Best bike touring trails in Taunus Nature Park

A varied bike tour in the Taunus Nature Park, Hesse. This route starts at Volkspark Niddatal and is easy to master with mountain bikes or touring bikes. Via Steinbach and the Huenerberg you ride to Koenigstein im Taunus. Highlights of the tour: - Koenigstein im Taunus - Koenigstein Castle - Burghain Falkenstein nature reserve with castle ruins

This picturesque section of the award-winning Lahn Valley Cycle Path leads through one of Germany's most romantic river valleys. The route connects the Baroque residential town of Weilburg with the cathedral city of Limburg an der Lahn. The path runs almost entirely on level, paved, or well-maintained tracks directly along the riverbanks, far from motor traffic. A central highlight is the Weilburg Shipping Tunnel and the passage through the "Lahngruben," where the river has carved deeply into...

Panoramic bike tour on the Rhine near Mainz, Hesse. In the middle of Mainz, at the Roemisches Theater station, you get on this bike tour. From the Rhineland-Palatinate state capital, you cycle around Hochheim am Rhein, partly through landscapes characterized by beautiful vineyards. Highlights of the tour: - vineyards - Mainz - views of the Rhine - Maaraue

The cycling / hiking route begins in Wehrheimer Mitte (town hall / tourist information), which can be reached from the train station via Bahnhofstrasse. The panorama route leads from Wehrheimer Mitte via the train station in the direction of Schlink. After 6 km you have one of the most beautiful views of the Taunus ridge at "Schönen Platz". At the “Schönen Platz” (WP1) there is also a box with copies of the Wehrheim bike tour booklet. The turning point of the route is the sheep farm above the...

Varied bike tour in the Lahn Valley, Hesse. This beautiful bike tour starts in Wetzlar and leads via Giessen to Marburg. In addition to campsites, there are also several train stations along the way, so that the tour can also be done in several stages. Highlights of the tour: - Lahn - Wetzlar - Marburg - Wissmar Lake - Giessen - Weimar Lake

Circular route over historic streets and a visit to medieval glass furnaces Technically undemanding route with inclines. The section at the Red Cross (in front of Hünerweg) is very steep - push it! The Hünerweg, the Rennstraße and the old Poststraße in front of the threshing floor are historic streets. On the way back, shortly before glassworks, the very short detour to the remains of late medieval glass furnaces is worthwhile.

The cycling / hiking tour begins in Wehrheimer Mitte (town hall / tourist information), which can be reached from the train station via Bahnhofstrasse. Via Usinger Straße and Kappengraben you get to the Kreuzsteinweg and into the “Offental”. The 5 km long section of the chaffinch route on the Wehrheim area is located here. The entire tour is now marked by the red chaffinch symbol (see picture). Catering options in Wehrheim: Cafe Klatsch, butcher Haas, Bachbäcker, Rewebäcker, cheese house,...