The Salm cycle trail is an attractive connection through the region of Wittlich-Land between the "Maare-Mosel" Cycle trail and the "Mosel" cycle trail. It leads you through the Wittlich valley which originated during Permian times approximately 240 million years ago. The valley had been filled by a 900 m thick reddish sediment course. As former side valley of the Moselle it offers and agradable and biker-friendly 4-7 km wide and approx. 35-40 km long plain. The cycle trail develops to be the routhe of rural culture with the castle in Dreis, churches, mills, farmhouses in the style of the Trier Einhaus worth visiting and regional specialities which make your cycle tour up to the Mosel become a folkloristic event trip.