How long on the Rhine?
 

How long would a boat trip take from Rudesheim to Boppard?

Here is a website that lists a schedule for the area.

http://www.k-d.com/englisch/

At least you are making this trip in the right direction. It is a long trip, much longer (4:15) up the river (Boppard to Rüdesheim) than it is down the river (2:35).

But what is the attraction to Boppard? I spent five days there a few years ago. Although it is a pretty town, with the riverside park area, it lacks the big tourist attractions like Deutches Eck, Marksburg, or Rheinfels. For me it was a good base, about half way between things I wanted to see.

If you are doing this as a round trip, i.e., going back to Rüdesheim by train, note that Boppard is on the opposite bank of the river, so you will have to get back across it somewhere.

O.K., now I am really confused. My idea is to travel from Munich to Amsterdam, via the Rhine area. On the way we want to take a river cruise and do the chair lift in Boppard. So we will be going in a northern direction which is also the way the Rhine flows, correct?(or am I totally nuts?)
What is considered a descent tour , time wise?

Yes, from Munich to Amsterdam you will be traveling to the NW, which is generally the direction of the Rhein from Mainz to Köln.

You didn't say how you are traveling.

If by car, you need to make sure you get off the boat on the same side of the river as you get on. Then you can just take the train back to your car. The trains run on both sides of the river.

Or, you can make a round trip on the boat; that usually doesn't cost much more than one way. Either way, however, a round trip will be time consuming.

On the other hand, if you are going by train and you take your luggage with you on the boat, it will be much easier. Get off on the side of the river you want to be on for the rest of the trip.

I did the section between St. Goar and Bacharach. That is supposed to be the most interesting with it's river view of the Loreley and the Pfalzgrafenstein, the mid-river toll castle. I would recommend that you do it from Bacharach to St. Goar, then get back on the train at St. Goar and go to Boppard. It is probably better to arrive in Boppard by train, because there are lockers right there at the station and it is a shorter walk to the chair lift.

Thanks. We will be traveling by train. That is very helpful information!

Also, if we get off the train in Bacharach, are there places to store luggage so we can walk around abit? How about at St. Gore?

I don't remember lockers at the station in Bacharach. I don't know about St. Goar.

There was a recent thread about luggage lockers in German rail stations -

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34939843

If you scroll half-way down the thread you will see a post from <b>sanschag</b> with a link to a web site that gives you the info you are looking for. It looks like there are luggage lockers at Boppard, but not in St. Goar. Peace, Robyn :)&gt;-

Sorry, it doesn't look like there are lockers in Bacharach either. Peace, Robyn :)&gt;-