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The Rhine Valley, Germany

The Rhine Valley, Germany Travel Guide, touring The Rhine Valley, visiting The Rhine Valley, sightseeing in The Rhine Valley

The Rhine River is arguably Europe’s most famous and most important waterway, from its source in Switzerland to its end in the Netherlands, with the stretch from Basel downriver completely navigable. However, the romantic Rhine of castles, robber barons, and legends is concentrated between Mainz and Koblenz, where the scenery is at its most dramatic. At first, the 450-m/1,480-foot wide Rhine flows slowly through a broad open valley, then narrows dramatically from the Bingen Loch to its narrowest point at the Loreley rock. Here the river is only 130 m (420 feet) wide and flows at 10 km/h (six mph).

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