Starting point: Europa-Brunnen
The circular hiking trail takes you through the vineyard locations Kirchlay and Paradies to the "Slate Path", past the "Hänchens Born" grill hut and the mountain chapel to the "Steffensberg View". Then continue to the Mont-Royal holiday village and afterwards through the vineyard locations Steffensberg and Letterlay back to Kröv.
Difficulty: very easy Elevation difference: 200m
Special feature: The "Slate Path" includes four information boards:
1. Slate - the livelihood of the Moselle winegrower
2. Slate - natural building material for roof and wall
3. Shaping of the Moselle valley
4. The formation of the Rhenish Slate Mountains
On your hike, you can visit the mountain chapel built in 1882, which was renovated in 1968, as well as numerous works by the Kröv sculptor August Lebenstedt (sgraffito, relief, and altar).
The hike offers an impressive panorama.
Dining options (with a short detour): Restaurant "Woods" in the Landal holiday village (playground & petting zoo)
We start the circular route at the Europa Fountain and follow Bergstraße uphill, then turn right into the street "An Kampel".
Through the vineyards the path leads us towards Viehbach, from here it goes slightly uphill to the edge of the forest past the vineyard Kröver Kirchlay. The path merges with the Moselsteig and we continue hiking over the Slate Path towards the "Hähnchensborn" grill hut and mountain chapel, enjoying beautiful views of the Moselle valley here. We then pass the Kröver Letterlay and Kröver Steffensberg vineyards continuing towards the Landal Mont Royal holiday park. Opposite the Kordel parking lot, the path then goes downhill again towards Kröv.
Before the descent, a short detour to the restaurant "Wood" in the holiday park is also possible.
The panoramic path now leads slightly downhill through the vineyards towards the Kesselstatt chapel, then over Ehrenmalstraße to Robert-Schuman-Straße and from there back to the starting point at the Europa Fountain.
