Gutenfelssteig Trail – Panorama Trail above Kaub loop from Kaub

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Gutenfelssteig Trail – Panorama Trail above Kaub loop from Kaub

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Gutenfelssteig Trail – Panorama Trail above Kaub loop from Kaub

01:26

4.65km

180m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 27, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Rheinhänge von Burg Gutenfels bis zur Loreley

UNESCO Welterbe Oberes Mittelrheintal

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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300 m

Dicker Turm (Thick Tower), Kaub

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The city wall was probably built in the first half of the 13th century, at the same time as the castle. The oldest fortification secured the "city district" from the …

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358 m

At the Old Tollhouse

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Haus Kasper, former inn Zum Goldenen Hirschen.
four-winged building; three-storey main wing, partly solid, decorative half-timbering, marked 1575, arrangement of windows, mansard roof, dormer house around 1800; Secret Annex, after 1876

Now the restaurant "At the Old Customs House"
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461 m

View of Pfalzgrafenstein Castle

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The best way to see it is by ferry.
It stops there on every crossing. You can leave the ferry, look around and get on again on the next crossing.

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603 m

Blücher Monument

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The memorial was designed by the Berlin sculptor Prof. Friedrich Schaper, cast by the metal foundry Walter Gladenbeck in Friedrichshagen and ceremoniously unveiled on June 18, 1894. The statue is …

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765 m

Gutenfelssteig Trail

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Beautiful path through the vineyards below the castle

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1.34 km

View of Pfalzgrafenstein Castle

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In 1339, the Counts Palatine Rudolf, Rupert the Elder, and Rupert the Younger established a perpetual truce for "Kube, our castle, and the town of Kube and Pfallenzgrafenstein," the name …

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1.45 km

Views of the Rhine and Pfalzgrafenstein Castle from the Rheinsteig (Lorch to Kaub)

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Magnificent area. Steep vineyards, numerous castles and the Rhine flowing below.

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1.46 km

Panorama Trail above Kaub

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From the Volkenbachtal, the narrow, partly stony path leads from the Rennseiter tunnel to Gutenfels Castle with a view of Kaub and the Rhine Valley. Overburden from slate quarrying in …

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4.65 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

1.86 km

1.38 km

773 m

600 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

1.42 km

1.31 km

988 m

556 m

244 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (250 m)

Lowest point (70 m)

Weather

Sunday 11 October

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Comments

December 14, 2021,Jahresabschlussrunde 🚶🏼‍♀️🚶🏻‍♀️🚶🏻‍♀️🐕🐕

Since it gets dark early today, we decided to do a small round of the house. It was dry and around 8 degrees. So there was a rest on a nice bench ... with a view of the Rhine, of course.

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