Upper Rhine Bike Path www.bike-valley.eu Germersheim Germersheim Landau in Landau in der Pfalz der Pfalz Eschbach Eschbach Rhein / Rhin / Rhine Rhein / Rhin / Rhine Bad Bergzabern ~ Bad Bergzabern Schweigen-Rechtenbach Wörth am Rhein ~ Wissembourg Germersheim Germersheim Karlsruhe Landau in Cleebourg Landau in Schweigen-Rechtenbach Wörth am Rhein Germersheim Hotels in the Upper Rhine Valley der Pfalz Landau in der Pfalz Wissembourg Lauterbourg der Pfalz Circuit Tour A Circuit Tour B Circuit Tour C Eschbach Circuit Tour D Hotel Pfälzer Wald Hôtel-Restaurant Kleiber Eschbach Karlsruhe Eschbach Kurtalstraße 77 37, Grand-Rue Rhein / Rhin / Rhine Cleebourg D-76887 Bad Bergzabern F-67700 Saint-Jean Saverne Wine and Rhine From the German Wine Gate to the Rhine Valley Czars and Emperors Along old railroad tracks through the Lauter Valley Romanesque Architecture and Wine Through Baden Wine Country to the North Vosges Medieval Gems Between Mount St. Odile and the heart of theRhein / Rhin / Rhine Black Forest +49(0)6343 989190 +33(0)388 911182 Bad Bergzabern Rhein / Rhin / Rhine www.hotel-pfaelzer-wald.de www.kleiber-fr.com ~ Lauterbourg THE CITY OF LANDAU, characte- river bank through the primeval following the path to the German ROUTE INFOS THE OLD RAILROAD TRACKS ferry ride allows bikers to cross the re they can once again use a ferry ROUTE INFOS THE FAVORITE TOWN of Em- Rhine Valley goes farther east un- ware: here, the temptation to stop ROUTE INFOS OFFENBURG is start and end ching Kappel-Grafenhausen, bikers majestic townBad of Bergzabern Obernai. Once in ROUTE INFOS Schweigen-Rechtenbach ~ Weingut & Landhaus Wilker Hôtel Couvent du Fransiscain to cross the river to Drusenheim. Tour Route: Wissembourg • Lau- peror Frederick Barbarossa is the til it reaches the wine village of Wörthand amenjoy Rhein the many regional culi- Tour Route: Haguenau • Drusen- point of this circuit tour. We fol- find themselves once again at the the birthplaceRastatt of Saint Odile, the Tour Route: rized by Art Nouveau architecture, landscape of the Rheinaue wet- Wine Gate in Schweigen-Rechten- Tour Route: Landau • Germers- between Wissembourg and Lau- Rhine. After reaching the opposi- Bad Bergzabern Wissembourg Offenburg • Gen- Hauptstraße 30 18, rue du Faubourg des Pierres Rhein / Rhin / Rhine is start and end of this tour. It be- lands, ultimately ending in Wörth bach. Bikers are now invited to tra- heim • Wörth • Lauterbourg • Wis- terbourg run parallel to the Lauter te bank of the river, the “Bike Path At this point, the path leads away terbourg~ • Neuburg • Rastatt • Ba- start and finish line of this circuit Bühl on the edge of the northern nary delights is often stronger than heim • Greffern • Bühl • Sasbach • low the Kinzig River to the medie- Rhine; from here, they can catch patron saint of SAlsace,chweigen- bikersRechtenba canch genbachWörth am Rhein • Kappel-Grafenhausen • D-79889 Pleisweiler-Oberhofen F-67000 Strasbourg ~ Karlsruhe comes obvious that the Rhine River am Rhein. From here, the route vel north on the German Wine Rou- sembourg • Schweigen-Rechten- Valley Bike Path (Véloroute de la through Baden Wine Country” from the Rhine and passes th- den-Baden • Greffern • Drusenheim tour. Heading east, the path runs Black Forest.Cleebourg Here, the “Bike Path the desire to peddle onwards! The Durbach • Gengenbach • Offen- val town center of Gengenbach. aHaguenau ferry to the village of Rhinau, peddle onwardWissembourg through the beau- Rhinau • Benfeld • Stotzheim • +49(0)343 2202 +33(0)388 329393 www.wilker.de www.hotel-franciscain.com can’t be far off; the landscape shows leads past Karlsruhe all the way to te Bike Path through winegrowing bach • Landau Lauter) and leads along the right begins and passes by enchanting rough Bischwiller on its way to Ha- • Haguenau • Walbourg • Woerth • through Bischwiller to Drusen- through Baden Wine Country”Lauterbourg towns of Sasbach, Sasbachwalden, burg • Neuried • Strasbourg • Mols- Although flat up until this point, where the French side of the tifully fortified wine village of Ros- Barr • Obernai Karlsruhe• Molsheim • Stras- Schweigen-Rechtenbach Wörth am Rhein Cleebourg the tell-tale signs of the Rhine Valley, the French border in Lauterbourg, villages and the spa of Bad Bergz- Length: 125 km / 78 miles side of the Lauter straight down wine villages. Karlsruhe, Rastatt, guenau., whichwas once the favo- Cleebourg • Wissembourg heim am Rhein and then via ferry begins, leading bikers south past Durbach, and the medieval town heim • Saverne • Haguenau the route now begins to rise and bike path leads farther to Ben- heim in direction~ to Molsheim. The bourg • Neuried • Offenburg Stiftsgut Keiyermühle Hôtel Château de Pourtalès Germersheim Wissembourg Baden-Baden becoming flatter and giving legs a where it merges with the Lauter abern. This slightly hilly path winds Sights: to the Line of Defense, which was andLandau Baden-Baden in are great cities rite residence of Emperor Frederick Length: 142 km / 89 miles to Greffern. The trip through the wine growing villages. Bikers be- of Gengenbach in the Kinzig Val- Length: 235 km / 147 miles fall ever so slightly as bikers ride feld and Kertzfeld. The route goes way back to Offenburg continuesLauterbourg Length: 156 km / 97,5 miles Bahnhofstraße 1 161, rue Mélanie der Pfalz Saverne D-76889 Klingenmünster F-67000 Strasbourg well-earned respite. After passing Valley Bike Path (Véloroute de la through the vineyard landscape of Zoo Landau, Festung Germers- built in 1706 by Claude Louis Hec- for longer stays, thanks to their Barbarossa. The route then winds Sights: Kloster Erlenbach, Sas- Karlsruhe ley are all worth a closer look. The Sights: Kloster Erlenbach, Sas-Rastattthrough the popular and beautiful through the forest to Stotzheim as described in the previous “Ro- Sights: +49(0)6349 99390 +33(0)388 458464 fields interspersed with vegetable Lauter). This path follows along the the southern wine route, leading to heim, Staußenfarm Mhou, Lau- tor de Villars, the Marshall General Eschbachrich and diverse cultural high- through the expansive CleebourgHaguenau bachwalden, Schloss Rastatt, circuit tour then turns westward, bachwalden, Durbach (Schloß Ortenau wine region. Once here, and connects with the EuroVelo 5 manesque Architecture and Wine” Gengenbach, Tobacco museum www.stiftsgut-keysermuehle.de www.chateau-pourtales.eu crops and fruit orchards, bikers will old railroad tracks between Lauter- the charming village of Siebeldin- terbourg (Stadtmauer), Wissem- of France. From Lauterbourg, this lights. From Baden-Baden, which Forest, across battlefields dating Baden-Baden (Frieder Burda-Mu- passing through Offenburg to the Staufenberg), Offenburg,Rhein / RhinStras / Rhine - one should be sure to take time Bike Path, which passes through Bühltour, and - after crossing the “Pierre Mahlberg, Ile de Rhinau (ferry), Rastatt reach the fortress town of Germers- bourg and Wissembourg. A visit to gen. Here, the route merges with bourg (Abteikirche und Fachwerk- circuit tour continues on for 15 km already enjoyed great popularityRhein / Rhin / Rhine back to 1870 in Wörth, and th- seum), Baden-Baden,Lauterbourg Marienthal, Rhine, which can be crossed near bourg, Molsheim, romanic ab- for a delightful wine tasting, and St. Pierre’s breathtaking vineyards Pflimlin” Bridge - turn in the directi- Fort Mutzig, old towns of Barr und Kurpfalz-Hotel Hôtel du Dragon Rhein / Rhin / Rhine Haguenau Horstschanze 8-10 2, rue de l‘Ecarlate heim am Rhein and the Rhine Bike the charming old town of Wissem- the Queich Valley Bike Path and häuser), Deutsches Weintor, Südp- via the EuroVelo Bike Path all the in the days of the Czar, bikers can rough the famous wine village of Haguenau, Woerth, Wissembourg, Eschau. After crossing the “Pierre bey of Marmoutier, Saverne, the Tobacco Museum in Mahlberg on the way to Barr, the “Winegro- on of Marlen. This circuit tour con- Obernai, romanic church of Ros- Bad Bergzabern Haguenau D-76829 Landau F-67000 Strasbourg Rastatt Path, which runs directly along the bourg is an absolute must before runs directly back to Landau. falz Therme way to Neuburg, where a short~ follow the signs to Greffern, whe- Cleebourg to reach Wissembourg. Lauterbourg Pflimlin” Bridge, bikers find them- Bouxwiller is also well worth a visit! Upon rea- wing Capital”, before reachingAchern the tinues to Neuried and Offenburg, heim, Charterhouse Molsheim +49(0)6341 649690 +33(0)388 357980 Rhein / Rhin / Rhine selves~ once again in France in the ~ www.kurpfalzhotel-landau.de www.dragon.fr Schweigen-Rechtenbach ~ ~ Haguenau Wörth am Rhein Baden-BadenIllkirch-Graffenstaden district of Baden-Baden Strasbourg Rhein / Rhin / Rhine Wissembourg SaverneSaverne 1 Landgasthof Rebstock Kehl Waldhaus Knittelsheimer Mühle Le gouverneur Hôtel Germersheim 1 Parkhotel Landau 4 AAAA-Hotelwelt Kübler 1 Hotel d‘Alsace 4 Hotel Magnetberg 3 Strasbourg. The path then goes 6 1 Rammersweier Hof 4 Hôtel Restaurant des Vosges Landau in 1 Saverne Fußbach 2 5 Knittelsheimer Mühe 13, rue de Sélestat 2 Mahlastraße 1 Bismarckstr. 37-43 Karlsruhe 16, rue Vauban Scheibenstr. 18 Rosenstraße 13 5 rue~ de la Gare der Pfalz in the direction of the “Vallée de D-77732 Gengenbach Molsheim D-76879 Knittelsheim F-67210 Obernai Cleebourg Baden-Baden 1 D-76829 Landau D-76133 Karlsruhe F-67160 Wissembourg D-76530 Baden-Baden Bühl +49(0)7803 964880 Oberkirch D-77654 Offenburg F-67210 Obernai +49(0)6348 83 66 +33(0)388 956372 la Brûche” along the banks of the Saverne Eschbach +49(0)6341 1450 +49 (0)721 1440 Lauterbourg +33(0)388