Leisurely route along the orchard meadows in the Black Forest, Alsace and Palatinate

 

OUR TIPS FOR 3 DAY TOURS

Leisurely route along the orchard meadows in the Black Forest, Alsace and Palatinate:  Palatinate tour (118 km)

The starting point of the tour is the fortress town of Landau in the Palatinate. From here, the route follows the Queichtalradweg to Siebeldingen. Continue to Frankweiler and along the Haardtrand into the Palatinate Forest to Annweiler am Trifels. Through the Palatinate Forest the tour leads back to the Southern Wine Route near Klingenmünster. Between vineyards, it goes from here via Erlenbach near Kandel to the Rhine plain. Along the Rhine you cycle on to Germersheim. Back across the Rhine plain in the direction of the Haardtrand, the tour runs back to Landau.  to gpx file

Leisurely route along the orchard meadows in the Black Forest, Alsace and Palatinate:  Northern Alsace Tour (109 km)

Wissembourg is the starting point of this stage tour. Through the French part of the biosphere reserve Pfälzerwald - Nordvogesen via the villages Betschdorf and Soufflenheim the tour leads to the Rhine. At Drusenheim, you cross the Rhine by ferry and continue in a northerly direction to switch back to the French side of the Rhine at Seltz. From now on you cycle along the Lauter river back to Wissembourg.  to gpx file

Leisurely route along the orchard meadows in the Black Forest, Alsace and Palatinate:  Black Forest - Kraichgau stage (144 km)

Ettlingen is the starting point of this stage tour. Via Waldbronn, the tour leads to the Melanchthon town of Bretten. From Bretten, the tour runs via Flehingen to Ubstadt-Weiher. Passing Bad Schönborn and Philippsburg, the tour continues to the Rhine. In a southerly direction, the tour continues along the Rhine and via Rheinstetten back to Ettlingen.  to gpx file