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Cycling The Rhine Bicycle Path

The Riviera of Germany

The Rhine Bike Path - Heidelberg - Koblenz

The Mountain Road - The Rhine region - and the romantic Mid-Rhine

The "Riviera" of Germany

Cycle along the romantic Rhine, scene of some of the best vineyards in the world. Stop and talk to the vintners, sample the wines and enjoy the ambience of the old villages with timbered houses and market squares. Impressive fortresses and castles beckon and the call of the many local pubs is always in the air offering a different brew almost every few miles along the way.  Experience the ambience of the best known wine town in the world and explore the monastery that was the scene for the film 'The Name of the Rose".

Tour Profile:

The route follows the bike path along the river over rolling countryside with a few short climbs along the way. Total distance: approx. 213 km/125mi

Highlights:

• Heidelberg

• Cycling the famous "Mountain Road"

• Cycling along the Rhine

• Eberbach Monastery founded in 1116

• The Drosselgasse area of Rudesheim, the most famous wine town in the world

• Marksburg castle

• Koblenz                                   Return to Top

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The Itinerary:

Day 1 -  Heidelberg

Individual arrival in Heidelberg. Visit the world-famous castle high above the Neckar, go by the mountain railway up to the Konigstuhl Mountain or walk through the narrow alleys in the old part of the town. Finish your day in one of the traditional student pubs of the old university town.

Day 2 - Heidelberg - Zwingenberg/Bensheim, approx. 43/50 km/27-31 mi.

You leave Heidelberg and follow the famous "Mountain Road", the smallest viticulture area of the republic. Enjoy the mild climate of the so-called Riviera of Germany, where almonds, figs, peaches and Kiwis are cultivated. One of the highlights of today is the market square of Heppenheim, with its timber-framed houses. Via Bensheim you reach the 700-years old town Zwingenberg. During an excursion through the small alleys below the mountain church you will find numerous pubs, where you can try the good wine. Overnight stay in Zwingenberg or Bensheim.

Day 3 -  Zwingenberg/Bensheim - Bodenheim/Mainz, approx. 45/62 km/28-38 mi

You leave the "Mountain Road", ride through the flat land along the Rhine and ferry across the Rhine at Gernsheim. Through meadows and vegetable fields you reach the first foothills of the Palatine vineyards. You follow them through the numerous wine villages. Visit in Oppenheim the German Wine Making Museum. In Nierstein you have the opportunity to go on a boat tour on the Rhine. Overnight in an old estate some kilometers before Mainz in Bodenheim in an old winery or directly in Mainz.