Vodatent at Camping Belle Vue 2000

Many guests come to this park for meanders on the long-distance Mullerthal Trail; the second route is a couple of minutes’ walk from the site if you’re up for strolling a stretch of the path, perhaps pottering all the way to Echternach (six kilometres). Once you’re in this city, the oldest in Luxembourg and the cultural centre of the Mullerthal region, spend a little time investigating the medieval architecture in the winding streets, and wandering among the old towers, walls and mansions. Another historical site to head towards while on your hol is Trier (35 minutes’ drive). This settlement built by the Romans is just over the border in Germany and has a fantastically preserved gate, baths, amphitheatre and stone bridge from the BC era. Learn all about the structures you see at the city’s museum, then fast-forward a fair few thousand years with a visit to the house of Communist figure Karl Marx. Vianden (half an hour), meanwhile, back in Luxembourg’s Ardennes area, is best known for its feudal castle towering high above the city, although it’s also worth visiting for a couple of other reasons too – namely to gaze at the Gothic Trinitarian Church’s 13th-century cloister and to fly through the sky over the Our valley on a chairlift…