Hiking Eifelsteig in Germany

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Hiking in Germany Hiking Eifelsteig

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In 2008, sections of several older German hiking trails through the rural and underdeveloped Eifel region (southwest of Cologne, near the German-Belgian border) were patched together to form the continuous Eifelsteig: 300 km, divided into 15 stages, from Aachen to Trier.

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The Eifel is different from other easy hiking areas in other, more subtle ways. Many German regions, particularly in the Black Forest and Bavaria, come across as relentlessly industrious and

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