When planning your next trip to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, you should consider adding a couple of extra days to visit the Mullerthal Region in the eastern part of the country. This region will surprise you with its dense forests, rivers and streams, and impressive rock formations. Are you interested in knowing more? Then keep reading my blog about hiking the Mullerthal Trail.
The Mullerthal Trail
The Mullerthal region, also known as Luxembourg’s “Little Switzerland”, is considered to be a paradise for hiking lovers.
In particular, the Mullerthal Trail is a 112km long trail that offers forests and rivers combined with impressive canyons. Due to its length, it has been divided into several local hiking paths. You can find all the different possibilities on the Mullerthal website.
W7 - Mullerthal Hiking Path
The W7 hiking path is a relatively new trail with the following main highlights.
- Kalktuffquell: Travertine water source within the Black Ernz Valley. Cristal clear calcareous water flows down from a natural pool into the rocks.
- Schiessentumpel: A waterfall with three water streams located under a beautiful stone bridge.
- Mellerdal Stairway: A recently built modern stairway over the cliffs.
Getting To The Mullerthal Trail W7
The easiest way to get to the beginning of the Mullerthal Trail W7 will be by driving a car. From Luxembourg City, you will have to drive the E29 direction Echternach until Bech. From there, you just have to follow CR137 road until you reach the parking lot (see map).
- Distance: 30km
- Driving Time: 31 minutes
If you don’t have a car, you can also reach the trailhead by public buses but you will have to take several buses.
Accommodation in Luxembourg
For a long weekend in Luxembourg, the best thing is to sleep in Luxembourg city and move around from there. This will allow you to explore the country without too much driving time and have plenty of places to have dinner in the evening.
Here are some places where you could stay during your trip to Luxembourg:
Hiking The Mullerthal Trail - W7 Trail
Hike Summary
- Trail Start/End: Mullerthal Parking (see map above)
- Distance: 11,27 km
- Elevation Gain: 321 m
- Route Type: Circular Route
- Estimated Time Needed: 5 hours (This includes plenty of time to rest and even wet your feet near the waterfall)
Equipment needed
This trail is not particularly difficult so there’s no specific equipment that is needed. Nevertheless, the following might come in handy:
- Proper hiking shoes
- Backpack with snacks and plenty of water, particularly if you’re doing the hike on a super warm day as we did.
- Swimsuit and a light towel: On a warm summer day, plenty of people were swimming near the waterfall.
Hiking between high rock formations
After parking our car in the parking lot next to the trailhead we began our hike. The trail immediately started to go uphill until we reached a small wood pavilion overlooking the valley. Once we had completed the hike, we would know that this was the most difficult part of the trail.
From there, we started our descent surrounded by lush green trees and huge rocky formations. It felt like we were not in Luxembourg and I started to understand why this region is called Little Switzerland.
Reaching Kalktuffquell
After a few kilometers, the scenery changed from rocky to just trees and a small stream flowing next to us. There were not many people walking around us so it was quite peaceful.
Soon enough we arrived at a clear water rock pool. It was quite warm, so we decided to wet our feet, cool down, and relax on its border. This water pool had a tube that fed water into a canalization over a rock formation creating a thin waterfall similar to a veil that fell into a second pool.
The Schiessentumpel Waterfall
After this point, the rest of the hike was a peaceful quiet walk around trees and rocky formations. Toward the end of the hike, we reached the Mellerdal Stairway, a wooden passerelle and stairway hanging from the rocks.
The last highlight of this hike was the Schiessentumpel waterfall, a three-stream small waterfall with a beautiful rock bridge over it. It was the perfect spot for a dip in the water and cool down from the summer heat. Unfortunately, we had forgotten to bring our swimsuits so we just took off our shoes and wet our feet in the cool water. It was the perfect ending to this hike.
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