Dernau

Dernau is a famous red wine village in the Ahr valley, situated in Northern Rhineland-Palatinate. From August to November thousands of visitors from abroad enjoy the annual wine festivities, which culminate on the last weekend of September.

Get in

Train: Ahrtalbahn, get off at Dernau station
Road: Autobahn A61 Exit Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler. Follow the B257, direction Altenahr.

Get around

Map of Dernau

Use the Ahrtalbahn (Ahr valley railway) which stops in the village and in all neighboured towns. Direct connections to Bonn and Koblenz. In addition the bus #841 serves the whole valley from Remagen to Kreuzberg (Ahr).

See

Krausberg. offers a nice view over the Ahr valley and as far as Cologne and Bonn, if weather conditions allow
Historic stone bridge crossing the Ahr.
Old Jewish cemetery.

Do

Wine tastings
Hiking (Red wine hiking trail)

Buy

Local red wine

Eat

Many small and bigger restaurants offer regional specialities at reasonable prices
Ahrklause, Auf der Wacht 1. Café with wine
Bertram, Schmittmannstr. 30.
Hofgarten (Gutsschenke Weingut Meyer-Näkel), Bachstr. 27.
Im Burggarten, Burgstr. 6-12.
Kaffee- & Weinhaus St Quirinus, Römerstr..
Kreuzberg, Schmittmannstr. 31.
Op de Baach, Hauptstr. 65.
Pauly, Bachstr. 22.
Wein & Bierstube, Schmittmannstr. 23.
Italienische Eisdiele, Schmittmannstr. 35. ice Cream

In Marienthal

Klosterquelle, Rotweinstr. 6.
Weingut Kloster Marienthal.

Drink

Wine tasting almost everywhere possible, Try Weinhaus Sebastian in the center of the village.

Sleep

Gästehaus Pension Krämer (Bed & Breakfast, B&B), Pfarrgarten 12a (close to the church). Check-out: 11AM. Continental breakfast included. Seems to be widely recommended... 19-24 EUR pp/pn.
Hotel Kölner Hof, Schmittmannstr. 40, ☏ +49 2643 8407.
Weinhaus Bertram, Hauptstr. 3, ☏ +49 2643 8314.

Go next

Wine tasting almost everywhere, especially in September and October
Popular events and festivals all over the year from May to November
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler
Bad Münstereifel

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