Luxembourg : Little Switzerland

We had a weekend free so we decided to go hike in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg more specifically in the region called "Little Switzerland of Luxembourg". This region is well known of climbers as there are rocks and cracks everywhere. This and all the hills is of course what gave the name to this region. (http://www.mullerthal.lu/en)

This region isn't known of a lot of people although it's definitely worth a stop. During this last summer holiday weekend we decided to walk the Route 2 of the Mullerthal Trail (about 37km). We started at Scheidgen (where we parked the car) and walked to Echternach (about 11km). We spend the night at the Camping Freibad in Echternachbrücker (Germany http://www.echternacherbrueck.de/campingplatz/fr). This is a big camping ground but just what we needed to put our tent en rest for the next day. Note also that they allow dogs :-)

View from the camping ground

The next day we started by having a nice breakfast at the "Pâtisserie Thinnes Claude" (http://www.editus.lu/ed/fr/patisserie-thinnes-claude-echternach-2939.html) where we had local bakeries. We then started our route to Berdorf, Mullerthal (with the beautiful "Schiessentümpel") en then back to Scheidgen.

Our little piece of advice is as we only hiked 11km the first day, it's really hard to make the last 26km the day after if you want to be able to stop to contemplate the rocks and nature around you. We would advise you to split the walk more or less evenly.

Our begining

Although this isn't the biggest trip it is our first trip together. This was in November 2006 in Mondorf-les-Bains in Luxembourg.

The Hotel is quiet impressive inside and really luxurious. There are spas and pools everywhere and you can receive all cares you can dream of. They also have a nice park around the hotel. We would recommend it for a nice revitalizing weekend. (http://www.mondorf.lu/en)