Exploring GERMANY'S Amazing CASTLES: Road Trip Through Mosel Valley (Part 1)

What's the first thing you think of when you think of Germany? Okay, maybe it's not Germany's beautiful castles, but something like beer, bread or the Autobahn. But we think that castles should also be very high up on that list!

In this video (which is part 1 of 2), we go on a road trip in Germany, our home country, to explore Mosel Valley and go on a medieval castle hopping tour. Mosel Valley is a popular travel destination, for Germans and travellers from other countries as well. Mosel valley is one of Germany's 13 wine areas and it's well known for its excellent Riesling wines. The area also played an important role in Roman as well as medieval times, which is when the castles were built that we'll visit on this trip.

First up we visit Eltz castle (Burg Eltz), one of Germany's most beautiful and in our eyes underrated castle. We then drive to Beilstein and hike up to Metternich castle to enjoy a great view of the Mosel river. We also have lunch in Beilstein to eat German asparagus, which is in season right now. It's also one of those foods that German worship and that almost everyone goes crazy about when it's in season. We then make our way to Geierlay suspension bridge. It used to be the longest suspension bridge in Germany and it's publicly accessible 24/7. A more adventurous experience than we expected!

Also be sure to join us in part 2 of this German castle series when we visit Cochem castle and then end our road trip by sleeping in a medieval castle!

In this video:
0:00 Start of our German Castle Road Trip
0:51 So what is the Mosel Valley?
1:20 Germany's Most Underrated Castle (Eltz castle)
5:58 German lunch in Beilstein – why Germans go crazy about Asparagus
7:06 Trying Riesling (white wine) ice cream
7:59 Walking through Beilstein, a very cute German village
8:42 Enjoying a great view of the Mosel on top of Metternich castle
11:19 Exploring one of Germany's longest suspension bridges
13:31 Geierlay suspension bridge (scarier than we thought!)

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