St. Goar, Germany Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

A ferry will take you across to the west bank of the Rhine and ST GOAR , which is slightly prettier and more touristy than its counterpart, St Goarhausen. Looming above town is the enormous Burg Rheinfels (April–Sept daily 9am–6pm; Oct daily 9am–5pm; DM6/€3) which, until the French blew it up in 1797, was one of the most powerful fortresses on the Rhine. It was founded in 1245 by Count Dieter von Katzenelnbogen, who wanted to look after his Rhine toll-collecting racket, and just ten years later withstood a 9000-man siege by soldiers of the Alliance of Rhenish Towns. During the sixteenth and … more »