Rüdesheim to Koblenz

Rhine Gorge Experience:

Relax and enjoy sailing through the Rhine Valley from Koblenz to Rüdesheim, a magnificent UNESCO World Heritage site. For pictures and additional information, you can scroll through each point of interest, whilst the Rhine Gorge Experience provides you with excellent GPS-triggered commentary, explaining all the sights. Make sure to check for updated content in the settings tab.

A Unesco World Heritage Site:

The Upper Middle Rhine Valley between Rüdesheim, Rhine Kilometre Marker 526, and Koblenz, Rhine Kilometre Marker 593, has been recognised as one of the world’s most outstanding cultural and natural landscapes.

Unesco Site:

Since 2002 it has been an official Unesco World Heritage Site enjoying the same status as Uluru / Ayers Rock in Australia, the Grand Canyon in the USA and the Great Wall of China, amongst others. The banks of the River Rhine with its historical towns, castles, forests, nature reserves and vine-clad slopes form a striking natural and cultural landscape.

Spill of Activity:

For hundreds of years the Upper Middle Rhine Valley was the spill of Germany's activity. Merchants, pilgrims, travellers and great armies all passed through the valley. It was seen by hundreds of thousands of people back in the middle ages, but inspired little enthusiasm, until 1802 when Clemens Brentano from Ehrenbreitstein and Achim von Arnim took a trip on the Rhine from Mainz to Koblenz. Both were so enamoured by the beauty of the landscape with its medieval villages and castles, that they decided to collect and preserve all its folklore, songs, fairy tales and legends.

Rhine Romantic Movement:

That was the beginning of the Rhine Romantic Movement. Thanks to the writers, poets, painters, novelists and other artisans who were inspired by Clemens and Achim’s pioneering work, the Rhine Valley became a global spotlight. Amongst those who embraced the Romantic Movement were Johann Wolfgang, Goethe, Lord Byron, William Turner, Victor Hugo, and Heinrich Heine, to name but a few.

Must-Experience Destination:

After Napoleon was defeated in 1814, the continental blockade was lifted and a regular Steam Navigation service was introduced in 1827. This all helped the Upper Middle Rhine Valley to experience a new Golden Age. It became a fashionable must-see destination for wealthy tourists from all over the world and today it still is a must see sight for you.