Rheinland-Pfalz & SaarlandCard
by globetrott
Rheinland-Pfalz & SaarlandCard is a good way to save some money : between April 1st and November 1st you simply buy that ticket and dont have to pay the entrancefee to 144 attractions of the area, including castles, cruises, museums etc.
When you buy a 3- or 6-day-ticket you also get a free Marco-Polo-booklet „Rheinland-Pfalz & Saarland“, the ordinary price for it would be 7,95 Euro (unfortunately it is in german only!)
Free entrance to the Holiday-Park in Hassloch, Burg Eltz, a guided tour of the Nürburgring, the roman buildings of Trier, Stolzenfels castle and a lot more.
24 hour-ticket is 14 euros / 10 euros for children (6-14)
6 day-ticket is 55 euros / 27 for children
3 day-ticket is 39 euros / 25 for children
the devil lost a horseshoe in Oberwesel
by globetrott
When you are standing on the market-square of Oberwesel take a look at the horse-shoe there between the cobbled stones !
According to an old ledgend the devil had lost a horse-shoe in Oberwesel. One of the vinters of Oberwesel had to fullfill a bad treaty with the devil and in order to get rid of that treaty he tried to kill the devil by rolling one of his giant wine-vats over the devil, who could escape in the last minute, but lost his horse-shoe...
St.-Martins-Kirche
by globetrott
St.-Martins-Kirche is a bit outside of the town-centre and it dates back to the year 1350. This church was never really finished because of lack of money and its churchtower was also a part of the medieval townwall.
There are some interesting frescos dating back to the 15th and 16th century in that church, but unfortunately this church was under restoration while I was in Oberwesel last time !
16 medieval towers dating back to 1220AD
by globetrott
In Oberwesel you will still see almost the complete medieval townwalls, dating back to the year 1220 and there is a total of 16 of the formerly 21 towers, that are still there to be seen , some of them are privately owned nowadays, but on most of them you may even step up and enjoy the perfect panorama-view of the Rhine-valley. You may still also walk at many places of the city of Oberwesel on top of these medieval walls.
Oberwesel
by klasher
We spent one night at the castle and explored Oberwesel on foot. This is a very small town and eating options are pretty limited. We were there off-season, so maybe there is more open during high season.
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Medieval sacristan's house
Liebfrauenkirche
View of Oberwesel from Auf Schonberg Castle
Pfalz - just 3km upstream from Oberwesel
