Visit to Luxembourg

On a weekend sometime in October, our group decided to go on a long drive to Luxembourg. The place was decided just about a week earlier. Luxembourg is not a very popular destination in Europe, but when we read abt it on the internet, we thought it was okay to see some places considering the fact that we had just 2 days. The hotel booking was done 4-5 days before through http://www.hrs.com/. We got a good deal for 4 people at Mercure Hotel. The hotel was bang opposite to the Centraal Station and right at the centre of the city. We had some problem in reaching the hotel, because of one-ways and also some repair work going on. After looking at the hotel, we were all quite amused. The car was parked at a parking lot nearby.

The first thing I usually do after reaching a new place is to get as many brochures possible from the hotel and try to make my own itinerary. We didnt have to bother too much in making an itinerary, as there was an information centre closeby and we decided to explore the city on foot. As I started walking along the main street, I was able to admire the real beauty of the city.

Luxembourg is a fort city. The entire city had been protected with the help of a big fort and today there are people living below inside the fort and also outside the fort at a level far higher. Take a look at the picture. There are two such bridges and one can see the beautiful city below the bridges.




I went to a museum based on the national history of luxembourg - to know more on the history and background of the country, then walked below to have a look at the city that has been protected. We also went inside the tunnel like fort. The tunnels were built in such a manner that nobody can imagine that there could be so many roads just by looking at it from far away. It was tiring!! Take a look at the fort and the multilevel tunnels from below.

The rest of the day passed by roaming in the city by foot, a delicious meal at a French restaurant and planning for the next day. Next day we drove to a place called Remich - a valley where the world famous Pino Noir wine is prepared. Thanks to our tom-tom, that took us to all places we wanted to without any hitch. In Remich we all visited a vineyard, also visited St. Martin's wine cellar, tasted some delicious wine. Some of my friends bought pinot noir and after a quick lunch, we started our journey back to Hilversum. Wine was quite cheap there. Some of the best tasting wines cost about 8 euros per bottle. The normal ones cost just about 1.2 euros/bottle of 750ml.

Luxembourg - I would say its truly a hidden treasure in Europe.