Excursions in Saar-Hunsrück
The Hochwald holiday region has plenty to offer holidaymakers in terms of things to do, but we want to spread our wings a bit further and show you a selection of things worth doing in our neighbouring areas. Further tips can be found by visiting our tourist information centre.
Hunsrück
If you want to climb up to the Erbeskopf, the highest point in Rhineland-Pfalz, explore one of the many castle ruins and look for the ghosts that still haunt them, walk along the dizzying Geierlay bridge, the most beautiful hanging-rope bridge in Germany, or learn more about typical Hunsrück villages with their attractive half-timbered houses, then the Hochwald holiday region is the right place for you, because all this is just a short trip away from Hunsrück in our neighbouring regions.
Bildquelle: Hunsrück-Touristik GmbH, Dominik Ketz
Trier & Luxembourg
Our holiday region lies just a few short kilometres from the gates of the oldest city in Germany, the Roman city of Trier, which with a total of eight UNESCO World Heritage sites is an absolute must-see www.trier-info.de
It’s not just Trier which can boast of cultural offerings worth visiting though, you can also experience history and culture on the other side of the border with Luxembourg. www.lcto.lu/de
Bildquelle: Dom & Liebfrauenkirche, ttm Trier
Rivers and wine
Surrounded by the Mosel, Nahe, Saar and Rhine rivers, there are few better places to spend a day trip touring vineyards and taking leisurely boat trips than the Hochwald holiday region. The only problem in taking a boat trip on one of the big rivers or visiting a winery is choosing which one, such is the choice available in and around the Hunsrück region. The tourism organisations in the neighbouring regions can provide you with all the information you need.
Bildquelle: Schiffsanlegestelle Saarburg, Saar-Obermosel-Touristik, Elke Janssen
Visitor mines
If you want to delve a bit deeper into our beautiful region, then you can literally do just that by visiting one of the visitor mines, because a whole other world awaits you deep under the ground at the slate quarry in Fell (www.bergwerk-fell.de) as well as at the historic copper mine in nearby Fischbach (www.besucherbergwerk-fischbach.de) – and the best thing about it is that they are only half an hour away by car.
Bildquelle: Besucherbergwerk Fell, ohne Quellenangabe
Amusement parks
With its zoo, wildlife park, wolf park and the Praehistorium theme park, the wider region around the Hochwald holiday region has an abundance of places where you can either experience unique animals up close, enjoy animals and adventure in the wildlife and leisure park or learn all about how the planet has evolved over time. Spend an eventful holiday with us and take some unique memories from these parks back home with you.
Bildquelle: Wolfspark Merzig, ohne Quellenangabe
Technological and industrial culture
The ceramic museum in Mettlach with Keravision, the aviation museum in Hermeskeil and World Heritage Site of the Völklingen Ironworks each give visitors a unique experience in their own way. Come, enjoy and be amazed, and drink a coffee inside a real Concorde at the aviation museum, see some industrial history up close at the ironworks in Völklingen and learn about a company in Mettlach which over the course of its 250-year history has become a global enterprise, whose porcelain and ceramic products can be found in shopping centres in major cities all over the world.