two nights in

Echternach

Echternach is a small town with about 5,000 inhabitants on the eastern border of Luxembourg, just a hop away from Germany. It's Luxembourg's oldest town, based on an old monastery founded in 698. Wikivoyage

Population 6,031 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Luxembourg

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Luxembourg
Tourist office · 240 m Office de tourisme Echternach

Getting there

Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. International Festival Echternach

    July, September, October

    Features classical music in July and jazz music in September and October

    Official site

  2. E-Lake festival

    August

    The E-Lake festival is a large festival for those that love rock, electro and hip-hop music. Regularly it features general live music on Friday, internationally known DJs on Saturday and an 80s Sunday

    Official site

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Echternach); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

All 25 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

Want picks in Echternach that suit you? Ask your travel assistant, free with an account. Something wrong or missing on this page? Tell me

Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.