For anyone with a taste for adventure, the RheinBurgenWeg offers two alternative via ferrata routes: the Mittelrhein-Klettersteig at Boppard and the Oelsbergsteig near Oberwesel. Suspended between earth and sky, you’ll experience alpine thrills on the edge of steep cliffs, surrounded by outcrops of rugged slate. At the end of your strenuous ascents to dizzying heights – which require good physical condition and sure-footedness – you’ll be rewarded with breathtaking views from the plateaus above the Middle Rhine valley.

On the RheinBurgenWeg, even people hoping to discover the much-sung Rhine Romanticism through the medium of wine will not be disappointed. The Middle Rhine Valley, one of Germany’s most famous wine-growing regions, stretches from Bingen to Bonn, following the route of the trail almost exactly. Wander through the steep, sun-drenched vineyards of the Middle Rhine valley and savour their golden wines. The estate taverns and seasonal Strausswirtschaften, where winegrowers serve their own Middle Rhine wines, invite you to stop and enjoy local specialities from the winery kitchen.