Has anyone every stayed at the Pension Elisabeth in Cochem, Germany? We are going to be in the area in early June. Would anyone have information for me on nice and reasonably priced places to eat and vineyards to visit. We do plan to see Burg Eltz.
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I have never stayed at Pension Elisabeth, but I am sure it will be clean and friendly.
Cochem is awash with fine eating and drinking places, some easy to find, others tucked away down little alleys. There are so many I could recommend, it would be unfair to name just a few. Walk into the town square and up towards the castle and lovelly small wine bars appear almost out of the rock, don%26#39;t just stay on the river front, explore and you will find your own favourite place.
It is completely safe to wander anywhere, night or day.
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Pick any village as you travel along the Mosel and you will find vineyards rising uphill from the river, and small family-owned wineries with tasting available. Cochem is a great base, but do travel upriver to Bernkastel-Kues, Traben-Trarbach and many others famous for their Rieslings. A boat goes for a day trip to Beilstein from Cochem. It%26#39;s a pleasant trip, not too long, and Beilstein is lovely for a nice lunch on the terrace of the hotel there (I forget its name).
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I think the place you are thinking of, is the Hotel Lipmann. It is the large establishment that almost fronts the whole village by the riverside.
We normally use a little wine stube belonging to %26#39;Otto Gorgen%26#39; (spelt incorrectly, I think), which is up the thin street towards the castle.
The larger wine celler in the village square has been re-vamped and is now a very fashionable (expensive) eating and drink cave.
The village is lovelly and the trip on the boat from Cochem through the lock is always a highlight of our trips along the Mosel. The bus is cheaper and quicker of course, but you can have a bottle of wine on the boat, as you glide past the grapes.
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I have stayed in several hotels in the Mosel valley. They are all clean, nice with a special atmosphere. I am sure Elisabeth will be alright, too. It is not much brainstorming to find a cellar. They are literally everywhere, just look for signs %26quot;Weingut%26quot; (winemaker) or %26quot;Weinprobe%26quot; (wine tasting). Mosel is dominated by small, usually family, producers.
Trip by both to Beilstein is a very good tip. Boat is very comfy, but you can also rent a bicycle. There is a bicycle path along the river. If you do not feel like cycling back after wine tasting a regular bus will take you back. In the main season it has a trailer for bicycles. Check with your hotel or information bureau in Cochem whether it is available in June.
If you do not intend to buy a lot of wine, the best idea is to visit, what I call, %26quot;commercial%26quot; wine cellar. For a fee they will offer you to taste several of their wines. It usually works as a wine bar where you can taste producers wines and if you like them buy some.
On the other hand you have producers that do not focus on retail and if you visit them they lead you to actual cellar or a tasting room in their house. Of course, any of the wine maker will gladly offer you wine tasting, however I do not consider it polite to waste his/her time and try 10 glasses for free if I only intend to buy one or two bottles.
In Beilstein, if you go through the middle of the village up the hill, there is on your right %26quot;Kleine Weinprobe Weingut Otto Gorgen%26quot;. For, I guess, 5 euros they will offer you 6 small glasses of different wines of your choice (dry, demi-sweet, sweet / trocken, halbtrocken, liebliech). Of course there are many other opportunities.
Trip to burg Eltz is worthwhile, but do not forget about Reichburg Cochem right about the town of Cochem. Actually, it is my favorite in the Mosel area. Trip to Eltz usually starts in Moselkern. We ate there twice in hotel Anker and it was very good. In Moselkern is also one of my favourite wine producers.
Whatever your choices will be, normally you cannot go wrong. Most of establishments are very nice and clean, food is very good and prices are well bellow what you would pay in most west European countries.
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