centuries
• “Maare” in Manderscheid – Manderscheid castles – jewel cutting and polishing
• Castle Burresheim near Mayen
• Sawmill in Meisburg, a technical rarity
• Observatory “Hoher List” near Schalkenmehren
• Trier, Germany’s oldest city and former Roman Imperial residence
• Uxheim / Ahutte in the Ahbach valley, expanding waterfall in Dreimühlen
• Wallender Born in Wallenborn – periodical gush of sulphurous, carbonic water every 25 minutes
• The volcanic Eifel mountains countryside with its over 200 cone-shaped eruptions offers a number of unique attractions, among them superb views over the forested region below.

Hikings

• Guided hikings and bus tours Mr. Alois Mayer, principal in Daun, Telephone(0 65 92) 26 16
• Two-hourly:
• Tour around Daun: Wehrbusch – Kurpark – Daun
• Spa park – Gemundener Maar – Daun
• Three-hourly:
• Spa park (Kurpark) – Gemundener Maar – Dronketurm – Weinfelder Maar – Schalkenmehrener Maar
• Spa park (Kurpark) – Gemundener Maar – Liesertal – Weiersbach – Udersdorfer Muhle
• Darscheid – Drees – Lehwald – Daun

Bus tours

• One-hourly:
• Three Daun Maare – Weinfelder (wine fields) chapel – walk along the Maar shore
• Daun – Manderscheid – Daun
• Dauner Maare – Holzmaar – Pulvermaar – Daun
• Two-hourly:
• Maar round tour through the volcanic Eifel mountains region:
  Oberstadtfeld – Schutz – Manderscheid (castles) – Holzmaar – Pulvermaar – three Daun “Maare” – visit to the Weinfeld Chapel and back to Daun
• “Maare” and bell foundry in Brockscheid:
  Three Daun “Maare” (Weinfeld Chapel) – Brockscheid (bell foundry) – Manderscheid (castles) – Daun
• Through the mountainous countryside of the volcanic Eifel mountains region:
  Gerolstein – Hillesheim (geological-path) – Daun
• Three-hourly:
• Castles and crater lakes:
  Three Daun “Maare” (Weinfeld Chapel) – Brockscheid – Holzmaar – Manderscheid – Valley of the small Kyll-Wallenborn (a geyser) – Gerolstein – Hillesheim – Daun
• Gerolstein:
  Visit to the Eagle and Wolf Park in Kasselburg with a demonstration of the flight of predatory birds.

Museums

• Eifelmuseum Genovevaburg Mayen
• Eisenmuseum (Iron museum) in Junkerath
• Train and Airplane Museum (Eisenbahn- und Flugzeugmuseum) in Hermeskeil
• Mausetrap Museum (Mausefallenmuseum) in Neroth
• Minerals Museum (Mineralienmuseum) in Gerolstein
• Racing Museum (Rennsportmuseum) at the Nurburgring
• Roman and Germanic Antiquities Mseum (Romisch-Germanisches Altertumsmuseum) “Villa Sarabodis” in Gerolstein

Animal parks

• Eagle and Wolf park (Adler- und Wolfspark) in Kasselburg
• Amusement Park (Erlebnispark) Gondorf near Bitburg
• Deer and Wild Boar Park (Hirsch- und Saupark) in Daun
• Wild Animal Park (Waldtierpark) in Klotten near Cochem on the Mosel river

Castle Schloss-Hotel
Kurfurstliches Amtshaus
Dauner Burg
Gunter and Christa Probst
D-54550 Daun / Vulkaneifel
Germany
Tel. +49 (0) 65 92 / 925-0
Fax +49 (0) 65 92 / 925-255

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