With some terrific day trip options available in the surrounding area, renting a car makes sense. Without one, it wouldn’t be half as easy to soak up everything that Bernkastel-Kues, 16 miles away, has to offer. Landshut Castle, Buddha Museum and Traben-Trarbach Icon Center alone justify the drive. Locals will also likely point you in the direction of Bacharach, 16 miles away. If you can only see one attraction here, make sure it’s Stahleck Castle. (But we’re also huge fans of Reichenstein Castle and Pfalzgrafenstein Castle.)