This weekend, we finally got to try an activity we’d heard about from several folks – hiking along the Rhine River from Rüdesheim to Assmannshausen* (you read that right), a 5km forested walk with awesome views along the way. Only 17€ per adult, 8€ per kid, gets you a cable car ride to the top of the vineyard ridge at Rüdesheim, a chair lift ride back down to the river at Assmannshausen, and a Rhine River boat ride back to Rüdesheim (where your car is parked) with an optional stop at a town across the river, Bingen. We were really hoping to share this adventure with visitors this summer – wishful thinking at this point, but 2021, anyone?!?!? We would highly recommend it as it’s less than an hour from our house!

Here were some highlights:

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Plenty of discoveries along the trail:

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Hiking through the forest:

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Chair lift fun:

Wrapped up with wine on the Rhine:

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We were so darn happy to be there! Each time we’ve been on the Rhine, Matt says we should be going there every weekend. With these happy faces, I think he might just be right!

*Assmannshausen is a difficult-to-translate German word meaning, “ass man house”.