While I was researching Luxembourg City, I came across a website outlining the major hiking trails throughout all of Luxembourg - http://www.hiking-in-luxembourg.co.uk/. There are 5000km of trails throughout the small country of Luxembourg.
We decided to stop and hike in the Mullerthal region on our way home since it wasn’t very far out of our way and I was intrigued by the fact that they called the area “the Little Switzerland” of Luxembourg.
My biggest
concern was that I didn’t have an address for any trail head on the 110 km trail. I didn’t want to repeat our cross country skiing experience, driving around for hours trying to find the trail. We were lucky enough to stumble across a trail near Berdorf after only an hour of searching.
Initially we planned to do the entire 33km loop of Trail #2, but the weather was just too cold and it was already 2:00 by the time we found the trail.
The trail was the best we have found in Europe. The landscape was really interesting. The trail started in a deep valley with rock formations on both sides and a stream running through the middle. The trail was so well marked that there was never any confusion as to the route. We will definitely be back to explore more.
At the six mile mark, we decided to go into Echternach for lunch to get one more French meal before heading home to the land of sausage, potatoes and cabbage. The waitress was so confused as to which language to speak in since we responded to her German questions but ordered in French. She kept flipping back and forth between the two. I think Luxembourgish is a combination between French and German so most people speak both as well as English.
We decided to stop and hike in the Mullerthal region on our way home since it wasn’t very far out of our way and I was intrigued by the fact that they called the area “the Little Switzerland” of Luxembourg.
My biggest
concern was that I didn’t have an address for any trail head on the 110 km trail. I didn’t want to repeat our cross country skiing experience, driving around for hours trying to find the trail. We were lucky enough to stumble across a trail near Berdorf after only an hour of searching.Initially we planned to do the entire 33km loop of Trail #2, but the weather was just too cold and it was already 2:00 by the time we found the trail.
The trail was the best we have found in Europe. The landscape was really interesting. The trail started in a deep valley with rock formations on both sides and a stream running through the middle. The trail was so well marked that there was never any confusion as to the route. We will definitely be back to explore more.
At the six mile mark, we decided to go into Echternach for lunch to get one more French meal before heading home to the land of sausage, potatoes and cabbage. The waitress was so confused as to which language to speak in since we responded to her German questions but ordered in French. She kept flipping back and forth between the two. I think Luxembourgish is a combination between French and German so most people speak both as well as English.
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