The legacy of the last abbot of Echternach is now a special attraction in the region. The late baroque castle with its beautiful gardens and outbuildings as well as the adjoining grounds of the former ironworks tell a story all of their own.
A natural monument of extraordinary fascination: a narrow gorge with metre-high rock faces, cool and dark. Cracks and crevices, weathered and overgrown with mosses and lichens. Anyone walking through this eye of a needle in the sandstone is walking through a 200-million-year-old seabed that harbours many secrets.
In countless twists and turns, the Our winds through the slate slopes of Islek. From the observation point at Waldhof Falkenstein, there is a fantastic view of the notable bend of the Our Valley with the Falkenstein Castle.