Moselle valley, from Cochem to Bernkastel-Kues
71 km (44 miles), 1 hr 35 min, beginner
Photo: Ernst Schopphoven, CC BY-SA 3.0, resizedMotorcycle ride in Rhineland-Palatinate
Romantic Rhine and the Loreley rock
55 km (34 miles), 1 hr, beginner
The B42 follows the right bank of the Rhine through its most famous valley, a World Heritage site. From Rüdesheim, it passes Assmannshausen, Lorch and Kaub, with its castle on an island, runs past the Loreley rock at Sankt Goarshausen and ends at Braubach, below Marksburg Castle.
Stops along the way
- SStart: Rüdesheim am Rhein
- 1Assmannshausen, after 8 km (5 miles)
- 2Lorch, after 14 km (9 miles)
- 3Kaub, after 21 km (13 miles)
- 4Sankt Goarshausen, after 30 km (19 miles)
- FFinish: Braubach, after 55 km (34 miles)
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