Kaub is a town in the Middle Rhine Valley, in the state Rhineland-Palatinate.
Understand
Beim Alten Zollhaus, one of many cultural heritage monuments in Kaub
Get in
By Car
On the B42 north of Rüdesheim
Fährgemeinschaft Kaub Ferry across the Rhine from the B9, Bacharach / Oberwesel.
By cruise boat
KD (Köln Düsseldorfer Deutsche Rheinschiffahrt AG) and BRFS (Bingen-Rüdesheimer Fahrgastschiffahrt) boats cruise the Rhine stopping at Kaub.
By train
Get around
See
Burg Pfalzgrafenstein with the boat that ferries between Kaub and the toll station in the background
- 🌍 Pfalzgrafenstein Castle (Burg Pfalzgrafenstein). Toll station on the Rhine island built in 1327.
- 🌍 Blücherdenkmal (Monument to Blücher). On New Year's Night in 1813/1814 the Prussian General Blücher and his 60,000 soldiers with 20,000 horses crossed the Rhine with the aid of the pilots from Kaub and a pontoon bridge, to drive Napoleon out of Germany.
- 🌍 Burg Gutenfels. 13th-century castle above the town. Visitors can walk round the exterior, but is in private hands.
Do
- Hike part of the Rheinsteig
Buy
Eat
- 🌍 Beim Alten Zollhaus, Zollstraße 14, ☏ +49 6774918700.
- 🌍 Bennos Truck Stop, Rheinuferstraße 1, ☏ +49 6774 1711. Very popular with bikers
Drink
Sleep
- 🌍 Family and Youth hostel (Jugendherbergen), Zollstraße 46, ☏ +49 6774 9181890.
- 🌍 Zum Turm, Zollstraße 50, ☏ +49 6774 92200.
Connect
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