Combine your visit to the state exhibition with a short holiday in the Trier region! Whether you are looking for a cultural excursion, a gourmet experience or an active holiday – the picturesque Greater Region offers you a wide range of excursion options in the immediate vicinity of the city of Trier.
Experience the oldest city in Germany on a city tour! Trier offers history and stories at every turn. Join a guide on a discovery tour through the city centre, where ancient, Roman, Baroque and modern monuments are lined up side by side. Your guide will take you on a journey through over 2000 years of city history – with surprising facts and unforgettable insights. You can find more information here: www.trier-info.de/oeffentliche-fuehrungen
Experience tip: Visit the oldest wine cellar in Germany! The Vereinigte Hospitien in Trier offer wine tastings in a unique antique ambience that should not be missed in the centre of antiquity in Germany. True to the motto ‘It’s better to philosophise over a glass of wine’, you will find a number of dates for this special experience among the events.
Relaxation, wellness, culture and active holidays: the spectacular river and wine landscape has a lot to offer all year round. Hike through the vineyards along the Moselle, Saar and Ruwer, on via ferratas through the steepest vineyards in the world or on the Moselsteig Trail and its award-winning side routes. Marvel at Roman wine presses, medieval castles and modern wine shops. Learn interesting facts about viticulture on guided cellar tours and wine experience tours. Experience world-class concerts at the Moselle Music Festival in baroque monasteries and churches. Savour the hospitality on the winegrowers’ farms. Visit atmospheric festivals in the romantic wine villages. And spoil your palate in country inns, wine taverns and gourmet restaurants. You can find more information here: https://www.weinland-mosel.de/de/die-region
Whether on foot, by bike or on the water: from the Trier base camp, you can experience the region on unforgettable tours as part of an active holiday. With the Moselle, Eifel and Saar-Hunsrück Climb, three premium long-distance hiking trails alone lead into the region in a star shape. Well-developed cycle paths along the Moselle invite you to discover the cultural landscape of the Moselle valley – with numerous opportunities to savour the delights, from family-run wine taverns to modern wine bars. Would you like to experience the panorama of the region from the water? There are various opportunities to hire canoes or stand-up paddles in the region – also for groups. You can find more information here: www.trier-info.de
Around an hour from Trier, the Völklingen Hütte World Heritage Site is the only fully preserved ironworks from the heyday of industrialisation and the first monument from this era to be included on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The huge halls, open spaces and the intriguing maze of pipe systems now provide a unique venue for international exhibitions, festivals and concerts. Culture is complemented by nature: the paradise that emerged from the former ‘hell’ of the coking plant fascinates visitors with the reclaiming of parts of the site by diverse flora and fauna. The history of industrialisation with its achievements and its dark sides, technology, culture, art and nature combine to create a unique experience and characterise the Völklinger Hütte World Heritage Site as a place of history, present and future that is constantly reinventing itself. You can find more information here:
Trier was once the last Roman bastion before the borders of Germania, today the small city is located in the middle of a vibrant European border region: in Trier’s neighbourhood, three metropolises in three countries – Luxembourg, Metz and Saarbrücken – invite you to explore across borders: Marvel at the famous stained glass windows of the cathedral in Metz, savour macarons in Luxembourg and get to know the hospitality of Saarland. You can find more information here: https://quattropole.org/tourismus
