Ahrsteig
Hike 85 km from the source in Blankenheim to the estuary near Remagen
From its source to its mouth, the AhrSteig hiking trail accompanies perhaps the most romantic of all Rhine tributaries on its meandering 85.1 kilometers. The Celtic "Aha" (for water) rushes 421 meters from a tapped spring under a half-timbered house in the Eifel town of Blankenheim through the Ahr mountains to its mouth near Remagen. The hike leads in seven stages through the Eifel and the Ahr Valley.
For the "Rhine Romantics" of the early 19th century, Gottfried Kinkel, Ernst Moritz Arndt, Karl Simrock and Ferdinand Freiligrath, the Ahr Valley was the epitome of natural beauty, the land of smiles.
The AhrSteig is certified as a Prädikatsweg Wanderbares Deutschland.
