Traumpfädchen Niederfeller Schweiz

A 750 m access route to the Linkemühle starting point is signposted at the “Unter den Linden” bus stop in the centre of Niederfell. The Linkemühle building is the start of the Niederfeller Schweiz dream pathlet, which is best discovered in  a clockwise direction. This means that you first of all follow the road sign to the Grillhütte shelter. The forest floor ensures a wonderful spring under your soles as the narrow forest trail snakes ever deeper into the idyllic valley of the Aspeler Bach stream. A very biodiverse mixed woodland and small rocky cliffs make for a relaxed and tranquil atmosphere. Step by step, you are almost imperceptibly climbing higher, until the dream path that accompanied you so far branches off after 0.7 km. The dream pathlet then follows the valley of the Aspeler Back stream halfway up the slope. With lively ups and downs, the hike finally leads to the Grillhütte shelter inviting you to stay right out here in the greenery.

Freshly strengthened, the short but marked climb up to the Moselle plateau, also known as the Old Niederfell Cattle Trail, is easily mastered a little later. Once you are at the top, the forest recedes and lush meadows let your gaze range freely over the surroundings. Only one swerve later you reach the Maifeld lookout point at a crossing. The grand vista over the Moselle valley and far into the Maifeld is particularly enjoyable from the bench available here.

Just a few more meters uphill from the Maifeld lookout, and then the route descends into the valley. Together with the Traumpfad and Moselsteig trails, you are now walking through a diverse landscape dominated by meadow orchards and hedges.

After crossing an access road, fire rose alley awaits. Lush wild roses especially flank the first section of this very idyllic trail that soon happens upon the view of the von der Leyen Castle with St. John’s Church.

Gently ascending, the dream pathlet now leads past rocky cliffs to the last highlight of the day: the Mönch Felix shelter, an airy lookout tower. The wonderful panoramic view is informed by the Moselle, Niederfell, and Kobern-Gondorf with its castles. You master the final descent into the valley elated. From the portal at the Linkemühle building, the aforementioned (750 m) access route returns hikers back to Niederfell, where catering establishments invite them to stop off.