Dernau
Dernau is a famous red wine village in the Ahr valley, situated in Northern Rhineland-Palatinate. From August to November thousands of visitors from abroad enjoy the annual wine festivities, which culminate on the last weekend of September.
Get in
[edit]- Train: Ahrtalbahn, get off at Dernau station
- Road: Autobahn A61 Exit Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler. Follow the B257, direction Altenahr.
Get around
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Map of Dernau
Use the Ahrtalbahn (Ahr valley railway) which stops in the village and in all neighboured towns. Direct connections to Bonn and Koblenz. In addition the bus #841 serves the whole valley from Remagen to Kreuzberg (Ahr).
See
[edit]- Krausberg. offers a nice view over the Ahr valley and as far as Cologne and Bonn, if weather conditions allow
- Historic stone bridge crossing the Ahr.
- Old Jewish cemetery.
Do
[edit]- Wine tastings
- Hiking (Red wine hiking trail)
Buy
[edit]- Local red wine
Eat
[edit]- Many small and bigger restaurants offer regional specialities at reasonable prices
- Ahrklause, Auf der Wacht 1. Café with wine
- Bertram, Schmittmannstr. 30.
- Hofgarten (Gutsschenke Weingut Meyer-Näkel), Bachstr. 27.
- Im Burggarten, Burgstr. 6-12.
- Kaffee- & Weinhaus St Quirinus, Römerstr..
- Kreuzberg, Schmittmannstr. 31.
- Op de Baach, Hauptstr. 65.
- Pauly, Bachstr. 22.
- Wein & Bierstube, Schmittmannstr. 23.
- Italienische Eisdiele, Schmittmannstr. 35. ice Cream
In Marienthal
- Klosterquelle, Rotweinstr. 6.
- Weingut Kloster Marienthal.
Drink
[edit]- Wine tasting almost everywhere possible, Try Weinhaus Sebastian in the center of the village.
Sleep
[edit]- Gästehaus Pension Krämer (Bed & Breakfast, B&B), Pfarrgarten 12a (close to the church). Check-out: 11AM. Continental breakfast included. Seems to be widely recommended... 19-24 EUR pp/pn.
- Hotel Kölner Hof, Schmittmannstr. 40, ☏ +49 2643 8407.
- Weinhaus Bertram, Hauptstr. 3, ☏ +49 2643 8314.
Go next
[edit]- Wine tasting almost everywhere, especially in September and October
- Popular events and festivals all over the year from May to November
- Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler
- Bad Münstereifel