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Walls around the fortress town
sabsi Says: My favourite area of Zons is around the city walls. There are some quiet lanes along the wall with a wonderful old times atmosphere.
sabsi Says: The funny thing about the old windmill of Zons is that you can throw 50 cent into a box and it starts to turn for a while. A nice tourist trap :)
IceBear7 Says: The famous windmill, borrow 50 cent, then throw the money into the machine and the mill will start moving its wings. There is lots of info on VT about this windmill and I'm too lazy to write more about it ;-)
MikeAtSea Says: One of the two churches in the town centre is the St. Martinus Roman Catholic Church. The church is situated right in the old historical town centre.
MikeAtSea Says: Zons feels a bit out of place if one looks toward the horizon and sees the chimneys of the chemical industry in the nearby town of Dormagen, to which Zons today belongs. Many chemical companies are situated here on the left and right side of the Rhine River.
MikeAtSea Says: The green belt behind the dykes offers sanctuary to many birds and many endangered species of plants. Bicycle and hiking trails pass through the nature reserves Rheinaue.
MikeAtSea Says: Zons is situated along the Rhine River that passes from Switzerland through Germany to the Netherlands. It is a busy river with many ships passing by. During the late spring, summer and autumn one can also pass by Zons onboard of day cruise boats.
Altes Zollhaus: Old style restaurant
sabsi Says: Been here twice for Apfelstrudel already. It's nice to sit in here for a cake with warm custard when outside it's freezing cold. I like the old atmosphere. Service was very bad the first time I visited but the 2nd time - during the VT meeting - it was ok. Apfelstrudel with...
IceBear7 Says: Ok, you might have read about this coffee place on VT before... maybe because it was the first great stop of the meeting in February? But you can be glad to read this tip as well. Because! I'm the only one who ate waffles. With hot cherries and cream. And they were...
Pfannkuchen Scheune: Pancake Haven
MikeAtSea Says: In summer certainly a nice place, but in winter this pancake restaurant was like a deep freeze, a heater in winter certainly was missing. Yet the black beer was a delight and tasted great and what I could see that the pancakes were diverse, massive and a culinary delight....
Altes Zollhaus: In the old customs house
MikeAtSea Says: The old customs house of Zons has been carefully renovated to host a restaurant on two floors. The upper floor overlooks the old town centre and the Rhine River. We only had drinks and apple strudel here. My beer which was a Beer and Champagne mix was very different but...
MikeAtSea Says: One can also cross the Rhine River by car ferry from the Eastern Rhine town of Urdenbach to the Western side town of Zons. The ferry operates as follows: Summer TimeMonday to Friday – 6:15 – 21:00Saturday – 8:30 – 21:00Sunday – 9:00 – 21:00 Winter TimeMonday to Friday – 6:15...
MikeAtSea Says: To reach Zons one travels along the Highway Number 57 from either Dusseldorf or Cologne. The exit Zons is sign posted and there is ample parking available right next to the Northern town gate.
Various Bakerys: Sweet tooth anyone?
IceBear7 Says: All kinds of cakes and other bakes things. Highlight was the Zonser Kanonenkugel - a canon ball. Tastes very nice (I'm having a bite of mine right now) but it has about a billion calories. It really hits you like a canon ball... 0.99 Euro (twice the cost of the windmill...
sabsi Says: If you are wondering about these chalk graffities at people's doors. These blessings are done by children dressed as the three magi on 6th of January.
MikeAtSea Says: This is probably the largest ‘rum ball’ that I have ever seen. A local speciality that can be bought in the bakery right in the heart of town – as part of many other bakeries that looked as good!
sabsi Says: You have to pay 50 cent to make the windmill turn. OK OK I admit it. I did. And I liked the sound the windmill made... kinda fit into the medieval environment... But It's a silly idea to have a machine like that, anyway ;) Wait all 4 minutes that the windmills turns .-. you...
sabsi Says: There's a lovely herb garden next to the house with the most beautiful shutters. Its smell is fantastic in summer.
IceBear7 Says: Still don't know if it's palace or castle, and I'm too lazy to find out. so don't rate this page, there's no info. try and find a page about the castle and/ or palace of zons, all listed on dormagen headings. Afterwards you can tell me.
IceBear7 Says: Wonderful monument of PIGS. Also with a historical hysterical background, a fight about pigs.
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Sure, a medieval fortress has to have towers. This one belongs to the Rheintor, one of the fortress gates.....
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Q: Hi folks, we are trying to bring about a small VT-get-together in the picturesque town of Zons, on the river Rhine, almost half...
A: I've heard that there's a nice Pfannkuchenhaus in Dormagen (not Zons, tho). Maybe we could end the day there?
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Zons is a little town near Dormagen and it´s the perfect spot for a sunny sunday afternoon.... The old city walls and the old houses are in a pretty good shape, and if there weren´t so many visitors...
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Dormagen / Zons – Medieval Customs Town
The contrast of Zons a pretty medieval historical town along the Rhine River to the industrial town of Dormagen spread out on the horizon is quiet steep. On the one side on can stroll and discover......
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Sorry to all people looking for info on Dormagen... all (more or less) you find on VT's Dormagen pages is about a little town called Zons which is not far from Dormagen. Very pretty, very photogenic,...
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Zons is an old part of the city of Dormagen. The old houses, towers and narrow quiet streets of this fortress town are a perfect place for a sunday afternoon walk if you live around the area.
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Zons/Dormagen VT Meeting Sunday 27th February
The main purpose of this page is to give information to all those who want to attend the VT-Meeting. This is the general plan: ==================== We will meet in Zons at the Rheintor Gate at...
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