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Your journey to the Ahr valley
The best way to get to us
The Ahr Valley is located not far from the cities of Cologne, Bonn and Koblenz in a side valley of the Middle Rhine. From Sinzig or Remagen, the Ahr Valley runs westwards into the Eifel and ends in Blankenheim in North Rhine-Westphalia. No matter which direction you come from, the Ahr Valley is easy to reach - by car or public transport.
Travelling by train
Trains on the RB 30 line (Bonn - Remagen - Ahrbrück) run every hour on the section between Bonn main station and Walporzheim . The RB 39 line (Remagen - Dernau) also runs every hour between Remagen and Walporzheim. This means you can reach the Ahr Valley by train twice an hour from the Rhine. Please note that the Ahr valley railway is currently being rebuilt. Therefore, there are currently no trains to Dernau or Ahrbrück. All trains terminate at Walporzheim station. The rest of the route will be covered by rail replacement services. You can find the current timetable for the Ahrtalbahn here:
By the way: You can also purchase bus and train tickets for the entire VRM area and selected routes in the VRS area at our tourist information centre in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler Spa gardens.
Rail replacement service during the summer holidays in Rhineland-Palatinate
Due to electrification work on the Ahr Valley line between Remagen and Walporzheim, trains on the RB30 and RB39 lines will be cancelled all day during the Rhineland-Palatinate summer holidays from 5 June to 17 August. A rail replacement service will be organised with buses from/to Remagen.
Travelling by car
The A61 motorway runs directly past the Ahr valley. It is the quickest way to reach the district town of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler from Cologne/Bonn or from Mainz/Koblenz. The B9 federal road runs parallel to the Rhine past Remagen and Sinzig. From here, turn off onto the B266 into the Ahr Valley and reach the district town and the wine villages of the Middle Ahr via Bad Bodendorf.
If you want to travel from Bonn directly to the Middle Ahr, the quickest way is via the A 565 motorway and then via the B257 to Altenahr. The B257 federal road also takes you past Ahrbrück and Adenau to the Nürburgring.
The best way to reach Blankenheim and the Upper Ahr is via the A1 motorway from Cologne/Aachen or via the B51 from Prüm in the Eifel.
For individual journeys, we recommend you plan your route using Google Maps.
Event highlights in the Ahr Valley
Would you like to visit a specific event in the Ahr Valley or be inspired by the events that await you here? Then take a look at our highlight events.
