Reiseservice Siweris · Cochem
Reiseservice Siweris bundles the boat to Beilstein with three wines and a Flammkuchen in a historic cellar, then a liqueur tasting back in Cochem and a small bottle to take home. Pick it if you'd do the Beilstein trip anyway and want lunch and the tastings sorted in one ticket.
Siweris is a tour agency in Cochem, and this is a package, not a guided tour. You swap your voucher at the third ticket counter from the old Moselle bridge, ride the boat upriver through the Fankel lock to Beilstein and find the cellar on your own. There you get three wines with a Flammkuchen, the thin tart with crème fraîche, onion and bacon. Then the boat back, a tasting of three liqueurs in Cochem and a 0.2 litre bottle to take away.
The 6.5 hours is the best part. You get Beilstein at the pace it deserves, not the half hour the plain round trip leaves you: time for the market square, the 108 steps of the Klostertreppe and the ruin of Burg Metternich above the roofs. It's a relaxed day out, not an educational one.
Do the maths before you book. The boat alone is 20 euros at the Kolb kiosk; the package starts at $100. You're paying for the tastings, the Flammkuchen, the bottle and one voucher instead of three bookings. There's no guide at any point, the listing names a German-speaking host, and it says the day isn't suitable for wheelchair users.
At the third ticket counter from the old Moselle bridge in Cochem, exchange the voucher for your boat tickets.
Upriver through the bends and the Fankel lock.
Find the historic cellar for three wines and a Flammkuchen. Then the village is yours: the market square, the Klostertreppe, the castle ruin above.
A later sailing downstream, back through the lock.
Three liqueurs to taste in Cochem, and a 0.2 litre bottle to carry home.
★★★★★The boat trip was very pleasant; the selection of drinks and food was really very good.
★★★★★A very nice excursion in the best weather. Highly recommended.
★★★★★The tour on the Moselle was simply beautiful and relaxing in great weather.
★★★★★The boat was beautiful, the wine tasting and food were delicious, the location was lovely
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No. The listing describes a self-guided day: you swap the voucher in Cochem, take the boat, find the cellar in Beilstein and do the liqueur tasting in Cochem on your own.
A Flammkuchen with the three wines in the Beilstein cellar, per the listing. Anything else you eat or drink is extra.
In Cochem, at the third ticket counter from the old Moselle bridge, where you swap the voucher for boat tickets.
Yes, the Fankel lock, there and back. It's the same route as the plain lock cruise.
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Boat to Beilstein, three wines and Flammkuchen in an old cellar, boat back and a liqueur tasting in Cochem.
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