The Saarland has a lot of highlights to offer, once you've discovered them. The Saarschleife Saarland is certainly the best-known landmark of the most beautiful federal state in the world. What else there is to discover,<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
I'll show you in this post. We set out for a sightseeing day in Saarland and had an exciting and adventurous day in the middle of Saarland's nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We start in a very touristy Mettlach, the hometown of Villeroy & Boch, which some of you might have in your kitchen. The ship starts here Maria Croon<\/a> on a 1.5-hour tour through the Saarschleife, the landmark of Saarland. After paying an admission fee of 10 EUR per person and then disembarking, we reach the Mettlach lock within a few minutes, where our ship is lifted 11 m to continue on the upper Saar. The water level of the Saar is regulated here, and there is also a small power plant there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After gaining altitude and losing about 25 minutes, we continue through impressive forests and rock formations. In the foreground, the mighty observation tower is being built at Canopy walkway <\/a>which was recently inaugurated at the Cloef in Orscholz. While it doesn't quite fit the beautiful and romantic image created by the course of the Saar here, it will surely serve its purpose as a tourist attraction. But more on that later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We'll drive a few hundred meters further through the Saarschleifli, I mean of course through the Saarschleife, and turn back punctually after about 45 minutes to start the return journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eleven meters further down again, we dock after a good 90 minutes. The coffee on the ship tastes excellent, by the way, which surprises us. We also visit the Villeroy & Boch Outlet Center, buy two cups, and continue our journey towards Perl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also located in the Saarschleifenland is the Archaeological Park Roman Villa Borg<\/a>, after more than 25 years of excavations, it was reconstructed and rebuilt. Our first stop was the Roman tavern, as we were starving after sailing. I can recommend the schnitzel here, as well as the salad. Inexpensive and good. But wait, this is actually about culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is where you enter the complex, and this is also where you pay a 5 EUR entrance fee per person, which is definitely worth it. In addition, there is a museum shop in the gatehouse where you can offer some support to the organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Alles hier erinnert mich irgendwie an den Lateinunterricht in der Schule. (Quod erat optandum maxime, iudices, et quod unum ad invidiam vestri ordinis infamiamque iudiciorum sedandam ….. usw.). Kennt ihr den Lorem Ipsum Generator<\/a> f\u00fcr Homepage F\u00fclltexte? So ungef\u00e4hr war das damals. Jedenfalls…das Herrenhaus, es liegt genau zentral und die Mauern im unteren Stock stehen exakt auf den Mauern, die ausgegraben wurden. So ist der Grundriss original. Die R\u00e4ume hier werden vom Landkreis Merzig-Wadern als Museum genutzt und es werden u.a. Werkzeuge aus der Eisen- und Bronzezeit ausgestellt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sozusagen das Schwimmbad der Antike. Hier befinden sich ein Kaltbad, ein Heissbad und ein Chillout Saal…damals wohl eher Ruheraum genannt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The remaining rooms of the villa were adapted to today's needs. Thus, there are various media and seminar rooms that can be rented. We did not do this and continued on our way to the Cloef in Orscholz.<\/p>\n\n\n\nRoman Villa Borg<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The Gatehouse<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
The Manor House<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
The Villa Bath<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Cloef in Orscholz<\/h2>\n\n\n\n