ALTMÜHL CYCLE TRACK: Natural spectacle Altmühl

Cycle Track: First long distance cycle track of Germany; already in the 1980ies generously built away from the traffic. For the majority bituminised or hard sanded; uniformly marked. From Rothenburg/Tauber to the near spring of the Altmühl slightly hilly, then flat to slightly downhill. From Kelheim to Regensburg Danube Cycle Track in same quality.

Start and end: Rothenburg o.d. Tauber (11.200 inh.) or Gunzenhausen (16.100 inh.), Regensburg (132.200 inh.). 

Dates: Daily arrival from April 30th to October 9th (=last arrival)
Low season: April 30th to May 20th, Sept. 1st to Oct. 9th
High season: May 21st to Aug. 31st

OUR PLUS: Return transfer every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from the hotel in Regensburg to the private parking space in Rothenburg incl. taking of private bikes for € 18,-/without or € 63,- incl. transport insurance (otherwise 3 x changes by train necessary). Combination with the Tauber Valley Cycle Track see TT 39.

Rothenburg ob der Tauber (Medival townscape with fully-conserved town wall), Ansbach (Hohenzollern), Herrieden and Dollnstein (Gothic towns), Gunzenhausen (Lake Altmühl), Karlsgraben (1st try of Karl the Great to connect Main and Danube), Weißenburg (Medieval townscape), Treuchtlingen (spa), Pappenheim (castle of the Renaissance army leader), Solnhofen (well-known rock formation), Eichstätt (cathedral, Willibaldsburg), Pfünz (re-built Roman fort), Riedenburg (3 castles, picturesque townscape), Weltenburg (Benedictine convent with unique beer garden), Kelheim (liberation hall, Danube-breakthrough), Regensburg (UNESCO-world-cultural-heritage with cathedral, Reichstagssaal with torture museum, Keplerhouse, stony bridge, aso.), Walhalla (German hall of fame)