Alf suits couples and small groups who want a quiet Mosel wine village with a castle above it and a bridge to the railway at Bullay. Homes are small, usually for two, nearly all with a garden, and many have air conditioning. Alf is a village of around 800 people.
Alf is a village of about 820 people on the left bank of the Mosel, where the Alf stream joins the river. Woodland covers over half its small area, with vineyards on the slopes. The homes sit together in the village. Burg Arras, rebuilt between 1907 and 1910, has views over the Alf valley, the Mosel and the Hunsrück, and the Bergkapelle sits in the vineyards above the village. Across the river, Bullay has a station on the Koblenz to Trier line, reached by the double-deck bridge. Alf is a junction of the B49 and B53 roads.
Across the Mosel from Alf, with a railway station on the Koblenz to Trier line, reached by the double-deck bridge.
The wine town in the same municipal association as Alf, home to the Zeller Schwarze Katz wine.
A convent ruin near Alf that belongs to Zell; the lookout tower on the Prinzenkopf takes in the Marienburg and Zell's villages.
Bullay, across the river by the double-deck bridge, has the railway station on the Koblenz to Trier line. For drivers, neighbouring Zell is about an hour from both Koblenz and Trier, and Frankfurt-Hahn Airport is roughly half an hour's drive from Zell.
No, but Bullay, across the Mosel, has one on the Koblenz to Trier line. The double-deck bridge connects Alf and Bullay.
A castle at Alf, rebuilt between 1907 and 1910. It has views over the Alf valley, the Mosel, the Kondelwald and the Hunsrück.
Yes, though a small one, with about 0.67 km² of vineyards. Neighbouring Zell is the second-largest winegrowing centre in the Mosel region after Piesport, and holds its wine festival on the last weekend in June.
Roughly half an hour's drive from Zell, the neighbouring wine town, which is the figure to plan around. From Zell, Koblenz and Trier are each about an hour by road.
Written by the TrustedVillas team. Last reviewed October 2026.
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