Question 1

Getting Around

Accepted Answer

Bus line 1 runs from the main station to the stop Rheinstraße/Fähre, about two minutes on foot from the landing stage at Deutsches Eck. The landing stage at the Rheinanlagen, farther up the Rhine bank, is about 10 minutes on foot from the main station. The Koblenz Card gives 24 hours of free travel on buses and local trains in the city. It is sold at the tourist information office, where you can check the current price. A return ride on the cable car was €15.50 for adults and €7 for ages 7 to 17 in October 2026, and a one-way ride was €12 or €6. Children under 7 ride free. The cable car's hours change with the season and from day to day. Check times and fares before you go.

Question 2

Wine and Where to Eat

Accepted Answer

Ehrenbreitstein Fortress has an exhibition on 2,000 years of winemaking in Rhineland-Palatinate, along with a restaurant and a beer garden. The fortress exhibition, called Haus des Genusses, covers the six wine-growing regions of Rhineland-Palatinate. The fortress restaurant is in the upper courtyard. The fortress beer garden looks out over Deutsches Eck.

Question 3

Tipping and Currency

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Restaurant bills in Germany include tax and service, and a tip of about 10 percent is common. Germany's currency is the euro, and bank cash machines work around the clock. Major credit cards are widely accepted in Germany. Prices shown in German shops and restaurants include taxes.

Question 4

Deutsches Eck and Ehrenbreitstein Fortress

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Deutsches Eck, the point where the Moselle meets the Rhine, carries a 37-meter monument to Emperor Wilhelm I. The equestrian statue on top of the monument is 14 meters high. It is a reconstruction from 1993, because artillery destroyed the original in March 1945. Deutsches Eck is part of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site. Ehrenbreitstein Fortress, across the Rhine, is open from 10 am to 6 pm from April to October and from 11 am to 4 pm from November to March. Fortress admission was €10 for adults and €4 for ages 7 to 17 in October 2026, and a combined ticket with the return cable car ride was €21.90. Check prices and hours before you go. The fortress houses exhibitions on archaeology, photography and cultural history. On days with special events, the fortress admits only holders of event tickets.

Question 5

History

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Koblenz began as a Roman military post, and its name comes from the Latin for the meeting of two rivers. The Roman general Drusus set up the military post in about 8 BC. Ehrenbreitstein castle was built around the year 1000 on a rock spur 118 meters high. In 1018 Emperor Henry II gave the city to the archbishop-electors of Trier, who held it until the end of the 18th century. The Teutonic Order settled at the river junction in 1216, and the name Deutsches Eck comes from that settlement. The French revolutionary army took Koblenz in 1794. After the Congress of Vienna the city passed to Prussia, which rebuilt Ehrenbreitstein as a fortress in the 19th century.

Question 6

Traveling with Family

Accepted Answer

Children under 7 ride the cable car free and also enter Ehrenbreitstein Fortress free. A cable car family ticket was €23 for one adult and up to four children, or €34 for two adults and up to four children, in October 2026. A family ticket that adds fortress admission to the return cable car ride was €31.30 for one adult and up to four children, or €48.50 for two adults. Check prices before you go. Cabin 17 of the cable car has a glass floor panel. Cable car cabins arrive about every minute during operating hours, and each holds up to 35 people.

Question 7

Accessibility

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The Koblenz cable car is fully accessible, and a cabin can be stopped for a moment while passengers get on or off. An electric wheelchair fits in cabin 18 of the cable car. A fortress elevator also runs up to the fortress from the former Ehrenbreitstein residence. Ask the tourist information office whether it suits your wheelchair. Ask your cruise line whether the gangway at your mooring will be step-free on the day.

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