DJH Hostel

Trier


Right on the Moselle, 1km northeast of the tourist office, this 228-bed hostel has spick-and-span rooms with bathrooms and a maximum of just four beds. There's a sprawling summer beer garden; rates include breakfast. Check ahead as it's often booked out by groups.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Trier attractions

1. Porta Nigra

0.58 MILES

Trier's most famous landmark, this brooding 2nd-century Roman city gate – blackened by time, hence the name, which is Latin for ‘black gate’ – is a marvel…

2. Stadtmuseum Simeonstift

0.58 MILES

Adjoining the Porta Nigra, in the 11th-century priests' residence Simeon's College (retaining an original 1060-laid oak beam floor in the double-storey…

3. Hauptmarkt

0.74 MILES

Anchored by a 1595 fountain dedicated to St Peter and the Four Virtues, Trier’s central market square is surrounded by medieval and Renaissance…

4. Spielzeugmuseum

0.74 MILES

Upstairs in the historic Steipe building on the Hauptmarkt, the Spielzeugmuseum is chock-full of miniature trains, dolls, wooden soldiers and other…

5. Rotes Haus

0.75 MILES

On the Hauptmarkt, the Rotes Haus was the house of the bakers' guild master and secretary of the cathedral chapter, Johann Wilhelm Polch.

6. St-Gangolf-Kirche

0.77 MILES

Topped by a 62m-high tower, the Gothic St-Gangolf-Kirche was built in the early 15th century on the site of a 14th-century tower. It's reached via a…

7. Museum am Dom Trier

0.79 MILES

Trier's cathedral was built on the site of the palace of Helena (the mother of Emperor Constantine). The prized exhibit here is a 4th-century Roman…

8. Domschatz

0.8 MILES

To peer into Christian history, from late Antiquity through to Romanesque, Gothic, baroque and the 19th and 20th centuries, head to the Domschatz. Along…