
The Eifel offers many small and large natural phenomena. In the high moors, the grasses sway gently in the wind; in the Perlenbach Valley near Monschau, small wild daffodils form beautiful yellow carpets of color in the spring; the Eifel National Park is developing into the primeval forest of tomorrow; and near Blankenheim, juniper heathland shapes the landscape. Where there was a tropical sea more than 400 million years ago, the Eifelsteig now leads over drained dolomite rocks. They are the landmark of the mineral water town of Gerolstein. The