Hiking Trails Biking Trails Micro Adventures GERMANY’S WEST
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OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN SOUTHWEST GERMANY FRA Tauber- bischofs heim Laudenbach TAUBER GERMANY 1 NORTHERN Mannheim BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG GERMANY SOUTHWEST OF SIDE NATURAL THE DISCOVER 4 JAGST EXPERIENCES SouthWest Germany F Heidelberg A OUTDOOR CH KOCHER Bad Wimpfen 9 National Parks & Nature Reserves Heilbronn RHINE 2 Schwäbisch Hall 1 Neckartal-Odenwald Nature Park 5 2 Stromberg-Heuchelberg Nature Park Gaildorf 3 Central and Northern Black Forest Nature Park Karlsruhe Hessigheimer 4 Black Forest National Park Felsengärten 3 www.tourism-bw.com 5 Southern Black Forest Nature Park Pforzheim Ludwigsburg 6 Upper Danube Nature Park STUTTGART 7 Swabian Alb Biosphere Reserve FKB REGION Kletterfelsen 8 Schönbuch Nature Park Battert Stuttgart 9 Swabian-Franconian Forest Baden-Baden STR Nature Park Bikepark Bad Wildbad 3 NECKAR O 1 4 8 7 SXB Tübingen Donauwörth Reutlingen Offenburg Bad Urach SWABIAN MOUNTAINS Linke Wittlinger Ulm Hirschgrund Tourismus Marketing GmbH Zipline Area Baden-Württemberg Hohenzollern Esslinger Straße 8 70182 Stuttgart Castle BLACK DANUBE T + 49 (0) 7 11 / 23 85 80 Rust F + 49 (0) 7 11 / 2 38 58 99 FOREST @ [email protected] 6 Teufelsfels www.instagram.com/visitbawu #visitbawu Bikepark Albstadt Find more info: www.tourism-bw.com batteries. recharge air; clean breathe trails; endless bike or Hike Dream of lush meadows, green valleys, vineyards and orchards. orchards. and vineyards valleys, green meadows, lush of Dream Upper Danube Valley mountains. forested low and lakes countryside, unspoiled Think 6 boxes. the all ticks Germany SouthWest holidays, away-from-it-all For Freiburg Tuttlingen Donaueschingen LAKE CONSTANCE REGION Gfäll FMM 5 Bikepark Überlingen Todtnau 2 FDH Konstanz LAKE CONSTANCEFriedrichshafen 7 Grenzach / Whylen ZRH BSL GREAT OUTDOORS GREAT Hiking Trails Biking Trails Micro Adventures GERMANY’S WEST 1 2 5 6 The Albsteig Trail Lake Constance Hike Stromberg-Murrtal Danube Cycle Path Rock climbing Bike parks Bike Path SOUTH- DISCOVER 3 4 7 The Westweg Trail The Neckarsteig Trail The Baden Wine Cycle Path SouthWest Germany: Hiking and biking Paradise on two wheels trails are clearly signposted with Ever since Karl Drais invented the castles, palaces and ancient uni- directions and bicycle in Karlsruhe 200 years versity towns, such as Heidelberg distances ago, locals have loved to bike. To- and Tübingen. day, the endless marked trails Bike-friendly Stuttgart, the make cycling holidays a pleasure. capital of SouthWest Germany, is Use a bike to sightsee, work up fun to explore on two wheels. an appetite and get away from it The Black Forest has a network all in the clean, green environ- of cycle trails through dense SouthWest Germany: holidays farm for Hohenlohe ment. Pedal on conventional tour- woodland and meadows, passing lore. love the rural simplicity of the the of simplicity rural the love - The Cradle of Recreational Hiking ga sports water has Constance ing bikes; explore higher and farms and charming villages. flat hiking and cycling. Locals Locals cycling. and hiking flat al Park, while beautiful Lake Lake beautiful while Park, al further on e-bikes / pedelecs; take In the south, the paths round The idea of recreational hiking valleys in the Hohenlohe. At Lake the Palatinate (Kurpfalz) provides provides (Kurpfalz) Palatinate the - on some of Europe’s best off- Lake Constance are flat and was born in the Black Forest in Constance, views of sparkling Nation the of wilderness the offers plain, river Neckar and Rhine road trails through woods and easy, with ever-changing views 1900 with the Westweg, the water contrast with snow-tipped Forest Black the farms, and lages the On countryside. picture-perfect - gorges. The rolling hills of the of vineyards, orchards and world’s first hiking trail. Now mountains. The ‘Grand Canyon’ vil photogenic as well As spa. al Taubertal Valley is known for for known is Valley Taubertal Swabian Alb combine wide-open mountains, castles, medieval SouthWest Germany boasts a of the Black Forest is the Wutach miner- hot a in relax Swabia, per countless streams, while the the while streams, countless - vistas, lush green valleys and towns and the islands of Mainau huge network of trails, clearly Gorge. Explore it on a 5-hour Up in out day a after And, hills. wald has sandstone hills and and hills sandstone has wald photogenic villages. And there and Reichenau. marked and well maintained, hike; look out for hundreds of limestone Alb’s Swabian the out - Oden the north, the In appeal. are so many reasons to stop! through unspoiled landscapes. species of ferns, wildflowers, bugs Check trails? testing and views And each region has its own own its has region each And The Neckartal (Neckar Valley) has www.tourism-bw.com/things-to-do/ In the north of the region, fol- and butterflies along the way. sweeping Prefer vineyards! the snowy for cross-country skiing. skiing. cross-country for snowy nature/cycle-vacations low the Limes Hiking Trail, with To the north, Baiersbronn is bike and hike Region, Stuttgart turn rich gold; winters are are winters gold; rich turn straight stretches of an old Ro- ‘hiking heaven’, with hills and the in eye; the on easy is ery Under blue skies, autumn leaves leaves autumn skies, blue Under - man road, from the Neckartal- valleys, woodland, meadows and scen Country’s Heilbronn Hills’. meadows and wooded valleys. valleys. wooded and meadows Odenwald Nature Park to the Swa- gurgling steams. And throughout 1,000 of ‘Land the Stromberg, hike or bike the mountains, lush lush mountains, the bike or hike bian-Franconian Forest. Or walk SouthWest Germany, there’s a Kraichgau- for head e-bikers) (and green and sunny. In summer, summer, In sunny. and green part of the Santiago Pilgrimage warm welcome, with cosy huts bikers hikers, energetic contrast, SouthWest Germany is clean, clean, is Germany SouthWest Trail that links Rothenburg ob der and cheerful taverns offering local By campgrounds. lake-side and Tauber and the cathedral city of food, wine and beer. choice! for Spoiled Ulm. Hike the green meadows of the Swabian Alb or the river www.tourism-bw.com/things-to-do/ Outdoors: Great Germany’s SouthWest nature/hiking-walking SWABIAN ALB LAKE CONSTANCE Hiking in fun facts: hiking SouthWest 1900 The Westweg, the world’s first leisure Germany hiking trail, opens in 1 the Black Forest 2 150 AD The Romans build The Limes frontier ‘wall’; The Albsteig Trail near Bad Urach. This trail was see it on the Limes Lake Constance Konstanz, with overnights in Hiking Trail created a century ago by the Hike Wallhausen, Ludwigshafen and Distance: 357 km Swabian Alb Association. Today, 1,493 metres / Sipplingen. Hike it in either members of the local hiking club 4,898 feet Distance: 53 km direction; for a shortcut and a love to give visitors tips, from The top of the Feldberg, different view of one of Europe’s The Albtrauf is the steep escarp- the best views to the best beer SouthWest Germany’s most beautiful lakes, take a ride ment running down the spine of gardens. Enthusiastic hikers take highest mountain, has The SeeGang (Lake Trail) follows on a ferry. Well-priced walking the Swabian Alb. Crossing the 15 days to complete the trail; vast views the north-west shore of Lake packages offered online include Alb diagonally from Donauwörth at a more leisurely pace, allow 5 Constance for 53 kilometres / luggage transfer and walker- in the northeast to Tuttlingen in 25 days. Breweries are on the Beer 33 miles and is rated as one of friendly overnight accommodation. the southwest is the Albsteig Hiking Trail in Ehingen, the SouthWest Germany’s most Beer Culture City hiking trail, with glorious vistas. Highlights scenic Premium Hiking Trails by Think wild streams and sheep, Urach Waterfall | Hohenzollern and Teck 10 the German Hiking Institute. Highlights heath and forest. Highlights in- Castles | Prehistoric Bear Cave Schnapps fountains offer From Konstanz to Überlingen, it Mainau Island | Old Towns of Konstanz clude grand views of Hohenzollern samples on Sasbachwal- takes in ruined forts and Mainau and Überlingen | Bodman-Ludwigshafen Castle from the Zeller Horn www.schwaebischealb.de/ den’s Schnapps Distillery Island’s world-class gardens. Do Discover our Trails Mountain and the Urach Waterfall wandern/albsteig it in four easy stages, starting in www.bodensee.eu/en outdoor paradise: DE the Swabian Alb 3 Donauwörth difficult Borders are crossed Konstanz medium CH 357 km / 220 miles Tuttlingen A on the 270-kilometre / 53 km / 33 miles Überlingen 170-mile hike around 1,015 m / 3,330 ft 15–25 days Lake Constance 683 m / 2,250 ft 4 days BLACK FOREST CULINARY TRAILS NORTHERN BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG MICRO ADVENTURES Bike, hike and taste Take the challenge! SouthWest Germany makes Trails in Sasbachwalden. In Adrenalin rushes are every- tree top adventure; climb the some of the world’s finest beers, Ehingen, taste award-winning where, from paragliding and riv- Felsengärten cliffs near Hessig- wines and fruit brandies. And beers at five breweries on the er rafting to canyoning. heim; walk across the swaying its asparagus is an annual high- Beer Hiking Trail. In early summer, WILDLINE suspension bridge light. Enjoy them all on active on the Baden Asparagus Trail, In the Black Forest, hurtle along near Bad Wildbad. 3 holidays. Learn about centuries cycle through asparagus fields; 4 the 570-metre / 1,870-foot Gründle of tradition; talk to brewers and order fresh asparagus at taverns. zipline, Germany’s longest thrill At night, camp in the Black winemakers about their crafts. ride. Another ‘longest’ is the 2.9 Forest wilderness. Hearths for In the vineyards, pedal the Baden kilometre / 1.8 mile Hasenhorn campfires and eco-friendly The Westweg Trail the red diamond trail markers. Wine Cycle Path or the Würt- Highlights The Neckarsteig Trail steep slopes are lined with Coaster, Todtnau’s summer to- composting toilets are provided.