Luxemburg

Cityscape

Stroll past Luxembourg City’s gleaming skyscrapers, deep gorge and World Heritage fortifications. Travel to northeastern Luxembourg by train to Vianden’s silver-turreted hilltop castle, Echternach’s Benedictine abbey and Clervaux’s medieval castle. In southeastern Luxembourg, unwind in the thermal waters of Mondorf-les-Bains.

Landscape

In the north, Müllerthal’s bizarre sandstone rock formations and the wild crags of the Ardennes forest are mesmerising. Cycle past medieval ruins and prehistoric caves in the Valley of Seven Castles, pick strawberries in Steinsel and visit wineries along the Moselle river. Travel south by Luxembourg’s CFL train to Land of Red Rocks, so-called for its iron-rich red earth.

Take Home

Snap up cut-price crystalware from Villeroy & Boch’s factory outlet, go potty for Nospelt’s chunky blue-and-white earthenware or stock up on fruity Moselle wine.

Eat & Drink

Foodies love f’rell am rèisleck (trout in white wine sauce), gromperekniddelen (potato dumplings) and fierkelsjhelli (suckling pig), washed down with fragrant Riesling or full-bodied Pinot Gris wines. Try Vianden’s walnut cake, Ardennes ham and drepp, schnapps flavoured with honey, pine or herbs.

New Perspective

Approach Luxemburg City by train on the scenic railway journey from the north on Ligne 10, past historic towns like Mersch and Clervaux.