Circular route around Sierck les Bains

Date of your route : May 12, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A few difficulties at the start in Manderen, during the climb out of the village.

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Date of your route : Jul 24, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A large part is not maintained and there is no path.

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Date of your route : Sep 25, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

I followed the route by importing the file and walking it. This route too often takes you along either tarmac roads or major agricultural/forest tracks, whereas it very often runs alongside the Mosel'trail, which is more of a small footpath. However, there are some magnificent views, such as the passage by Malbrouck Castle. It's a shame that this route doesn't explore the small paths near the route more, which can be seen on the IGN map.

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Date of your route : May 26, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Nice walk. Apart from the length, there are no difficulties along the route. However, the signposting leaves something to be desired; we hesitated several times and had to rely on the GPS track.

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Date of your route : Apr 15, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing

I followed the route by importing the file and on foot. This route uses paved roads or major agricultural/forest roads too often (almost exclusively) for my liking. The route is more suitable for hybrid bikes (as opposed to mountain bikes). The passage through Malbrouck Castle is interesting. It's a shame that this route doesn't explore more of the small paths near the route, which can be seen on the IGN map.

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Date of your route : Feb 23, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

At the start of the hike, it was difficult to find the place to cross the railway station to reach the village.

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Date of your route : Sep 25, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Missing markings
Too bad

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Date of your route : Sep 11, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

Once we reached the D64, we couldn't find the path that was supposed to be 300 metres further on, and even the residents of Manderen were unable to help us. We had to end our hike at the side of the D64, where there was a lot of traffic. Instead of walking 24 kilometres, we only managed 18.

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Date of your route : May 15, 2017
Reliability of the description : Not used / Not applicable
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing

I imported the GPX file onto my watch, so I didn't follow the instructions given.
I found that there was a lot of tarmac and not many forest paths, which was a bit disappointing in the end.
I liked the arrival at Malbrouck Castle.

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Date of your route : Jul 24, 2016
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

We did the hike yesterday. It was really nice to walk past the castles, but there's a lot of traffic on the road and therefore on tarmac. So we decided to cut the last circular loop short and take the GR and the quartzite trail to give our feet a break :-)
We covered the 20 km in about 4 hours and 45 minutes. There's a nice climb in Apach to get your legs going, but the rest is fairly easy.

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Very good hike, I've just come back from it, my legs are a bit sore ^^.
However, with my GPS in my pocket to check my stats and after verifying that I took exactly the right route, it was 27 km and not 23, but go for it, it's really nice.

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