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Burg Eltz in der Eifel, © Rheinland-Pfalz Tourismus GmbH, D. Ketz

Attractions

The Neanderthals, the Celts, the Romans... their traces can still be followed in the Eifel today. On hiking routes or museum guided tours, the relics have been preserved and can still be seen in many places.


Other attractions are entire towns, municipalities or villages, such as Mayen in the East Eifel with its Genoveva castle, which is now the centre of many cultural events, or the clothmaking town of Monschau in the Eifel National Park with its “Red House”, and the numerous museums or the “historic mustard mill”.

Bitburg, with its art of brewing, has become famous far beyond the region, as has Gerolstein with its mineral water.


Half-timbered buildings, old town fortifications, some of which visitors can walk along, such as in Hillesheim or Bad Münstereifel, proud castles and dreamy palaces are further witnesses to history which can be experienced at first hand in the Eifel.


The range of museums in the Eifel is as varied as the region’s history itself. Visitors can find out about the settlement history of the Eifel, but also about the volcanicity and geology of the region, such as in the museums in Daun, Mendig and Manderscheid.

 

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Burg Stolberg  und Altstadt, © Städteregion Aachen, Dominik Ketz

Burg Stolberg

Stolberg

The castle, which dates from the 15th century, is now used as a museum & event location.

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Familienaction im Lava-Dome, © Eifel Tourismus GmbH, D. Ketz

Lava-Dome - Deutsches Vulkanmuseum

Mendig

The Lava Dome is a very special museum in the Volcano Park in the East Eifel. On 700 square metres it is not "museum-like", but spectacular - for children and adults, for absolute newcomers and for those who are pre-informed about volcanism. In the "Land of Volcanoes", a multimedia show tells the story of two violent volcanic eruptions…

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Manderscheiider Burgen mit Lieser, © Dominik Ketz

Castles of Manderscheid

Manderscheid

The spa town of Manderscheid is most famous for two medieval castle ruins that stand directly opposite each other on steep mountain spurs not far from the town's alleyways. The massive complexes are separated only by the little Lieser river and a meadow, which in summer becomes a perfect place for a breather while hiking the Eifelsteig trail or for a family picnic with children…

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Ginster, © Tourist-Information Islek, Ingrid Wirtzfeld

Naturschutzgebiet Ginsterheiden

Daleiden

The nature reserve Ginsterheiden in the Irsental provides a compressed nature experience precisely because of its small area.

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Stausee Irsental, © Tourist-Info Islek, Ingrid Wirtzfeld

Irsental - Tal der Schmetterlinge

Irrhausen

The variety of insects is overwhelming: at least 1000 beetle species and over 400 skin and double wing species. The large butterflies with 544 species were recorded almost completely, a third of which are on the Red List of Rhineland-Palatinate!.

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Nürburgring, © TI Hocheifel-Nürburgring, Sebastian Schulte

Nürburgring

Nürburg

The Nürburgring Green Hell - racing, business, adventure, holiday

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Schloss Bürresheim mit barockem Garten, © Eifel Tourismus GmbH, Dominik Ketz

Schloss Bürresheim palace

St. Johann

During the Middle Ages, Schloss Bürresheim palace was actually a castle, in other words, a knight’s residence and a fortress at the same time.

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Maarkreuz am Schalkenmehrener Maar, © GesundLand Vulkaneifel GmbH

Maarkreuz Schalkenmehren

Schalkenmehren

The Maar-cross above the Schalkenmehren Maar is worth the climb. The view at 535 metres above sea level over the region is incredible and at the same time very decelerating.

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Erlebniswelten Grubenfeld, Spannende Einblicke, © Vulkanpark, Martin Christ

Erlebniswelten Grubenfeld (mining site Experience Worlds)

Mayen

What did humans do with the volcanic rocks? What did they create from them? How did they obtain these rocks? And how were they able to shape them? The quarry field Volcano Park experience centre has interesting answers to all these questions.

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Bitburger Erlebniswelt - Sudhaus, © Bitburger Braugruppe GmbH
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Bitburger Erlebniswelt

Bitburg

The home of Bitburger

Come to the Bitburger Erlebniswelt to experience our number one draught beer with all five senses

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