Anyone wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Schalkenbach can then continue their accommodation search. Signposted hiking trails lead to the Maisbusch forest chapel and the charcoal kiln. The Charcoal Burner and Tanning Bark Trail begins at the Maisbüsch Chapel in Unter-Vinxt, crosses the Schalkenbach and continues to Waldgut Schirmau and the Weiselstein observation tower; near the fire station above Mittel-Vinxt, it includes a charcoal kiln and a bloomery.
Restored village chapels and the renaturalised Schalkenbach contribute to the local townscape. The Vinxtbach is a historic boundary between Upper and Lower Germania.
As a themed trail in Schalkenbach, the Charcoal Burner and Tanning Bark Trail focuses on juniper heaths and historic woodland use. Information boards along the trail explain the development of the juniper heaths and the historic production of tanning bark. The trail reaches the Weiselstein juniper heath nature reserve and its wooden observation tower.
On the Vinxtbach Valley Trail, fields, meadows, forests and woodland edges alternate with wide-ranging views.
The Eifelleiter Premium Circular Tour Vinxtbach Valley is 15.8 kilometres long; Schalkenbach is listed as a starting point. The tour passes Waldgut Schirmau in a heathland landscape with the Weiselstein observation tower.
In the Ramersbach woodland, the Charcoal Burner and Tanning Bark Trail passes circular depressions identified as traces of Celtic mining.
Schalkenbach has a bus connection to the public transport network. From Schalkenbach, the Niederzissen exit on the A61 motorway is approximately ten minutes away.
Other local pages in the directory: Kempenich, Burgbrohl, Wassenach, Wehr, Schelborn, Maria Laach, Niederdürenbach, Dedenbach.
To the higher-level travel overview: Brohltal.
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