Schaukel in Wolfersheim

© Saarpfalz-Touristik, Manuela Meyer

Bliessteig

Over nine outstanding stages, you’ll discover the diverse landscape of the Bliesgau Biosphere Reserve. Through gently rolling hills, past orchard meadows, to red sandstone cliffs and forested trails—with the waters of the Blies always in view. Hike the Bliessteig, which was named the most beautiful hiking trail of 2025 in the multi-day tour category by a renowned hiking magazine. The Bliessteig is certified by the German Hiking Association as a “Wanderbares Deutschland” quality trail and is part of the “Wanderbares Deutschland Bliesgau” quality region. In 2025, it was honored by the European Ramblers’ Association as a “Leading Quality Trails – Best of Europe” and was also voted Germany’s most beautiful hiking trail of 2025 in the multi-day tours category by readers of the renowned hiking magazine.

Hikers on the Bliessteig in Sarreguemines

Hiking trail

Bliessteig – Stage 1 (Sarreguemines – Gräfinthal)

Medium
  • 9.4 km
  • 02:20 h
  • 42 m
  • Leading Quality Trail – Best of Europe
  • Langer Qualitätsweg
Bliessteig through orchards

Hiking trail

Bliessteig - Stage 2 (Gräfinthal - Bebelsheim)

Hard
  • 12.9 km
  • 03:30 h
  • 379 m
  • Langer Qualitätsweg
  • Leading Quality Trail – Best of Europe
Hiker on a meadow in the Bliesgau Biosphere

Hiking trail

Bliessteig - Stage 3 (Bebelsheim - Blieskastel)

Hard
  • 15 km
  • 03:55 h
  • 224 m
  • Langer Qualitätsweg
  • Leading Quality Trail – Best of Europe
Franciscan Monastery aerial view

Hiking trail

Bliessteig - Stage 4 (Blieskastel - Kirkel)

Medium
  • 10 km
  • 03:00 h
  • 278 m
  • Langer Qualitätsweg
  • Leading Quality Trail – Best of Europe
Unglücksfelsen conventional

Hiking trail

Bliessteig - Stage 5 (Kirkel - Schwarzenacker)

Hard
  • 12.1 km
  • 03:35 h
  • 235 m
  • Leading Quality Trail – Best of Europe
  • Langer Qualitätsweg
Along the Lambsbach

Hiking trail

Bliessteig - Stage 6 (Schwarzenacker - Homburg)

Hard
  • 12.3 km
  • 03:35 h
  • 338 m
  • Langer Qualitätsweg
  • Leading Quality Trail – Best of Europe
Vauban fortress, Homburg, 2020, Eike Dubois

Hiking trail

Bliessteig - Stage 7 (Homburg - Jägersburg)

Hard
  • 14.9 km
  • 04:00 h
  • 222 m
  • Langer Qualitätsweg
  • Leading Quality Trail – Best of Europe
Möhlwoog Homburg

Hiking trail

Bliessteig - Stage 8 (Jägersburg - Höchen)

Medium
  • 8 km
  • 02:10 h
  • 206 m
  • Langer Qualitätsweg
  • Leading Quality Trail – Best of Europe
View from the Höchbergturm in Bexbach

Hiking trail

Bliessteig - Stage 9 (Höchen - Bexbach)

Medium
  • 11.1 km
  • 02:55 h
  • 142 m
  • Leading Quality Trail – Best of Europe
  • Langer Qualitätsweg