The Saar-Hunsrück Trail

Between Boppard, Trier, and Perl, the Saar-Hunsrück Trail offers sheer variety with countless impressions and opportunities across over 200 km of total length through a magnificent low mountain range. Here, nature lovers discover everything that makes the heart race: expansive forests, lush meadows, idyllic streams, impressive ridges, steep vineyards, historical monuments, and diverse paths with breathtaking panoramas.

The Saar-Hunsrück Trail has the highest award a hiking trail can achieve in Europe, the "German Hiking Seal" as a premium path. As the only long-distance hiking trail, it runs for more than 70% on natural paths, with the asphalt share being below 4%, which is unique in Europe.
Due to the constant change of valleys and heights, the Saar-Hunsrück Trail also offers a challenging mix with its elevation profile, where the clever route design incorporates many small details along the way, so that hikers are continually surprised by new impressions. At the Keller Steg, hikers must decide which direction they want to continue their journey, as the routes from Idar-Oberstein, Trier, and Perl through Saarland converge here.
The Saar-Hunsrück Trail was voted Germany's most beautiful long-distance hiking trail in 2017 in a nationwide public vote organized by the magazine "Wandermagazin", in which nearly 28,000 hikers participated. It is thus the first German long-distance hiking trail to receive this prestigious award for the second time, having already won in 2009.

Info: www.saar-hunsrueck-steig.de