The Wolfsschlucht
A cleft that takes one person at a time.
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The stretch between Echternach and Mullerthal by way of the Schiessentümpel is the best known and the most varied: about three hours one way, passing rock clefts and caves and ending at the waterfall. The practical arrangement is to take the free bus out to Mullerthal and walk back to Echternach — so you finish in a town with cafes and transport rather than at an isolated point in the forest.
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The Mullerthal Trail is a network of walking routes some hundred and twelve kilometres long in three loops running from Echternach through the Little Switzerland region of eastern Luxembourg, and it is the best thing the country offers anyone who likes to walk. The scenery is unexpected in a country of plains: the sandstone has eroded over millions of years into narrow clefts you walk through with the walls above your head, giant moss-covered blocks, caves and cut stairways, and passages that take one person at a time. The forest is dense, the air damp and the light green. The route is divided into stages, any of which can be walked on its own: three-hour sections suit a family, while full stages run six to seven. Its best-known features are the Schiessentümpel waterfall, the Wolfsschlucht gorge and the Perekop rock stairway. The trail is well waymarked and free, and public transport to its starting points is free too.
A cleft that takes one person at a time.
Giant moss-covered rocks in damp forest.
Mullerthal, eastern Luxembourg