Hiking on the Eifelsteig in shortened stages from Blankenheim to Gerolstein

On the approximately 60 kilometers from Blankenheim to the fountain town of Gerolstein, you can enjoy a week of relaxed hikes that, at 9 to 14 kilometers per day, won't overtax anyone. Your feet will almost always touch ground that was once a warm tropical sea with numerous reefs in the Devonian period. Stromatopores, an already extinct, sponge-like group of animals and corals were their builders. Today, fossil-rich limestones bear witness to this prehistoric era. The Celts and Romans settled here thousands of years later, when the ground had long since been raised to become one of the most picturesque parts of the Eifel.

You start in the half-timbered and castle town of Blankenheim and see a unique feature of the Eifel: the Ahr rises in the middle of the town below a house. Nature and culture are one.

From the banks of the Ahr, you head up to the unique juniper landscape, which stretches from Alendorf to Wiesbaum like a "Tuscany of the Eifel" with its fragrant flora. Sweeping views and a chapel lined with pure gold await you along the way. Hillesheim , the capital of German-language regional crime novels and surrounded by a walkable town wall, will tempt you to take a break at Café Sherlock. And at the end, you will arrive in Gerolstein . The town is not only famous for its mineral water, but also for its spectacular rocky backdrop of vertically rising dolomite rock. The Kasselburg castle with its eagle and wolf park and the remains of a Celtic-Roman sanctuary are also enthroned here. It is dedicated to Caiva, a matriarchal deity.

You will enjoy the hospitality of comfortable accommodation at all stages. Packed lunches, luggage transfer and more sweeten your hiking vacation.