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    Alken

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    Burg Thurant, Knight's Castle, Mosel valley, Eifel, Germany. Photo taken on: May 03rd, 2008
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    One of the Mosel's oldest towns (the Celts were here by 450 BC), today Alken is best known for its 12th-century castle, Burg Thurant. With a pretty waterside setting backdropped by rolling vineyards and the castle above, Alken's among the lovelier wine village stops along the Untermosel (Lower Mosel) between Koblenz and Pünderich.

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    Turmgasthaus Burg Thurant

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    Moselstr. 15, Alken, 56332, Germany

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    56294, Germany

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    Burg Thurant, Alken, 56332, Germany

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