Rheinfels sits above the little town of St. Goer. Rheinfels was absolutely huge in its day and is the best ruined castle around. There were groups of children all over the place - looked like school field trips. There were men dressed in medieval outfits working with the kids on shooting crossbows and sword fighting and they were having a blast.
We took the 'nature' walk to the castle ruins. We didn't actually climb that tower on the left - the path went to the right after climbing this first flight of stairs. We walked along the old wall fortification for awhile.
There is a nice hotel just outside the ruins and this is the entrance to the courtyard area there.
This is part of a network of tunnels around the castle. They would blow them up when invaders were close and take a lot of them out that way.
A flight of stairs that we did NOT walk down - too scary!
A group of girls from France were taking turns in the stocks and let us take a picture.
The road into St. Goer passes along the outer walls of Rheinfels.
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