Why this ride
Shaded two-lane riding with rolling corners and little urban exposure. It also links naturally to Mellerdall UNESCO Global Geopark.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Mullerthal Little Switzerland Loop
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 82 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 22
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Access context
Check local road works and cross-border closures. Specific flag: seasonal traffic.
Seasonal context
Apr-Oct
Scenic road chapters
Luxembourg Mullerthal Route
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For 30 km this is Luxembourg Mullerthal Route, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 30 km
- Named road
- Luxembourg Mullerthal Route
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Luxembourg
Luxembourg City is a fortress town built on a rock, and it has the sort of dramatic geography that makes you stop the bike and look. The old town sits on a sandstone promontory surrounded on three sides by the deep gorges of the Alzette and Petrusse rivers, so that the walls rise straight from the valley floor. For centuries it was one of the strongest fortresses in Europe, fought over by Spanish, French, Austrian, Prussian and Dutch armies, and its tangle of tunnels, the Bock Casemates, ran for kilometres inside the cliff. Much of it was dismantled after 1867, but enough survives to be walked. The old quarter and the fortifications are on the UNESCO list.
Read the complete Luxembourg write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Luxembourg sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Echternach.
2. Echternach
Echternach claims to be the oldest town in Luxembourg, and its story begins in the year 698, when the Northumbrian missionary Willibrord received land here from a local noblewoman and founded an abbey beside the river Sure. He had come from England to convert the Frisians, and the abbey that grew up around his tomb became one of the great centres of learning of the early Middle Ages, famous for its illuminated manuscripts. The basilica, rebuilt after heavy damage in the Second World War, still holds his sarcophagus in the crypt, and pilgrims come to it every year.
Read the complete Echternach write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Echternach comes up 22 km in. Next is Beaufort.
3. Beaufort
Planning note
45 km in you reach Beaufort. Next is Luxembourg.
4. Luxembourg
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Luxembourg write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Luxembourg, late in the day.
Recorded source links
More motorcycle rides nearby
- Luxembourg Mullerthal Route · 77 km
- Porta Nigra and La place forte de Longwy · 176 km