Kaub

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

SE10: Frankfurt - Koblenz

See

Burg Pfalzgrafenstein with the boat that ferries between Kaub and the toll station in the background

• 1 Pfalzgrafenstein Castle (Burg Pfalzgrafenstein). Toll station on the Rhine island built in 1327.  
• 2 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. 
• 3 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

Eat

• 1 Beim Alten Zollhaus, Zollstraße 14, ☏ +49 6774918700. 
• 2 Bennos Truck Stop, Rheinuferstraße 1, ☏ +49 6774 1711. Very popular with bikers 

Sleep

• 1 Family and Youth hostel (Jugendherbergen), Zollstraße 46, ☏ +49 6774 9181890. 
• 2 Zum Turm, Zollstraße 50, ☏ +49 6774 92200.