I am driving from Aachen to Frankfurt, leaving at 9am arriving about 5pm - I
would like to travel a scenic route, not motorway, beside the Rhine, with a
view of castles if possible.
I can't decide whether east or west side of river would be best. I intend to
visit this area again next year for a holiday, but would like to get just a
flavour of the area during this drive. Any information would be welcome and
road numbers would be useful. many thanks

hpblade schrieb:

    > I am driving from Aachen to Frankfurt, leaving at 9am arriving about 5pm - I
    > would like to travel a scenic route, not motorway, beside the Rhine, with a
    > view of castles if possible.
    > I can't decide whether east or west side of river would be best. I intend to
    > visit this area again next year for a holiday, but would like to get just a
    > flavour of the area during this drive. Any information would be welcome and
    > road numbers would be useful. many thanks

B9 (left bank/faster) from Bonn or Koblenz to Bingen.

Regards, ULF

hpblade wrote:
    > I am driving from Aachen to Frankfurt, leaving at 9am arriving about 5pm - I
    > would like to travel a scenic route, not motorway, beside the Rhine, with a
    > view of castles if possible.
    > I can't decide whether east or west side of river would be best. I intend to
    > visit this area again next year for a holiday, but would like to get just a
    > flavour of the area during this drive. Any information would be welcome and
    > road numbers would be useful. many thanks

The usual stretch is from Koblenz southwards to Bingen. From Aachen,
drive the autobahn A44-A4-A61 to Koblenz, about 150km. Note there are
major roadworks on the A4. The West bank road B9 gives you views of a
number of castles on the other bank, but bypasses a number of small
towns. It's worth visiting these as well.

You might be interested in this link:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_d...in_Deutschland

which is a list of all the castles and ruins in Germany. Look for the
listings in Hessen and Rhineland-Pfalz for Rhine valley listings.

There's some other websites specifically about the Rhine valley. Just
Google "Rhine castles". This one hasa nice overview:
http://www.castle-liebenstein.com/ge...les/index.html


T.

Ulf Kutzner <[email protected]> wrote:

    >> I am driving from Aachen to Frankfurt, leaving at 9am arriving about 5pm - I
    >> would like to travel a scenic route, not motorway, beside the Rhine, with a
    >> view of castles if possible.
    >> I can't decide whether east or west side of river would be best. I intend to
    >> visit this area again next year for a holiday, but would like to get just a
    >> flavour of the area during this drive. Any information would be welcome and
    >> road numbers would be useful. many thanks
    >B9 (left bank/faster) from Bonn or Koblenz to Bingen.

And the B42 (right bank - east side) is more scenic.

Greetings from Cologne

Andreas

In article <5ddffaa83e23c@uwe>, "hpblade" <u20161@uwe> wrote:

    > I am driving from Aachen to Frankfurt, leaving at 9am arriving about 5pm
    > - I
    > would like to travel a scenic route, not motorway, beside the Rhine, with
    > a
    > view of castles if possible.
    > I can't decide whether east or west side of river would be best. I
    > intend to
    > visit this area again next year for a holiday, but would like to get just
    > a
    > flavour of the area during this drive. Any information would be welcome
    > and
    > road numbers would be useful.

There are castles on both. I remember traveling up the east bank, trying
to tell my students on the bus about castles we saw, and there were
quite a few visible to confuse them! I had to tell them which ones they
had taken pictures of after we got home 8-)

--
Mary Loomer Oliver (aka Erilar),
philologist, biblioholic medievalist

http://www.airstreamcomm.net/~erilarlo

Seems like there's a case for both sides#
thanks all for the information

erilar wrote:
    >> I am driving from Aachen to Frankfurt, leaving at 9am arriving about 5pm
    >> - I
    >[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
    >> and
    >> road numbers would be useful.
    >There are castles on both. I remember traveling up the east bank, trying
    >to tell my students on the bus about castles we saw, and there were
    >quite a few visible to confuse them! I had to tell them which ones they
    >had taken pictures of after we got home 8-)

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