Camping Bockenauer Schweiz

As well as the riverside routes along the banks of the Rhine and Moselle, there are numerous other trails nearby awaiting your boots or bike. Wine-themed wanderings are also at hand: a splendid bike route of a couple of hours or so takes in several local wineries, and there are heaps more to visit within a 20-minute drive. If you’ve overdone it on the activity front (or the wine front, for that matter), soothe your aching muscles (or head) with a bit of wallowing in the thermal waters of Bad Kreuznach, 20 minutes away. Once restored to your former glory, take a wander around the town to see the medieval buildings, pop in to the Roman villa and visit the fab puppet museum. For a little more history on your travels, drop in to the Rheinland-Pfalzisches open-air museum, 20 minutes’ drive from the site, where well-preserved houses show life as it would have been in various eras of German history – toys, shops and agricultural tools are among the exhibits. Just a few minutes away from here are the atmospheric ruins of Disibodenberg, an abandoned monastery that’s well worth a detour.