Hiking trails in the Eifel

The short loop around Daun connects the town, its neighborhoods, and green areas into a varied tour within a small radius.

Length: approx. 3.2 kilometers Duration: approx. 1.5 hours Difference in altitude: approx. 100 meters

The trail leads through an area rich in game with many traces of hunters and the hunted. The north-eastern part of the national park borders our route. For thousands of years, people subsisted as hunters and gatherers. The introduction of livestock farming and agriculture not only changed habits, but also the original landscape. The result was a cultivated landscape dominated by humans, which increasingly limited the habitat of game. We follow the hiking trail sign 09.

The 12th stage of the Eifelsteig leads from Manderscheid to the monastery Himmerod.

Ascent to the Steffelberg with a fantastic panoramic view of Steffeln and the West Sifel volcanic mountains. On the Killenberg, you can gain an insight into a Roman-medieval quarry.

The route from Insul to Altenahr-Kreuzberg is 17.4 km long and allows hikers to delve into the absolute seclusion of nature; lonely plateaus and rural idyll await, along with the wine village of Altenahr at the end of the leg.

In the winter of 1944/45, the Second World War raged in the area around Schmidt. Acts of violence and cruelty brought endless suffering to soldiers and civilians. When the killing came to an end in February 1945, what remained were ... Shattered forests, devastated settlements, war scrap and corpses. The seemingly apocalyptic scale of the destruction is no longer really imaginable today. And yet fragments of the horror remain, be it gloomy bunkers or gradually fading traces of deadly battles. Remnants of war material still come to light or skeletal remains of dead soldiers are recovered. Memorials and crosses try to keep the memory of unspeakable suffering alive so that future generations can learn their lessons from a time of terror and violence. With the "Way of the Cross of Peace", the parish of St. Hubertus would like to remind us how fragile peace and freedom are. May the insight mature that readiness for reconciliation is the only right path to lasting peace; at all times and everywhere in the world. (TEXT: Bert van London,Konrad Schöller)

Discover the landscape of the red sandstone cliffs near Nideggen on the Effels circular hiking trail, LENI red. The hike is particularly suitable for families with children.

The 16 km final leg of the journey is another dream for nature-lovers as once again, the AhrSteig shows itself in its most beautiful light.

"Make sure you don't run into the stump arm!" You can find out why a piece of woodland between Boos and Mannebach is still popularly known as the "Dead Man" and why his circle of friends has become smaller and smaller along the 15 km long "Stump Arm Trail" around Boos with the help of various information boards.