Ride the Rhine? Where is it scenic?
May 10th 2003, 5:28 pm
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Re: Ride the Rhine? Where is it scenic?
On Sat, 10 May 2003 18:19:49 +0100, Keith Anderson
wrote:
>On Sat, 10 May 2003 16:03:11 GMT, Terry wrote:
>>Now I am looking at riding the KD line from Bacharach or Bingen to Koblenz.
>>But, there is a problem....
>>Bahn.de tells me that the only way to get on a train back to Frankfurt is to
>>take a boat from the Koblenz KD station BACK to Niederlahnstein, then take a
>>train BACK again to Koblenz Hbf.
>>Can that be right? Theres no public transportation from Koblenz KD to
>>Koblenz Hbf from within Koblenz? You have to go by way of Niederlahnstein?
>>I wonder if I will miss anything if I end the trip at Niederlahnstein.
>>I will be grateful if someone can tell me a way back to Frankfurt from
>>Koblenz KD.
>The KD landing-stage is near Deutsches Eck in Koblenz - a local bus
>will take you from there to the main station in about 10 minutes. Bus
>fare is a matter of small change. Or you could walk it (30 mins).
>From the main station (Hauptbahnhof, abbreviated to Hbf) there are
>loads of express trains to Frankfurt.
>Forget Niederlahnstein..
>BTW - Deutches Eck is where the Rhine and Mosel/Moselle meet - statue
>of Kaiser Wilhlem I, and 3 slabs from the Berlin Wall.
There you go - bus timetable from Deutsches Eck to Hauptbahnhof as
.pdf file - bus goes at ½ hourly intervals for most of the day.
http://www.vrminfo.de/pdf/verbundfah.../koblenz/1.pdf
wrote:
>On Sat, 10 May 2003 16:03:11 GMT, Terry wrote:
>>Now I am looking at riding the KD line from Bacharach or Bingen to Koblenz.
>>But, there is a problem....
>>Bahn.de tells me that the only way to get on a train back to Frankfurt is to
>>take a boat from the Koblenz KD station BACK to Niederlahnstein, then take a
>>train BACK again to Koblenz Hbf.
>>Can that be right? Theres no public transportation from Koblenz KD to
>>Koblenz Hbf from within Koblenz? You have to go by way of Niederlahnstein?
>>I wonder if I will miss anything if I end the trip at Niederlahnstein.
>>I will be grateful if someone can tell me a way back to Frankfurt from
>>Koblenz KD.
>The KD landing-stage is near Deutsches Eck in Koblenz - a local bus
>will take you from there to the main station in about 10 minutes. Bus
>fare is a matter of small change. Or you could walk it (30 mins).
>From the main station (Hauptbahnhof, abbreviated to Hbf) there are
>loads of express trains to Frankfurt.
>Forget Niederlahnstein..
>BTW - Deutches Eck is where the Rhine and Mosel/Moselle meet - statue
>of Kaiser Wilhlem I, and 3 slabs from the Berlin Wall.
There you go - bus timetable from Deutsches Eck to Hauptbahnhof as
.pdf file - bus goes at ½ hourly intervals for most of the day.
http://www.vrminfo.de/pdf/verbundfah.../koblenz/1.pdf
May 10th 2003, 5:37 pm
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Re: Ride the Rhine? Where is it scenic?
On Sat, 10 May 2003 18:28:26 +0100, Keith Anderson
wrote:
>On Sat, 10 May 2003 18:19:49 +0100, Keith Anderson
> wrote:
>>On Sat, 10 May 2003 16:03:11 GMT, Terry wrote:
>>>Now I am looking at riding the KD line from Bacharach or Bingen to Koblenz.
>>>But, there is a problem..
[----]
You can also check the Koblenz streetplan:
http://cityguide-deutschland.com/koblenz/
and have fun finding a walking route
wrote:
>On Sat, 10 May 2003 18:19:49 +0100, Keith Anderson
> wrote:
>>On Sat, 10 May 2003 16:03:11 GMT, Terry wrote:
>>>Now I am looking at riding the KD line from Bacharach or Bingen to Koblenz.
>>>But, there is a problem..
[----]
You can also check the Koblenz streetplan:
http://cityguide-deutschland.com/koblenz/
and have fun finding a walking route
May 11th 2003, 11:23 am
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Re: Ride the Rhine? Where is it scenic?
Keith Anderson writes:
>On Sat, 10 May 2003 18:28:26 +0100, Keith Anderson
> wrote:
>>On Sat, 10 May 2003 18:19:49 +0100, Keith Anderson
>> wrote:
>>>On Sat, 10 May 2003 16:03:11 GMT, Terry wrote:
>>>>Now I am looking at riding the KD line from Bacharach or Bingen to Koblenz.
>>>>But, there is a problem..
>[----]
>You can also check the Koblenz streetplan:
>http://cityguide-deutschland.com/koblenz/
>and have fun finding a walking route
I usually start looking at each town/city's website for a starting
point...
e.g. http://www.koblenz.de
Click on "Stadtplan" and choose screen resolution... taking you to
the same map service.
There appear to be a couple of passenger ferries crossing the Rhine
and Mosel near Deutsches Eck... gives weary feet a respite.
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>On Sat, 10 May 2003 18:28:26 +0100, Keith Anderson
> wrote:
>>On Sat, 10 May 2003 18:19:49 +0100, Keith Anderson
>> wrote:
>>>On Sat, 10 May 2003 16:03:11 GMT, Terry wrote:
>>>>Now I am looking at riding the KD line from Bacharach or Bingen to Koblenz.
>>>>But, there is a problem..
>[----]
>You can also check the Koblenz streetplan:
>http://cityguide-deutschland.com/koblenz/
>and have fun finding a walking route
I usually start looking at each town/city's website for a starting
point...
e.g. http://www.koblenz.de
Click on "Stadtplan" and choose screen resolution... taking you to
the same map service.
There appear to be a couple of passenger ferries crossing the Rhine
and Mosel near Deutsches Eck... gives weary feet a respite.
--
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May 11th 2003, 1:52 pm
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Re: Ride the Rhine? Where is it scenic?
"Bernd Felsche" wrote in message > >[----]
> >You can also check the Koblenz streetplan:
> >http://cityguide-deutschland.com/koblenz/
> >and have fun finding a walking route
> I usually start looking at each town/city's website for a starting
> point...
> e.g. http://www.koblenz.de
> Click on "Stadtplan" and choose screen resolution... taking you to
> the same map service.
> There appear to be a couple of passenger ferries crossing the Rhine
> and Mosel near Deutsches Eck... gives weary feet a respite.
I'm not the one posting the question but I really like the mapping program
that they use. It's in German but you don't need very much to understand it!
Having a pocket dictionary handy might be useful of course.
--
James V. Silverton
Potomac, Maryland, USA
> >You can also check the Koblenz streetplan:
> >http://cityguide-deutschland.com/koblenz/
> >and have fun finding a walking route
> I usually start looking at each town/city's website for a starting
> point...
> e.g. http://www.koblenz.de
> Click on "Stadtplan" and choose screen resolution... taking you to
> the same map service.
> There appear to be a couple of passenger ferries crossing the Rhine
> and Mosel near Deutsches Eck... gives weary feet a respite.
I'm not the one posting the question but I really like the mapping program
that they use. It's in German but you don't need very much to understand it!
Having a pocket dictionary handy might be useful of course.
--
James V. Silverton
Potomac, Maryland, USA
May 16th 2003, 6:59 pm
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Re: Ride the Rhine? Where is it scenic?
In article , BB
wrote:
> On Thu, 08 May 2003 23:28:37 +0100, Keith Anderson wrote:
>
> > quicker downstream (20 km per hr compared with around 12 upstream
> > against the current).
>
> OK, but which direction is downstream?
North--toward the mouth of the river and away from the Alps.
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Mary Loomer Oliver(aka erilar)
Erilar's Cave Annex:
http://www.airstreamcomm.net/~erilarlo
wrote:
> On Thu, 08 May 2003 23:28:37 +0100, Keith Anderson wrote:
>
> > quicker downstream (20 km per hr compared with around 12 upstream
> > against the current).
>
> OK, but which direction is downstream?
North--toward the mouth of the river and away from the Alps.
--
Mary Loomer Oliver(aka erilar)
Erilar's Cave Annex:
http://www.airstreamcomm.net/~erilarlo
May 16th 2003, 7:01 pm
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Re: Ride the Rhine? Where is it scenic?
In article , Barbara Vaughan
wrote:
> Terry wrote:
> >
> > I am looking for a one-day (2-5 hour) ride along a scenic part of the
> > Rhine.
> >
> > What part of the river is best to see? Somewhere that has castles and
> > such
> > along the banks?
>
> The stretch between Mainz and Koblenz is supposed to be the most scenic
> stretch. (It's also the only stretch I've seen by boat, so I can't
> really compare it with any other part.)
>
> I once took a boat ride along the Moselle, which I actually found more
> scenic than the Rhine. It was a stretch between Trier (a very nice city)
> and Bullay. The Moselle is not navigable the entire way between Trier
> and the Rhine, so you would have to go part-way by train.
What do you mean, not navigable? There are locks, unless something weird
has happened in the last few years. You can't do it all in one day,
however.
--
Mary Loomer Oliver(aka erilar)
Erilar's Cave Annex:
http://www.airstreamcomm.net/~erilarlo
wrote:
> Terry wrote:
> >
> > I am looking for a one-day (2-5 hour) ride along a scenic part of the
> > Rhine.
> >
> > What part of the river is best to see? Somewhere that has castles and
> > such
> > along the banks?
>
> The stretch between Mainz and Koblenz is supposed to be the most scenic
> stretch. (It's also the only stretch I've seen by boat, so I can't
> really compare it with any other part.)
>
> I once took a boat ride along the Moselle, which I actually found more
> scenic than the Rhine. It was a stretch between Trier (a very nice city)
> and Bullay. The Moselle is not navigable the entire way between Trier
> and the Rhine, so you would have to go part-way by train.
What do you mean, not navigable? There are locks, unless something weird
has happened in the last few years. You can't do it all in one day,
however.
--
Mary Loomer Oliver(aka erilar)
Erilar's Cave Annex:
http://www.airstreamcomm.net/~erilarlo
