Kaub

Getting there

By train SE10: Frankfurt - Koblenz.

By car On the B42 north of Rüdesheim. Fährgemeinschaft Kaub Ferry across the Rhine from the B9, Bacharach / Oberwesel.

By cruise boat KD (Köln Düsseldorfer Deutsche Rheinschiffahrt AG) and BRFS (Bingen-Rüdesheimer Fahrgastschiffahrt) boats cruise the Rhine stopping at Kaub.

See

1 Pfalzgrafenstein Castle (Burg Pfalzgrafenstein). Toll station on the Rhine island built in 1327. 2 Blücherdenkmal (Monument to Blücher). On New Year's Night in 1813/1814 the Prussian General Blücher and his 60,000 soldiers with 20,000 horses crossed the Rhine with the aid of the pilots from Kaub and a pontoon bridge, to drive Napoleon out of Germany. 3 Burg Gutenfels. 13th-century castle above the town. Visitors can walk round the exterior, but is in private hands.

Eat

1 Beim Alten Zollhaus, Zollstraße 14, ☏ +49 6774918700. 2 Bennos Truck Stop, Rheinuferstraße 1, ☏ +49 6774 1711. Very popular with bikers

Sleep

1 Family and Youth hostel (Jugendherbergen), Zollstraße 46, ☏ +49 6774 9181890. 2 Zum Turm, Zollstraße 50, ☏ +49 6774 92200.