Hiking trail Lieserpfad

Dense forests, volcanic lakes and rushing creeks: the 'Lieserpfad' from Daun to Wittlich is one of the most beautiful hiking trails in the Eifel. It's suitable for both not-trained and advanced hikers.

The Lieserpfad is a part of the "Erft-Lieser-Mosel-Weg", a long distance hike which leads from Euskirchen at the Erft to Lieser at the Moselle river. The Lieserpfad is considered the most beautiful part of this trail. Alltogether it's 44 km long which means that one usually divides it into two day trips. But naturally it's possible to pick just one of the two sections. 

The Lieserpfad is marked well with the Erft-Lieser-Mosel-Weg signs which is a black triangle on white ground. Just follow these signs and you'll never lose your way! The trail follows in the main the small creek named Lieser (which will flow to the river Moselle later on), and the Lieser valley is completely free of cars and trains, hence pure and unadulturated nature is what you will discover.

The trail diversifies strongly and often, sometimes there is a narrow pathway at the slope, followed by wider paths through the forest or a fording through respectively a bridge over the creek. 

Usually the two daytrips are:

• day 1 from Daun to Manderscheid - here one finds a couple of hotels or boarding houses to rest for the night

• day 2 from Manderscheid to Wittlich

The first stage is the way easier one. One could say it's a "warmup" for the 2nd day. But the 2nd part (which is way more challenging, but not "alpine") ist the more beautiful one. Astonishing views and perfect pathways reward the hiker for his or her effort, for instance the view to "Oberburg" and "Niederburg" ("upper castle" and "lower castle") near Manderscheid.

Especially during the 2nd part there are only a few opportunities to stop for a bite to eat, hence the hiker should carry some food and enough water. But this should be a matter of course for any hiking tour.

By the way: any hiking tour can naturally be discovered from the "end" to the "initial point". In this case the finish is the beginning and vice versa. Just as well it's possible of course to hike just a part of the track.