The city of Cochem is certainly one of the have-to’s for every sound river Mosel-trip. Actually quite a small town, but with a picturesque city-center. And on top of a hill Cochem castle (which is actually a romantic 19th century retro-building) welcomes visitors from all over the world and is a popular spot for wedding’s. [...]
Cochem / Mosel
November 30th, 2009Economic crisis and tourism in Germany
Juli 3rd, 2009How is the global economic crisis affecting German tourism? Or tourism in Europe in general? With beginning of July the French gouvernment introduced a new law which has a tourist-dimension: VAT-tax for restaurants has been decreased substantially. From the norm of 19,6 percent to now only 5,5 percent. There is no such measure in Germany [...]
The romantic Rhine valley
Mai 19th, 2009Have you ever visited the romantic Rhine valley? The area south of Koblenz is called with this catchy name. One reason for that was the moment when the “Mittelrheintal” (cenhtral Rhine valley) became UNESCO world heritage, and the local authorities try to make use of this very welcome award. For a variety of historical reasone, [...]
Rhine valley near Koblenz (Coblence)
März 4th, 2009This picture shows the Rhine valley south of Koblenz. Koblenz is a city of litte more than 100.000 inhabitants where the river Mosel flows into river Rhine. At this very point is a monument called the “Deutsches Eck” (frankly translated: German corner) which is the main tourist attraction of the city. This pictures gives you [...]
River Rhine
Februar 25th, 2009River Rhine (or Rhein in German, Rhin in French, Rijn in Dutch) is one of the most important rivers in Europe. Historically it is the basis of the Franconian Empire which followed the Roman empire to become the leading power of Europe. Out of the Franconian Empire, two nations emerged: France and Germany. Ever since [...]
Rhine-Mosel information for tourists
Februar 17th, 2009Hello folks, Rhine Mosel is a River area in Western Germany. Though there are not to many resources about this beautiful landscape on the web I thought I could be useful to start with a blog about this two popular tourist destinations. River Rhine (in German: Rhein) and river Mosel (also written: Moselle) have a [...]