"The youth hostel is a modern youth centre surrounded by amagnificent park with small bungalows. Larochette (population 1600), close to the scenic region of the Mullerthal, is a popular tourist centre. The small town lies in a narrow, rocky valley, entirely surrounded by woods. Larochette is dominated by two old, partially rebuilt, castles which stand on a rocky crag high above the romantic valley of the White Ernz."