In addition to the beautiful forest and vineyard trails, the municipality of Mertert/Wasserbillig also offers two interesting cultural trails.
You will also find a variety of circular hiking trails in the neighboring municipalities.
Past the lowest point of the country ( called Spatz), you walk underneath the railway bridge, arriving in Germany at our colourfull tourist information. You continue this hike along the Mosel river until you reach the main road and hike upwards across the vineyards to reach the lovely viewpoint ``op Kloop``. You carry on hiking downhill to Mesenich, along the river Sauer to Langsur and across the border bridge back to the starting point.
The Jakobuspath, reaching from Echternach to Perl, represents a part of the Europewide network of jakobuspaths, which have emerged in medival times, commencing in the spanish northwest in Santiago de compostela, continuing across south of Europe, France, Germany, over to the british isles, Scandinavia as well as the east of Europe.
The walking riddle
This nature conservation center ´a Wiewesch´ represents the starting point of this nature trail, within wihch visitors can experience the symbiosis of agriculture and nature conservation on the basis of interesting examples.
Your jouney begins within the nature reserve ´a Wiewesch´.
This lovely nature trail consists of 23 information panels concerning different topics.
Your trail will start at the renovated Ramborn Cider Haff, originally built in the year 1783, and will take you through meadow orchards, lush fields, and thick forest.The average length hike takes about an hour and a half, and we recommend that you wear good, solid, walking shoes or boots. The trail is paved and features signposts and information along the way...Perfect for: First time hikers, experienced hikers looking for a casual day, fans of cider.
On the wine route between Mertert and Wasserbillig the visitor is able to learn a lot about the Moselle wine, the suitability of the landscape for viticulture, the different stages of wine production as well as the history of viticulture during roman times. The artist Jean Pierre Beckius , born in Mertert,is also presented. His focus of his paintings was the Moselle landscape of this home region.