Pfälzer Höhenweg, 7 stages

Day 1: arrival in Münchweiler-Alsenz

Day 2: Winnweiler – Dannenfels (16 km, 670 metres of ascent)

Day 3: Dannenfels - Bastenhaus (15 km, 530 metres of ascent)

Day 4: Bastenhaus – Rockenhausen (15 km, 330 metres of ascent)

Day 5: Rockenhausen – Obermoschel (19 km, 550 metres of ascent)

Day 6: Obermoschel – Meisenheim (14 km, 370 metres of ascent)

Day 7: Meisenheim – Lauterecken (14 km, 400 metres of ascent)

Day 8: Lauterecken – Wolfstein (20 km, 760 metres of ascent)

Day 9: departure from Lauterecken

Arrival:

Arrivals every Saturday or Sunday.

Arrivals on other days by arrangement also possible (no arrival on Thursday or Friday).

First arrival at the end of April, last arrival by mid-November,

By car or train to the first hotel of the tour in Münchweiler-Alsenz; free parking at the hotel.

By train: from Münchweiler-Alsenz station it’s a 5-minute walk to the hotel.

Departure:

Rail travellers: return journey from Lauterecken station

Drivers: return from Lauterecken station via Kaiserslautern to your car at the hotel in Münchweiler-Alsenz.

Note:

If there is no accommodation at the end of a stage, we book 2 nights in one hotel,

any required transfers to the hotel or stage start by public transport are payable locally.

The Pfälzer Höhenweg runs in 7 stages over around 115 km from Winnweiler to Wolfstein. Woodland paths and ridges alternate with wide views reaching as far as the Rhine plain. Highlights: Donnersberg with Königstuhl (687 m), castle ruins near Wolfstein, the Moschellandsburg ruin and the Juche viewpoint. Meisenheim with its half-timbered old town; in Rockenhausen, a turret clock museum. Point-to-point walk with hotel changes and luggage transfer. If accommodation is unavailable, transfers by local public transport on site, payable locally.