Kaub is a town in the Middle Rhine Valley, in the state Rhineland-Palatinate.
Understand
Get in
By Car
On the B42 north of Rüdesheim
Fährgemeinschaft Kaub Ferry across the Rhine from the B9, Bacharach / Oberwesel.
By cruise boat
KD (Köln Düsseldorfer Deutsche Rheinschiffahrt AG) and BRFS [formerly dead link] (Bingen-Rüdesheimer Fahrgastschiffahrt) boats cruise the Rhine stopping at Kaub.
By train
Get around
See
- 1 Pfalzgrafenstein Castle (Burg Pfalzgrafenstein). Toll station on the Rhine island built in 1327.
- 2 Blücherdenkmal (Monument to Blücher). On New Year's Night in 1813/1814 the Prussian General Blücher and his 60,000 soldiers with 20,000 horses crossed the Rhine with the aid of the pilots from Kaub and a pontoon bridge, to drive Napoleon out of Germany.
- 3 Burg Gutenfels. 13th-century castle above the town. Visitors can walk round the exterior, but is in private hands.
Do
- Hike part of the Rheinsteig
Buy
Eat
- 1 Beim Alten Zollhaus, Zollstraße 14, ☏ +49 6774918700.
- 2 Bennos Truck Stop, Rheinuferstraße 1, ☏ +49 6774 1711. Very popular with bikers
Drink
Sleep
- 1 Family and Youth hostel (Jugendherbergen), Zollstraße 46, ☏ +49 6774 9181890.
- 2 Zum Turm, Zollstraße 50, ☏ +49 6774 92200.