Doctor circular route (city walk)

The route leads through vineyards and forests and offers, in addition to great views, the opportunity to learn something about the famous Bernkastel Doctor.

 www.vrt-info.de, www.bahn.de

Bernkastel-Kues: Taxi Edringer: 06531 - 8149, Taxi Priwitzer: 06531 - 96970, Taxi Reitz: 06531 - 6455

Nearest/primary stop: Bernkastel Tourist Information

From the Mosel Guest Center (Tourist Information), turn into Hebegasse and walk past the Doctor wine taverns into Graacher Straße. Continue through the Graacher Gate, the only preserved city gate of Bernkastel (where the circular route also ends later). Passing the St. Joseph's Chapel, the path leads you sometimes right, sometimes left up into the vineyards, and soon you reach a vineyard hut at a fork, located almost directly above the famous Doctor vineyard. Here, an information board (from the themed trail "Lizard loves Riesling") informs about the Doctor wine legend. Continue along vineyards towards Bergfried. Then you enter the city forest. Finally, you reach the intersection at the Kallenfelsbach. The Moselsteig, two Moselsteig side routes, the Ferienland hiking trail Maria Zill, and a mountain bike route meet here. You cross the small stream bridge and make your way back to Bernkastel on a narrow path ("Förster-Schell-Pfad"), always downhill. At the foot of Kallenfelsstraße (near the "Fairy Tale Hotel"), turn sharply right into the street "Hinterm Graben." Passing the Doctor wine cellars, which are driven into the vineyard here, the route ends at the Graacher Gate.

Sturdy footwear is recommended

Graacher Gate in Bernkastel