Trechtingshausen is a village in the Middle Rhine Valley in the Rhineland-Palatinate region of Germany.

Understand

Downriver from Bingen, there are three Medieval castles near the town of Trechingshausen: Burg Rheinstein, Burg Reichenstein, and Burg Sooneck. Built up on the stony cliffs overlooking the Rhine, these fortresses quickly transport you back across the centuries as they have displays of art, weapons, and furnishings.

Get in

By train

Trains run regularly to Trechtingshausen. The line is Koblenz – Boppard – Bacharach – Bingen am Rhein – Mainz.

By car

The B9 goes through the village.

By boat

The Bingen-Rüdesheimer cruise boats occasionally stop at Trechtingshausen and Burg Rheinstein.

Get around

The village itself is small enough to walk round. To get to Burg Rheinstein or Burg Sooneck it is best by car or along the cycle path.

See

Burg Rheinstein

• 1 Burg Rheinstein (Parking on the side of the B9 just south of the town.). Originally build in 13th century and restored in the 19th this castle is well worth a visit for the building itself as well as the views from the towers reach by exterior stairways.  
• 2 Burg Reichenstein (On the southern edge of the town).  
• 3 Burg Sooneck (North of the town a little of the main road.). 

Do

The Rheinburgenweg runs passed Burg Rheinstein and above Trechtingshausen and Burg Sooneck.

Eat

• 1 Landgasthaus Rosenhof, Mainzer Straße 23, ☏ +49 6721 703495. 
• Kleiner Weinprinz (Inside Burg Rheinstein). Good food with a great view of the Rhine valley. 

Sleep

• 1 Camping Marienort, Am Morgenbach 1. 
• 2 Gasthaus Weisses Ross, Mainzer Straße 30, ☏ +49 6721 6129. 
• There are a few well furnished rooms in Castle Rheinstein. An amazing location to stay.

Go next

• Bacharach
• Bingen