16 Best Sights in Remich and the Moselle, Luxembourg

The Caves Bernard-Massard is an independent vintner specializing in sparkling wines. Its output is among the largest in Luxembourg, and delicious. Tours, including tastings, are available.

About 2 km (1 mile) up the hill from Bech-Kleinmacher, in the tiny village of Wellenstein, is the visitor center for the Vinsmoselle company, a collection of cooperatives that bring together a huge number of the small wineries in the Moselle area. The cellars have been in continual use for over 100 years and are surrounded by 2,223 acres of vineyards. Tours of the facility and tastings take about one hour; it's a good opportunity to try the local ice and straw wines.

The Caves des Vignerons de Wellenstein is 2 km (1¼ mi) up the hill from Bech-Kleinmacher, in the tiny village of Wellenstein. This is one of the visitor centers for the Domaines de Vinsmoselle company, a cooperative of many of Luxembourg's smaller wine growers. A one-hour stop here will allow you to take in a film about Moselle wines, a tour of the facility, and tastings. The caves—the largest in the country—have been in continual use for over 100 years and are surrounded by 900 hectares of vineyards.

The independent vintner Caves Gloden is based in Schengen. Because of its small production, on site is one of the few places where you can try its fine white wines.

Because of its small production, this is one of the few places where you can try the sweet white wines of this small independent producer. Their tasting room is open on Sunday (3–7) and by appointment during the week.

Caves St-Martin is a small independent vinter producing white wines, sparkling wines, and grape juices. You can tour the facilities and taste some of the products in the lovely pavilion.

In Wormeldange stop at the Cellars of Pol-Fabaire, which specializes in crémant (Luxembourg's answer to champagne). In addition to tastings, this winery also offers walking tours through its gracefully sloping vineyards. The café has light fare.

The Jardin des Papillons (Butterfly Garden) seethes with fluttering wildlife, from butterflies to birds to tropical insects, all enclosed in an attractive greenhouse.

The beginnings of Le Domaine Thermal date back to 1840; now it's a state-of-the-art, full-service health and sports facility and hotel. You’ll find classic spa treatments, including thermal baths, massages, manicures, aromatherapy, and mud baths, as well as a health club. Day passes are available. 

Swathed in the scent of eucalyptus, Mondorf Le Domaine Thermal/Mondorf Le Club is a state-of-the-art, full-service health and sport facility. You'll find classic spa treatments, including thermal baths, massages, manicures, aromatherapy, and mud baths, as well as health-club features such as a climbing wall and yoga and aerobics classes. Day passes and longer packages are available. Call ahead for special offers.

Ehnen is home to a Musée du Vin (Wine Museum), set in a typical group of Luxembourgish farm buildings, with pink stucco and cobbled courts. Its rooms are full of tools, equipment, and photographs of the wine-making industry, and a demonstration vineyard is planted with samples of each of the local varietals. There are few labels in English.

Ehnen, with its narrow old streets, carved wooded doors, and unusual circular church, makes a peaceful escape. It's also home to the Musée du Vin, set in a typical group of Luxembourgish farm buildings, with pink stucco and cobbled courts. Its rooms are full of tools, equipment, and photographs of the wine-making industry, with a demonstration vineyard planted with samples of each of the local varietals. The museum has also been recently renovated and is scheduled to reopen in 2022.

In the small village of Bech-Kleinmacher you'll find the Musée Folklorique et Viticole ‘A Possen', a 17th-century stone wine maker's house, with a more modern and slightly incongruous side wing. Its extraordinarily atmospheric displays include a "black kitchen," with a ham-smoking chimney, and a cozy bedroom with a four-poster bed and homespun linens; there are museum displays on the wine industry, and a toy collection as well. There's also a Waistuff (wine stube) next door, where you can taste the local wine and sample dark bread smeared with pungent kachkeis, Luxembourg's favorite cheese spread.

Navitours runs four-hour boat tours both during the day and in the evening.

Specifically designed for families, the Parc Brill has a public swimming pool, tennis courts, climbing sculptures, miniature golf, and even a fenced in area where young children can safely run wild.

A predecessor of the Princesse Marie-Astrid hosted the signing of the Schengen agreement. Owned by Vinsmoselle, the current boat, the fifth to bear the name and which entered service in 2010, offers entertainment, dancing, and wine on all its trips.