Eltville

Burg Rheinstein

The castle as seen from the hiking trail that runs parallel to the Rhine.

Loreley

Rheinsteig

There is a beautiful hiking trail along the Rhine, called Rheinsteig, that runs 320 km from Wiesbaden to Bonn (or the other way round). I only hiked the first 80 km, walking through vineyards and villages, and getting no sketching done except these two- Schloß Vollrads in Johannisberg and a glimpse of half timbered houses in Rüdesheim.

am strand

there is a small beach by the rhine, with fine, yellow sand, nestled between trees. A strong current makes the swimming slightly dangerous. And if there´s no speedboat roaming about and no noisy teenagers listening to house music, then it´s really quite pleasant.