Hallschlag and the Kyll Cycle Route

Hallschlag lies in a basin in the Kyll Valley, within the landscape of the Central Eifel. The Belgian border is about three kilometres to the west; the municipal area borders directly on North Rhine-Westphalia. This places the village both in the Central Eifel and in a border region.

Cycling on the Kyll Cycle Route

Hallschlag is located directly on the Kyll Cycle Route. From there, you can plan cycling tours through the Eifel Railway Cycling Park.

One specific option is a moderate 39.7-kilometre e-bike loop. It reaches Hallschlag via the Kyll Cycle Route and then heads south towards Ormont. The route passes through woodland, the Bragphenn raised bog and the Hohes Venn-Eifel Nature Park. If you plan to ride this loop, check the route conditions before setting off.

Geology and museums in the wider travel destination of the Volcanic Eifel

The Volcanic Eifel offers a distinct geological theme. So far, 77 maars have been identified and 350 eruption centres counted in the Volcanic Eifel, around 270 of them from the more recent phase. The Ulmen Maar marks the most recent volcanic eruption in the Volcanic Eifel, which took place about 10,900 years ago. The region’s geological story therefore ranges from maars to its distant volcanic past. Gemündener Maar has a water surface of about seven hectares and is the smallest of the three famous Eifel Eyes.

The museums each take a different approach to their exhibits and landscape models. The Eifel Volcano Museum in Daun displays three-dimensional models of cinder cones, maars and mineral springs, as well as exhibits on volcanism in the Western Eifel. The Strohn Volcano House is an interactive museum; its geological features include a lava fissure wall about 30,000 years old, around six metres long and four metres high. The Natural History Museum in Gerolstein is considered the largest and oldest geomuseum in the Eifel. Across three floors, it displays stone evidence of the region’s geological history. The ruins of Ulmen Castle rise above the steep shore of Ulmen Maar. The narrow Lieser Valley separates the two Manderscheid castles and also brings nature and culture together in the landscape.

Hiking and mountain biking in the Volcanic Eifel

The wider travel destination of the Volcanic Eifel also offers a range of ways to choose your activity. The Volcanic Eifel trails are marked and signposted; they include half-day hikes, day hikes and multi-day hikes. One individual loop is the 26.2-kilometre Vulcano Trail east of Schalkenmehren. For mountain bikers, the Volcanic Eifel Trail Park has a network of routes about 750 kilometres long, with more than 17,500 metres of elevation gain. There is a regional choice of route types: marked hiking trails, a named loop and an extensive mountain-bike network. Check the conditions for your chosen route before setting off.

Discover more destinations: Gönnersdorf, Birgel, Jünkerath, Kerschenbach, Lissendorf, Esch, Scheid, Stadtkyll.

See the wider travel overview: Obere Kyll.