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Osprey Holidays offers a three- night stay at the three-star Ibis Styles Trier on a bed-and-
breakfast basis, including flights from Gatwick to Luxembourg, from £329 per person, based on an October 5 departure.
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Fred Holidays offers a three- night break, including flights from Stansted to Cologne, return train travel to Trier and accommodation in the three-star Deutscher Hof, from £399 per person.
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Rail Discoveries’ five-day Moselle Valley tour starts from £710 per person and
includes a visit to Trier, a journey on the Moselle Wine Train and guided walking tour of Cochem, plus Eurostar travel and accommodation
at Cochem’s four- star Hotel Karl Müller. Based on a September 16 departure.
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walls, and vintage bikes which can be borrowed for free – make this one of Trier’s hippest hangouts. Double rooms start from £87 per night. Nearby Saarburg, a popular
stopover for many visitors to Trier, is where you’ll find Villa Keller, a riverside property dating back to 1801. Double rooms start from £49 per person.
w MOVING ON: WINE COUNTRY Trier is just one of the highlights of the Moselle wine region which nudges up against Luxembourg’s border. Nearby Saarburg – get there via road, train or boat tour (the most popular boat operator is Moselle Tours) – is a riverside town in the shadow of a castle-topped hill. It’s surrounded by vineyards, some of which are on such steep slopes that grape pickers have been known to attach themselves to ropes.
In the ancient town centre, cafes and bars surround a spectacular stretch of the Leukbach River which plummets over the edge of a 60-foot drop. To learn more about the town’s history (and sample its produce), travel back in time to 1910 and sign up for a tour with Lady Katie (aka Christiane Beyer), the wife of a wine dealer. It’s also worth visiting the town’s 16th-century bell foundry, now a museum. Saarburg’s position on the river
makes it a popular destination for cyclists, many of whom pedal from the town to Piesport, 39 miles away, where wine has been made since Roman times. Nationalpark Hunsrueck-Hochwald
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Saarburg BELOW:
The Moselle near Piesport
Saarburg is a riverside town in the shadow of a castle-topped hill, surrounded by vineyards
is 25 miles south of Trier. A rugged, wildlife-filled national park, it’s popular with hikers and cyclists, and one of its newer attractions is the 50-mile cycling route between Nonnweiler and Mörschied. Other nearby towns include
Bernkastel-Kues (served by boat tours from Trier), a historic town surrounded by more than 100 vineyards, and Traben-Trarbach, 37 miles northeast of Trier. The latter is famous for its art nouveau villas, many of which can be seen on guided tours.
Where next?
w Luxembourg is just a 30-minute drive away, or there are regular bus and rail services too.
wParis can be reached in three hours and 20 minutes by train; Brussels in five hours.
w Alsace makes a great twin-centre option for wine lovers. As Trier is located in the Moselle Valley – one of Europe’s top wine-producing regions – it’s hardly surprising many visitors pair it with the Alsace wine route, a three-hour drive away.
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