The Saar Loop
"Une vue splendide..." - a wonderful view, wrote the French poet Victor Hugo in 1863 about Germany's most beautiful river bend, the Saar Loop.
"Une vue splendide..." - a wonderful view - is how the French poet Victor Hugo described Germany's most beautiful river bend, the Saar Loop, in 1863.
Here the river carves a near-complete loop through the forested hills near Mettlach. The classic view is from the Cloef viewpoint high above Orscholz, while the treetop walk lets you look down on the bend from a 42-meter tower. Boat trips, hiking trails and Montclair Castle round out the area's most famous natural landmark.
Attractions nearby
Saarbrücken
St. Arnual Dragon's Teeth (Westwall)
A 700-meter line of Westwall anti-tank obstacles on the Petersberg in Saarbrücken-St. Arnual - the final construction phase of 1940, now a listed monument.
Saarbrücken
The Burning Mountain near Dudweiler
Not really a mountain but a rocky ravine - a coal seam has been smoldering inside it for more than 300 years. Goethe visited the Burning Mountain in 1770.
Mettlach
Saareck Palace
The old tower was built in 989 as a tomb; Saareck Palace itself is a 1904 creation and now belongs to the Villeroy & Boch family.