Starting point
Echternach: Basilica or Berdorf: Parking Huel Lee
Destination
Echternach: Basilica or Berdorf: Parking Huel Lee
Distance
13,49 km
Duration
4:00 h
Difficulty
medium
  • Condition
Highest point
326 Hm
Lowest point
161 Hm
Aggregated Ascent
273 Hm
Aggregated Descent
273 Hm
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Description

Refreshment stops available

This tour combines the oldest city of Luxembourg with two of the region's most impressive geological highlights: the Wollefsschlucht near Echternach and the Huel Lee in Berdorf.

 The tour runs on a scenic route through forests and between rocks in the area between Echternach and Berdorf. Special features of the tour include the Wollefsschlucht, the Huel Lee, the Amphitheater and the valley of the Aesbach.

The Wolfsschlucht is a steep crevice through which you are hiking. 

From the Middle Ages to the 19th century, millstones were taken out for the mills in the region in Hul Lee and Breechkaul (now the Amphitheater). The traces can still be seen today as striking patterns in the rock.

The tour is quite demanding (ascent from Echternach to the Berdorfer Plateau) and takes about 4 hours. Sturdy shoes are strongly recommended. Only some sections can also be hiked (e.g. only Echternach - Berdorf or vice versa). There are regular bus connections between Berdorf and Echternach. 

 

 

 

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Local hiking trail - E1

  • © Anabela & Jorge Valente
    St. Willibrord Basilica Echternach
    St. Willibrord Basilica Echternach
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  • © Pancake! Photographie
    Rock formation "Wollefsschlucht"
    Imposing rock gorge with rock walls rising up to 50 m in height.
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  • Rock formation "Perekop"
    You can climb up the crevice in this impressive rock giant along the main road from Echternach to Berdorf and enjoy the view from the top
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  • Rock formation "Huel Lee/Hohllay"
    Fascinating cave created by the extraction of millstones.
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  • Amphitheater Breechkaul
    Amphitheater where rocks had been hollowed out to gain millstones
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  • Parking - Huel Lee Berdorf
    Parking - Huel Lee Berdorf
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  • © Pierre Haas
    Echternach Tourist Office
    Combine your visit to the Tourist Information with a visit to the Basilica, the outside oft he ancient abbey or the Abbey Museum.
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