Cycling Moselle and Rhine

Moselle and Rhine cycle path in Germany

Tour dates 2012:
17th June - 24th June

Mercurio shuttle service:
Included in each of our tours is a shuttle service from the nearest major airports and train stations. This shuttle operates throughout the day, at the beginning and at the end of your cycling holiday.

Pick-up points and approximate transfer times on arrival:
    Frankfurt Airport (FRA) - 2hr 15min
    Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (HHN) - 1hr
    Luxembourg (LUX) - 40min (on arrival only)
Drop-off points and approximate transfer times on departure:
    Frankfurt Airport (FRA) - 1hr 15min
    Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (HHN) - 45min
    Other places on request.

If you decide to arrive earlier, you will have to make your own arrangement for travelling to Trier. We recommend to take the train.
Trains from Frankfurt Main Airport depart every full hour and take about three hours. Estimate €45 per person for a 2nd class ticket. Train-specific, lower priced tickets might be available. You will find detailed information on www.bahn.com, the national carrier’s website. Look for a connection between ‘Frankfurt(M)Flughafen’ and ‘Trier Hbf’.

Getting there by car
If you intend to travel to Trier by car, we will provide detailed information for you to find the hotel easily. We will also try to welcome you in person at the hotel. Alternatively we will leave latest information with the receptionist.
To park your car during the week, you can choose between up to three options: You may park at Trier’s Park&Ride stations, just outside the city. This service comes free of charge. Alternatively, multi-storey car parks offer seasonal tickets where you park for a weekly rate of about € 45 (GBP 40). Last but not least, our hotel might offer a place in their underground car park. If available, this will cost about € 35 (GBP 30).

Getting there by train (from UK)
There are several train connections from London St. Pancras station every day. The journey includes the Eurostar and takes about six to eight hours one way (eight to ten hours return from Rudesheim). To gather information about the most suitable connection, we recommend using www.bahn.com. Tickets for the Eurostar trains will be available at www.raileurope.co.uk.

Flight connections:
As most of our guests prefer to arrive by plane, we put together an overview over respective flight connections here:

Domestic airport To/From Airline Remarks *
London Stansted Frankfurt-Hahn RyanAir  
London Heathrow Frankfurt British Airways, Dt. Lufthansa, flyBMI  
London Heathrow Luxembourg/Frankfurt British Airways evening outbound flight
London Gatwick Frankfurt Dt. Lufthansa  
Birmingham Frankfurt Dt. Lufthansa, flyBMI  
Birmingham Dusseldorf [3 hrs away by train**]
Flybe, Dt. Lufthansa
 
East Midlands Frankfurt Dt. Lufthansa, flyBMI evening outbound, evening inbound flight
Edinburgh Frankfurt flyBMI, Dt. Lufthansa evening outbound, evening inbound flight
Manchester Frankfurt Dt. Lufthansa, flyBMI  
Manchester Frankfurt (via Amsterdam or Heathrow) KLM, British Airways  
Leeds/Bradford Frankfurt (via Amsterdam) KLM  
Leeds/Bradford Dusseldorf [3 hrs away by train**] Jet2 evening outbound, evening inbound flight
Southampton Frankfurt Flybe evening outbound, evening inbound flight
Glasgow Frankfurt (via Amsterdam or Heathrow) KLM, British Airways  
Dublin Frankfurt AerLingus, Dt. Lufthansa
  
Dublin Frankfurt-Hahn RyanAir evening outbound, evening inbound flight
Dublin Eindhoven (The Netherlands) [5+ hrs away by train**] RyanAir bus service to Eindhoven Station available

 
Last updated: December 2011, please ask your preferred ticket dealer for an actual quote.
*) Annotation:
       evening outbound flight - guests arriving after 4.30pm (in Frankfurt) will have dinner on their way to Trier
       extended stopover - expect spending some extra time at the stopover airport
**) Please ask us to recommend a train connection.