Cycling holidays in Franconia

Franconia, with the Fichtelgebirge, Spessart, and Main Valley, as well as the Altmühl Valley and Franconian Switzerland, has diverse and unique landscapes in store for you. On a cycling holiday in Franconia, you will encounter dreamy romantic villages with leaning half-timbered houses. Würzburg, Bamberg, Dinkelsbühl or Rothenburg ob der Tauber are cities with a rich history.

You cycle through the wonderful nature of Franconia with the great rivers Main and Regnitz, cross many a national park with dense deciduous and coniferous forests, and also get to know numerous castles and palaces along the way. Two of the most famous German holiday routes run through Franconia: the Romantic Road, the oldest German-themed road, and the Castle Road with its fabulous 70 castles, residences, and palaces from different eras.

But that's not all! The Franconians bring fine specialties to the plate with Nuremberg grilled sausages and sauerkraut or Schäufele. Franconian wine or a traditionally brewed beer completes the enjoyment. Beer brewing has a long tradition in both Erlangen and Bamberg. Rauchbier (smoked beer) from Bamberg, for example, is a real treat that you don't get to taste every day.

Set out and get to know the diverse region on one of our cycling holidays in Franconia! No matter whether you are looking for romance, pure nature, palate-tickling, or cultural riches, you will certainly find what you are looking for here!

Let's start with the cycle tour through Franconia. On the circular tour from Bamberg, you cycle along the Main, Pegnitz, and Regnitz rivers on very well-developed cycle paths and experience what makes Franconia so fascinating. On the one hand, there are magnificent and fascinating cities such as Bamberg, Bayreuth, and Nuremberg, and on the other, castles and palaces line your route. In Erlangen, you shouldn't miss the supposedly largest beer garden in the world.

Or are you more of a wine lover? Then we recommend our Franconian Cycle Eight tour along the Main, through the Spessart and the lovely Tauber Valley. The cycle tour starts and ends in Rothenburg ob der Tauber. Here you not only get to enjoy the town, which almost looks like a movie set, but also the guided tour with the night watchman, which is already included in the tour price. But that's not all: we have also reserved an entrance ticket to Weikersheim Castle for you, as you should definitely not miss out on a visit to the baroque garden.

The Bavarian Beer Tour: This cycle tour is one of our popular classics. The Franconians have a very special relationship with beer, which has been produced in many small family businesses for centuries. It is therefore not surprising that there is a beer cycle path, which you will also follow during the nine-day cycle tour, allowing you to get to know the region with the highest density of breweries. So that it doesn't become too one-sided, you will also cycle on the Castle Road cycle route, which will also introduce you to a large number of castles and palaces. The charming towns of Rothenburg, Nuremberg, and Bamberg are also not to be missed.

Cycle through Wine Franconia and Beer Franconia on our cycle tour along the Main from Bamberg to Aschaffenburg. Get to know Franconian hospitality in a wine tavern or a traditional pub. Bamberg, with its imperial cathedral and magnificent old town, is the perfect starting point for a cycle tour through Franconia. On almost perfectly developed cycle paths, the bikes almost roll themselves. Follow the River Main, which takes you to the Maindreieck wine region as well as Wertheim Castle or Würzburg with its famous Residence or Marienberg Fortress.

The Great Cycling Holiday on the Main takes you from the festival city of Bayreuth to Aschaffenburg in eleven days. You follow the wide valley of the Red Main, which joins the White Main in the beer town of Kulmbach, switch from Beer Franconia around Würzburg to Wine Franconia, and cycle through the forests of the Spessart. Then you have reached Aschaffenburg. The red sandstone Johannisburg Castle is one of the most beautiful Renaissance buildings in Germany. There is plenty of variety along the way, with numerous stately residences, castles, and chapels as well as historic towns such as Bamberg and Würzburg.

On the four-day tour Cycling along the Main from Bamberg to Würzburg, the bike almost runs itself. Bamberg was declared a World Heritage Site in 1993 and consists of a mountain town, island town, and gardener's town. Bamberg is also famous for its art of brewing: eleven family-run breweries in the city area and around 60 breweries in the neighboring Bamberg region produce over 400 different beers! The Franconian metropolis and episcopal city of Würzburg, the destination of your trip, is known as the wine capital.

The Altmühltal cycle path is one of the great classics among cycle paths and is particularly popular with families. We take you from Rothenburg to Regensburg and many sights await you along the way. There are the Twelve Apostles, the oldest monastery brewery in the world, the prehistoric bird Archaeopteryx, Roman remains, and the Danube Gorge. Rothenburg and Regensburg will enchant you with their splendor, as they are among the most beautiful cities in Germany.

If you want to take it easy, the cycle tour in the Altmühltal Nature Park is just the thing for you! Away from the hustle and bustle, you cycle on a circular tour from idyllic Kinding through the nature park and around the Altmühlsee lake. You will get to know the Twelve Apostles rock formation as well as Kipfenberg Castle, which is located very close to the geographical center of Bavaria.

Our family cycle tour on Brombachsee is also very leisurely. The stages are short and there is time for frequent stops and dips in the Altmühlsee and Brombachsee lakes. The tour price already includes a boat trip on the Brombachsee and admission to Pappenheim Castle and the Altmühltherme thermal baths. It won't be boring, as this tour offers the perfect mix of nature, discoveries, and relaxation.

The Five Rivers Cycle Route: Who can claim to have cycled along five rivers during a vacation? Altmühl, Danube, Naab, Vils, and Pegnitz are on the program, whose banks are so wonderfully different and at whose bends proud castles and palaces are enthroned. You will experience pure river romance in Franconia and the Upper Palatinate. This week-long tour is rounded off with fabulously beautiful cities such as Nuremberg and Regensburg.

The Five Rivers Tour for the Sporty allows you to complete the round trip from Nuremberg in just six days. The daily kilometers amount to an average of 75 kilometers per day. No problem for experienced cyclists, so there's no shortage of sightseeing each day. After all, you can relax your legs on a stroll through Bavarian China, Regensburg, or the 1000-year-old mountain town of Sulzbach-Rosenberg.