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Rhine: winegrower's tour

From winery to winery

Bike tour
8 Days / 7 Nights
individual tour
Velociped-Original-Tour
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Look forward to this unique round trip and enjoy two overnight stays at winerys, three wine-tastings and varied bike trails through four wine-growing areas in the heart of Germany. Starting in Rüdesheim you ride through the Nahe - valley. Enjoy the marvelous wine - landscape that impresses with vineyards, while you are cycling on the well-built bike trails. Get excited about the wine area Rheinhessen with its great german Riesling. You will have a wonderful day with boat and bike at the romantic middle rhine(UNESCO world cultural heritage). The well-known wineyards of Kaub, Bacharach and the Loreley rock will astonish you. All in all this biketour is a travel full of scenic and culinary surprises.
Every day you receive an extra – hint about wine. Sometimes we recommend a special vinotheque, a winery with wine serving, an interesting museum or a special evening event.
In this hilly landscape you cycle through vineyards, partly on separate bike trails, typical asphalted tracks that are only released for utility vehicles, cyclists and hikers.

This trip is perfect for:

  • Wine lovers: This tour is perfect for travelers who like to discover the variety of wines along the Rhine.
  • History buffs: There are also several castles and fortresses to see on the winegrowers' tour, which are well worth a break from cycling.
  • Nature lovers: Travelers who are particularly interested in the nature of wine-growing areas are in the right place here.

Highlights

Wine region Middle Rhine
The wine region Mittelrhein extends over more than 100 kilometers from Bingen to the gates of Bonn.

Mittelrhein-Wein

Wine region Rheingau
The Rheingau extends from Flörsheim am Main to Lorchhausen am Rhein. The Rheingau is a closed wine-growing area with about 3000 hectares of vineyards. 84% of the vineyards are planted with Riesling and 11% with blue Pinot Noir.

Rheingau

Deutsches Weinbaumuseum Oppenheim
The museum represents the viticulture of all vineyards and is the largest technical museum of viticulture.

Deutsches Weinbaumuseum

Weingut Kloster Eberbach
The winery of the 1136 founded by St. Bernard of Clairvaux (Burgundy) Monastery Eberbach has written with tireless striving for quality wine history and was already many centuries ago the largest German winery.

Kloster Eberbach

RheinWeinWelt Rüdesheim
In Rüdesheim, where brandy brand Asbach was once produced, in 2017 a vinotheque of a special kind was created. Here you can taste 160 wines from three German growing regions.

Rheinweinwelt

 

Rhine: winegrower's tour

moderate
Bike tour
8 Days / 7 Nights
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Tour

Arrive early, because Rüdesheim has much to offer. Take a varied ride on the cable car to the "Niederwalddenkmal" with stunning views over the vineyards of the Rheingau. If you have time enough walk down from the monument to the town center. Stroll through the famous Drosselgasse and visit the wine shop "RheinWeinWelt" which is unique in Germany. Here you can taste the wines of more than 70 winegrowers in a historic listed building.  In the evening enjoy the fantastic restaurants. Your hotel is located in the center of the town. Arrival by train or car is possible.

Take a ferry across the Rhine and you are in Bingen and at the mouth of the Nahe in the Rhine. On the flat Nahe cycle path you cycle to Bad Kreuznach. Marvel at the sprawling spa park with its graduation towers, healing springs and water wheels, which together make up Europe's largest outdoor inhalatory. Bad Münster is quickly reached on Stein-Ebernburg, romantically embedded between spectacular rock formations. On the Nahe Cycle Path in Rotenfels, discover the largest steep face between the Alps and Scandinavia. Now that the vineyards are close to the bike path, you should take a tasting break at Schlossböckelheim near the winegrower before cycling back to Bad Kreuznach on small roads.

You cycle comfortably through the beautiful spa park of Bad Kreuznach, before you turn into the Alsenztal. Here, in the morning, a nice bike path awaits you, but also some heights that you have to climb to change over to the Appelbachtal. But you will be rewarded. A beautiful bike path then leads through the narrow valley into the wine region Rheinhessen. The wide vineyards are now in the field of vision. Via Neu-Bamberg with its medieval atmosphere and Wöllstein you cycle through typical wine villages and through the vineyards to Flonheim. Look forward to this small wine village. In the evening you will get to know the wines of Rheinhessen at an interesting wine tasting.

In the morning we head up to the surrounding vineyards with a fantastic panorama view. Enjoy cycling to Alzey, where a tour of the old town lures. Admire the historic city wall, the castle and the old town hall at the fish market, before you continue your bike ride through the hilly wine-growing region of Rheinhessen. Small wine villages like Gau-Odernheim, Hillesheim and Wintersheim are idyllically located along the way. In the afternoon you cycle over the beautiful Rheinterrassen cycle path to Oppenheim to the German wine museum. Afterwards it is not far to Nierstein. With almost 1,000 hectares of vineyards, Nierstein is the largest wine-growing area on the Rhine and your home for today. In the evening you can look forward to a wine tasting directly with the winegrower.

In the morning you cycle the first flat kilometers to the old town of Mainz. Marvel at the Romanesque Cathedral, the Electoral Palace and the Gutenberg Museum, all outstanding sights of this lovely city. And: Mainz is considered the wine capital due to the numerous wine bars and modern wine shops. After a rewarding break, you will enjoy cycling along the Rhine Cycle Route towards the Rheingau. Winding paths through the vines lead you to the wine, sparkling wine and rose town of Eltville. Here you cycle over the Rhine promenade to the castle Reinhartshausen.

Today is the highlight of your cycling trip. Through the famous vineyards of the Rheingau you cycle from one highlight to the next. Look forward to Kiedrich with its historic center and the venerable St. Valentinuskirche. Take a break in the former Cistercian abbey Kloster Eberbach, which is worth a visit. Through the vineyards you cycle to the Riesling-Weingut Schloss Vollrads, one of the oldest wineries in Germany. Visit the wine shop in the coach house, which offers its own wines to try. Back in the saddle, the next highlight is quickly reached. Enjoy Schloss Johannisberg's sun terrace, wonderful wines and a fantastic view of the vineyards. For those who still have enough energy after 28 km, we recommend a special extra bike tour from Rüdesheim. On panoramic trails you cycle with magnificent views through the vineyards to Assmannshausen and from there back to Rüdesheim on the newly opened in 2019 bike path directly along the banks of the Rhine.

A trip through the wine growing region of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley attracts with new experiences. Enjoy in the morning a romantic cruise on the Rhine from Rüdesheim to Loreley. Marvel at the sundeck from this unique cultural landscape (UNESCO World Heritage). From St. Goar you then cycle on the well-developed Rhine Cycle Route at the foot of the steep vineyards through the heart of the wine-growing region of the Middle Rhine. Literally in every village there is an alley with ostrich farms, wine bars or caterers. In Oberwesel marvel at the almost completely preserved city wall and stroll through historic streets with colorful half-timbered houses in Bacharach. On the Rhine Cycle Route, you will cycle back to Rüdesheim, surrounded by the magnificent scenery of the steep slopes, where a small wine tasting awaits you at the end of your bike tour.

After breakfast this scenic surprisingly varied wine journey through four wine-growing regions ends in Rüdesheim.

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Prices / Dates

Prices per person in EUR

Services / Info

All-carefree service:
  • Accommodation incl. breakfast
  • Room with shower/bath/WC
  • Luggage transport
  • Map of bike trails with marked route
  • Digital route guidance via smartphone app
  • Tips for tour preparation
  • Touristic information
  • 7 days hotline service
further included services
  • 7 x accommodation with breakfast: 3 x accommodation in a winery or in a wine hotel
  • 3 wine tastings in Flonheim, Nierstein and Rüdesheim
  • boat trip on the Rhine River from Rüdesheim to St. Goar
Worth knowing about the Rhine Winery tour

Below you will find specific information about the Rhine Winery tour. If you have further questions about this trip, you simply call us: Phone: 06421 – 886890.

Arrival by train
Rüdesheim is easily accessible from all major cities in Germany by train. Current schedule information and price information can be found at: www.bahn.de.

Train schedule information

Parking facilities at the hotel in Rüdesheim
You may leave your car near the hotel on a public carpark for 10 euros per day (price from 2023). As an alternative you have the possibility to leave the car without costs in a residencial area of Rüdesheim. You will find detailled information on the parking possibilities in your travel information we will provide 2 weeks prior to your arrival.

Condition of cycle paths
On this altogether hilly tour you cycle on the one hand on the Rhine cycle path and the Nahe cycle path, otherwise often in the middle of the vineyards partly on separate cycle paths, partly also on the typical small asphalt roads and farm roads, which are only for the Winzerfahrzeuge (and cyclists) released are. In the vineyards are two short bumpy sliding distances as well as individual non-asphalted passages. It is not always the comfort of a flat, paved bike path given, but then you are really in the middle of the vine on the way, usually paired with beautiful views!

Available rental bikes
If you choose to rent a velocipede-rental bike for the tour, we take it to your first hotel and bring pick it up at your destination. You can choose between woman’s and men's bicycles either with 7-speed gear shift and coaster brake or 27-speed gear shift and freewheel or electric bikes. All ladies' bikes have a low opening that makes mounting and dismounting much easier. The bikes are suitable for all ladies from 150 cm in height and for all gentlemen from 165 cm in height. On our Velociped tours we use high-quality e-bikes of the Velo de Ville brand. They are technically mature and very robust. You simply specify your wishes at time of booking.

Velociped rental bikes

Extra costs which are not included in the price
A possibly applicable city tax is not part of the travel price and therefore has to be paid at the hotel locally.
The ferry boat from Ruedesheim to Bingen (2 x) is not included in the tour price, the costs are approx. 5 € per person and boat trip.

7 day hotline service
Just in case the bike chain breaks, flooding makes it impossible to continue your tour or any other nasty surprise: You can reach us seven days a week and we will do anything to help you as fast as possible. 

Passport and visa requirements
For EU citizens, there are no special passport or visa requirements and no health formalities to be considered for this trip.

Travel insurance
The tour price already includes the statutory insolvency insurance. In addition, we recommend that you take out travel cancellation insurance upon receipt of your travel confirmation in order to protect yourself against financial disadvantages in the event of travel cancellation, interruption of travel, illness or accident.

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Steffi Groß

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