My Europe Base

07/09/2024

Translation: 12 cross-country certified long-distance hiking trails with a total length of 2,700 km, as well as 300 certified circular hiking trails with around 3,300 kilometers of adventure offer diverse nature enjoyment and opportunities to let the soul dangle.
©️ Rheinland-Palatinate Tourism GmbH
Source: Rheinland-Pfalz Tourism GmbH

Tourismus ist ein Plus für Wanderfans! 🥾🚶
Touristischen Investitionen verdanken wir unsere spektakulären Wanderwege. Davon profitieren nicht nur Touristen, sondern auch heimische Wanderfans, Familien und Naturgenießer.
12 länderübergreifende zertifizierte Fernwanderwege mit einer Gesamtlänge von 2.700 km sowie 300 zertifizierte Rundwanderwege mit rund 3.300 Erlebniskilometern bieten vielfältigen Naturgenuss und Gelegenheiten, die Seele baumeln zu lassen.
©️ Rheinland-Pfalz Tourismus GmbH
Quelle: Rheinland-Pfalz Tourismus GmbH

27/08/2024

Koblenz is enjoyable for a Fri-Sun weekend from Zell all year. Cruise the Rhine Gorges. Stroll to (confluence of Rhine and Mosel), ride cross-river on the cable car up to fortress. Visit the Electoral Palace and (rebuilt) Old Town. Nearby are castle (and many others), (confluence of Lahn and Rhine) and the historic spa resort .
Bus+train hourly takes ~90 mins, from 20E rtn.
Good city centre hotels from

Discover the fascinating sights in Koblenz, including the Altstadt, the impressive Deutsches Eck and much more!

27/08/2024

Luxembourg is easy to visit for a Fri-Sun weekend from Zell anytime of the year. Lots of sights, museums (many free and a walk between), castles 'n culture.
Bus+train hourly via takes 2 hours, 40E rtn.
Good hotels from ~100E a night (eg Doubletree Hilton).
Free public transport throughout Luxembourg since 2020.
https://www.visitluxembourg.com/experience-luxembourg/culture/art-museums

Luxembourg has over 60 art and history museums, galleries and cultural heritage spaces. Wander around, choose what you fancy, and relax into the experience.

22/08/2024

Trains, Planes and Fire Engines; a weekend excursion from Zell-Mosel to Hermeskeil and on to Trier.

Bike, drive or take public transport. This trip suits 3-days Friday to Sunday, April to September.

The mid-sized town of Hermeskeil lies 25kms south of Trier, surrounded by woods on the Hunsruck Plateau.
With museums for fire engines, locomotives and aircraft, this place is a treat for kids of all ages. Entry fees are modest.

In the town centre, the Feuerwehr Erlebnis Museum houses an extensive collection of restored vintage fire trucks, paraphernalia and nostalgia. Open Tue-Fri 2-5pm and Sat-Sun (and public holidays) 10-4pm. https://www.feuerwehr-erlebnis-museum.de/

Next, the Rail. Once you’ve doused the fire engine enthusiasm, a walk 500m to the west is the Dampflok Museum, just open on weekends (and public holidays) April-September. It features a roundhouse and two dozen plus steam locomotives, in varying condition, many of WW2 build. Open Sat-Sun (and public holidays) 10-4pm, April to September. https://www.dampflokmuseum-hermeskeil.de/

And the Air. Take a bus or walk/ride 3kms north along the 327 road to arrive at Flaugausstellung P. Junior. Established in 1973, on last count the site has 119 aircraft, both military and civil, on display indoors and in the open. Our favourites are the Lufthansa Super Constellation and Vickers VC10. Amongst the other airliners, there’s also the Comet 4C, DC3, DH104 Dove, Junkers JU52, Vickers Viscount, Ilyushin 14 and 18, and Tupolev 134. Lots of fighters and helicopters too. We won’t trumpet their Concorde – it’s an oversize replica housing the cafe.
Open daily 10-5pm, April to October
https://www.flugausstellung.de/

Cycling Zell to Hermeskeil: Many routes are possible from Zell, around 65 to 70km, via combinations of Mosel River, back roads and/or forest roads. Gravel buffs can include 40km in the Hunrsuck-Hochwald National Park. https://maps.app.goo.gl/yvvZh848G4wsqMGz6

Ruwer Rail Trail: A delightful tarmac run, all on an old rail line, mostly gently downhill following the river from Hermeskeil to Trier. https://hochwald-ferienland.de/biken-mit-fun/ruwer-hochwald-radweg/?lang=en

Of course there is much to see in the ancient city of Trier too.

Accommodations
The impressive youth hostel and Hotel Jakobs are in the Hermeskeil town centre.
https://www.diejugendherbergen.de/jugendherbergen/hermeskeil/
Along the rail trail, about 10km to the SW is the town of Kell and nearby Keller Stausee (lake) with a number of 3 and 4-star hotels.

Transport: Bus 200 from Trier hourly, takes 47 mins. Rail from Zell (Bullay station) to Trier takes 45-60 mins.

16/07/2024

Zell-Mosel is a great base for cycling. As well as the Mosel River path, back roads and forest trails create circuits and countless possibilities. From Zell to this aircraft museum/airpark near Hermeskeil is around 70km, with long stretches through forest.
Lots of small hotels and bnbs in the Hermeskeil - Kell am See area. Onward to Trier is under 60km, taking the rail trail along the Ruwer River. Then Trier back to Zell along the Mosel riverside is 100km (or train).

local hotel - jaegerhof-reinsfeld.de
lake with hotels
https://www.flugausstellung.de/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flugausstellung_Peter_Junior

The Flugausstellung Peter Junior, previously the Flugausstellung Hermeskeil, is a private aviation museum in the town of Hermeskeil in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

27/02/2024

Spring is on the way to Zell an der Mosel bringing double-digit daytime temps. It's a fab time for touring, hiking and cycling sans the crowds.
We're open and ready to welcome you!
Grab a flight deal, stay a while and make Zell your base to explore from.

is nearby for flights all over Europe. It's a hub.

Some deals via Skyscanner for Mar/Apr return flights from Americas and Australia/NZ.:
* USA-Frankfurt from ~500USD
* Australia-London from ~1070AUD
* NZ-Amsterdam from ~1400NZD


Ferienregion Zeller Land Stadt Zell - Mosel

13/08/2023

Amphib 2023 was happening on the opposite shore from My Europe Base Haus on Friday 11 Aug…

09/08/2023

02/08/2023

Some pics from around Zell-Mosel this week…

01/08/2023

We’re back in Zell-Mosel, our first post-Covid visit, picking up a car for 12 days from Frankfurt Airport.
OK Mobility’s best deal was a Fiat 500 for 13.50 Euro per day (stay within Germany, allowance 3000kms). We were keen on the BMW but settled for a nippy 999cc Audi A1. It’s the grey car in the photo. Showed fuel usage of 4.4lt per 100km on the way here.

13/07/2023

Long Table this weekend!

23/05/2023

Late June is Zell’s annual Weinfest

15/05/2023

Base yourself in historic Rhineland, Germany next European Winter!
* When flights to Europe are best value
* Escape Australia's summer heat/humidity/crowds
* Explore Europe's vibrant cities and the Med's mild-weather destinations
* Handy to rail (Koblenz-Trier Line)
* Cheap flights from nearby can take you all over Europe with and
* Not so far by rail or road to Luxembourg, France and Belgium

Ask about long-stay rates on our cosy, well-equipped riverside apartments, a short walk to the old town centre.

Sunshine Coast owners since 2009 - Ralph and Olga

11/05/2023

Looks fun

27/12/2022

Lot’s of events in Zell-Mosel for 2023….

19/12/2022

Winter has come to Zell

Blick von ZELL Mosel auf Kaimt

09/04/2022

21/02/2022

$317.16 to fly SCOOT from GOLD COAST to BERLIN - and a little more to come back!

08/01/2022

The footpath from Zell to Barl in January (2019).

17/12/2021

Missing the Mosel!

✨ Die schöne Winterzeit in Zell 🌟

Die Tage werden kürzer und die Temperaturen sinken. Doch Zell (Mosel) fängt nach und nach immer weiter an zu leuchten. 😍

Wir wünschen Euch einen schönen Sonntagabend!

📷 Foto: Inge Faust

15/12/2021

"Nightjet plans to launch a Paris-Berlin service next, and at the end of 2023 it hopes to have night trains between Berlin, Brussels, Paris and Vienna link up"
Let's hope the Paris-Berlin train chooses the historic Mosel Line and stops at Bullay, the station for Zell-Mosel!
Meanwhile, this week overnight sleepers returned to the Amsterdam-Zurich route, stopping at Koblenz (connections to the Mosel trains). https://www.nightjet.com/en/reiseziele/schweiz
Read more: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20211214-vienna-paris-night-train-is-reborn-empty

The timing could perhaps have been better.

15/12/2021

Sleeper trains are making a comeback in Europe. As well as this initiative planned out of Paris, German and Swiss Railways are opening new sleeper routes too.

The Mosel Line for many years from the late 1800s was on the route for Berlin to Paris sleeper trains. We hope they return!

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2021/jun/22/new-network-of-european-sleeper-overnight-trains-planned

A French start-up aims to run ‘hotels on rails’ from Paris to 12 cities across Europe, including Edinburgh, from 2024

06/11/2021

$328.74 one way Sydney to Berlin on Scoot - who's ready to face the world again?
Specials ex Melbourne too.
Taxes included. Meals and big bags are extra.

FlyScoot

08/10/2021

Barges passing on the bend. Autumn photo from the Prinzenkopf Turm, near Zell-Mosel.

08/08/2021

A cat put this German town on the wine trail, writes Jocelyn Watkin.

17/07/2021

Beilstein im Juli 2021 Foto: Jens Weber

17/07/2021

Our thoughts are with those who suffered loss and tragedy in the flash floods this week in Western Europe. The hardest hit were towns and villages along tributary rivers in the hillier country of the Eifel region, to the west of the Rhine and north of the Mosel.

The Rhine and Mosel are both flooding but not unlike what's seen every few years in winter (when snows melt). The Mosel has pumped more than 10 times its typical flow in this peak.

This morning it's 24 hours since the peak swamped Zell-Mosel's old town centre. It plateaued within 2 metres of the record 1993 immersion. It flowed over the steel flood barriers, something that happens about every 5 years. Now down by 2m and falling, the town is cleaning up and returning to normal. Our cellar is pumped out and the apartments are ready for guests again.

Thanks to the local authorities and our house managers Gunter and Analiza (who have to clear the cellar of washing machines, bikes etc).

Images - mosel-webcams.de (0730 Sat 17 July)
Photo of house as water rises - Analiza
Chart - pegelonline.wsv.de (at Zeltingen, just upstream of Zell)

14/04/2021

Beilstein is a ride along the river from Zell - or a walk over the hills.

Beilstein, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany! 👌 📸

9 Most Romantic Small Towns in Germany — 👉 http://bit.ly/3shHmWx

18/03/2021

Schöne Grüße aus unserem Stadtteil Zell-Merl ☺️🌷

05/02/2021

Do you know the place?

Who knows where this place is? Fantastic photo by
Posted by Navid Fatehpour