Through the lockLock Cruise from Cochem to Beilstein
Through the Fankel lock to Beilstein and back in about 2.5 hours, with the option to stay and ride a later boat home.
Route: Cochem to Beilstein and back
Nine ways to spend time on the Moselle from Cochem, sorted by what you actually do: a scheduled cruise, a boat day with wine or the castle added, or a walk through the vines. Each one has its own page with the route, the day and what guests say.
Scheduled boats on the Moselle: the one-hour loop, the lock cruise and the evening boat.
Through the lockThrough the Fankel lock to Beilstein and back in about 2.5 hours, with the option to stay and ride a later boat home.
Route: Cochem to Beilstein and back
Most reviewedOne hour past the castle with KD, commentary in German and English, children up to 6 free. The easy first boat.
Route: Loop from Cochem, no stops
Hop off in ErnstKolb's one-hour loop from the old bridge, with the option to hop off in Ernst. Sails later in the year than KD.
Route: Cochem to Ernst and back
After darkTwo hours on KD's boat in the evening with a DJ on deck. A drink on the river, not a guided tour.
Route: Evening loop from Cochem
The same boats with a wine cellar, the castle, a hike or a covered wagon added.
Wine dayBoat to Beilstein, three wines with Flammkuchen in an old cellar, liqueurs back in Cochem. Self-guided, 6.5 hours.
Route: Cochem to Beilstein and back
Castle + boatA guided Reichsburg tour, a boat trip around noon and four wines with a bottle to keep. Starts up at the castle.
Route: Reichsburg, then a boat from Cochem
Boat + wagonA boat to a nearby wine village, then a covered-wagon ride through the vineyards with wine and a meal. 4.5 hours.
Route: Cochem to a nearby wine village
On footA small-group walk through the vineyards near Cochem with wine on the way, a meal and a boat ride. 5 hours.
Route: Vineyard paths and the river
A walk through the vines with a winemaker, upriver from Cochem.
Cross-sellNot a boat trip: two hours in the vineyards above Ediger-Eller with a guide, then a tasting of the local wines.
Route: Vineyards above Ediger-Eller