Wine discovery tour

We pass the wooden cross commemorating World Youth Day 2005 in Cologne and the slight bend to the left opens up a sweeping view: Below us the Ahr valley with Ahrweiler, the northern town wall and the Ahrweiler forest, to the left Bad Neuenahr, the volcanic cone of the Landskrone and behind it the Rhine valley with the Siebengebirge.

We stay on the red wine hiking trail, which runs past gabions - the retaining walls made of natural stones in wire grids - and after 800 m follow the sign "Hotel Hohenzollern" uphill at a small parking lot. At the next right-hand bend, turn left up the narrow path, then before the hotel parking lot take the path branching off to the left, which first climbs slightly and after 1.2 km descends again at the left-hand bend through the vineyards above Walporzheim. We reach the flood chapel built after the Ahr flood in 2021. Opposite you can see the "Katzley" viewing pavilion at the top.
The route now continues downhill along the vineyards and then parallel to the main road to the "Römervilla". We cross the road "Am Silberberg" and walk above the main road back to the starting point.

If starting in Walporzheim: Walporzheim parking lot, Prümer Str. 7, approx. 250 m walk to the starting point