Sauer River Elevated Walkway – Scenic Sauer River loop from Echternach

Bike touring routes & trails

Germany

Rhineland-Palatinate

Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm

Echternacherbrück

Sauer River Elevated Walkway – Scenic Sauer River loop from Echternach

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Sauer River Elevated Walkway – Scenic Sauer River loop from Echternach

02:44

45.2km

370m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 20, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Naturpark Südeifel

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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5.02 km

View of the Sauer River

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Beautiful landscape and nature. No special equipment needed.

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17.1 km

The Sauer River with the motorway bridge

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The bridge impressively spans the Sauertal

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17.6 km

Cycle path along the Sauer near Metzdorf

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Great cycle path on the German side towards Mesernich.

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19.1 km

Trail along the Sauer River

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Driving along the Sauer is great, and not just in this local spot.

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20.0 km

Island on the Sauer River

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One wonders what the flood of 2021 washed up

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28.2 km

Sauer River Elevated Walkway

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... great bike path!

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31.1 km

Scenic Sauer River

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Beautiful course of the Sauer river

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37.5 km

The Nims-Sauertalbahn was a single-track, standard-gauge, non-electrified branch line (state railway) from Bitburg-Erdorf (on the Eifel route Trier-Cologne) to Igel in the Moselle valley. It led from the Kylltal via …

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45.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

35.8 km

5.96 km

2.21 km

489 m

431 m

364 m

Surfaces

40.7 km

4.25 km

222 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (190 m)

Lowest point (140 m)

Weather

Thursday 15 October

21°C

8°C

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Comments

April 21, 2023,Entlang der Sauer nach Wasserbillig - Tour von Echternach

Today, the journey was the reward: the routes on both sides of the river in the beautiful Sauer valley are excellently developed and allow for quick and comfortable biking, mostly off-road. This applies in particular to the Luxembourg side. Beautiful places like Rosport above a barrage line the path and wine farms also invite you to take a break.

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June 4, 2023,Radtour Echternach - Wasserbillig

Today we went along the Sauer from Echternach to Wasserbillig and back. Added on the German side, back on the Luxembourg side

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October 2, 2024,Vom Campingplatz Wasserbillig entlang der Sauer auf deutscher Seite bis Echternach, zurück auf der Luxemburger Seite

A very beautiful, varied tour.
On the German side, the route runs almost entirely along the Sauer. The paths are in good to very good condition.
From Echternach, the route goes back on the Luxembourg side through lovely nature and small villages. The route runs mostly along the main road, but that doesn't detract from the whole experience.

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June 13, 2026,Tour der Sauer entlang nach Wasserbillig an der Mosel und zurück über 🇩🇪

From Echternacherbrück🇩🇪 on the Sauerradweg 🇱🇺 to Wasserbillig on the Moselle 🇱🇺 back on the German side of the Sauer🇩🇪

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September 17, 2023,DE.LUX Sauer Sonntagskaffeetour

Just a short Sunday bike ride. The main goal was to enjoy coffee and cake and the beautiful summer weather without any effort.

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October 6, 2024,Sauer-Radweg (DE - LU)

The cycle path follows the Sauer between Echternach and Wasserbillig, sometimes on the Luxembourg side and sometimes on the German side.
We started at the bus station in 'Igel'. This municipality is on the left bank of the Moselle, west of Trier and close to the border with Luxembourg.
From "Wasserbillig" we first went onto the old railway line, today's …

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