{"id":9491,"date":"2025-11-01T09:22:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T08:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/?p=9491"},"modified":"2026-02-17T11:05:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T10:05:58","slug":"hunsruck-and-moselle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/hunsruck-and-moselle\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunsr\u00fcck and Moselle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"intro wp-block-paragraph\">Germany, 280km<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This circular route around the southwest German state of Rhineland-Palatinate incorporates quaint riverside towns and lush green valleys. As well as being one of the most forested states in Germany, it\u2019s also famous for being one of the country\u2019s largest wine regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The route begins and ends in Idar-Oberstein, a gemstone centre and a source of agate and jasper until the 18th century. As well as taking in the fantastic natural scenery, the loop includes visits to Bernkastel-Kues, with its beautiful half-timbered architecture \u2013 a townhouse in the market square named the \u2018Spitzh\u00e4uschen\u2019 dates from the 15th century and is especially worthy of a visit \u2013 and Cochem, with its stunning hilltop castle overlooking the Moselle River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>An absolute gem<br><\/strong>Steinkaulenberg is the only gem mine in Europe that is open to visitors. See agates, amethysts, smoky quartz, calcite and other glittering rocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Step back in time<\/strong><br>Journey through 90 years of German automobile history at Zylinderhaus Museum, which houses more than 100 vehicles and over 70 motorcycles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.harley-davidson.com\/share\/rides\/XYN7s9EQYU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Click here to view this route in the Harley-Davidson Ride Planner and start planning your next adventure.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>First published in 2025<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have you been to explore this route yourself? Submit your thoughts and photographs <a href=\"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/share-your-photos-and-stories-from-the-road\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"678\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"9494\" src=\"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-854389592-1-min-678x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-854389592-1-min-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-854389592-1-min-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-854389592-1-min-768x1160.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-854389592-1-min-1017x1536.jpg 1017w, https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-854389592-1-min-1356x2048.jpg 1356w, https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-854389592-1-min.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany, 280km.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":9493,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-9491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-riding-routes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9491"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10492,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9491\/revisions\/10492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hog.thecreativeplot.com\/en-eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}