Zell is on the Moselle and is a world famous wine town. A visit to a wine grower, and some wine tasting, is a must during your holiday. You can enjoy cycle trips along the Moselle or walks through the mountain vineyards. Along the riverside promenade you can also take boat trips.You will enjoy discovering this hospitable region and the splendid Moselle landscape.
Vineyards extend for miles along both sides of the valley, clinging to steep, stony hillsides. Vines gently scramble from one house-front to another in the town’s ancient streets. Everywhere the visitor is warmly welcomed – & invited to taste the Black Cat wines.
Today, Zell is an ideal spot in which to relax & savour the true character of the Moselle region and its people; a genuine working wine-town unspoilt by mass tourism. Its promenade running beside the calm & level waters of the Moselle create an atmosphere that refreshes body and spirit.
From the medieval city walls are two preserved towers. The square tower "in Zeller Bachtalen and the" round tower "at the cemetery above the town, which are a foreground for panoramic shots of Zell and offers wonderful views. Jacob Street, in the town, is a narrow street with small winemakers houses, There can also be found at the rear of the Castle Schloss the former synagogue of the Jewish community of Zell.
Center of the town is the small square, Baldwin Street, the main street, here is a fountain on the trademark of Zeller wines, the "black cat". It is across from the City Hall under the arches of the old market. Here is also the starting point of the old Roman road, the steep from the Mosel in the Hunsrück and to which Zell owes its origins.
At a more practical level, Zell offers a number of satisfying outdoor pursuits: swimming in modern indoor & open-air pools at the “Erlebnisbad” (a combination of a swimming and sauna centre), cycling, fishing, rowing, miniature golf . You can also take a wagon trip up through the vineyards enjoying the local wine as you watch the scenery go by. . . . . and, of course, wandering to your heart’s content over vine-clad hillsides.