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Weser: laid-back tour, Hann. Münden – Minden

Getting to know the Weser River in a relaxed pace

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9 Days / 8 Nights
individual tour
Velociped-Original-Tour
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Let the Weser take you on an especially pleasurable bike trip! Follow the river on the most worthwhile part of its course and enjoy short stages and memorable breaks. You will discover Hann.Münden and Hameln with their neat Old-Towns, Corvey castle, the chinaware manufacture in Fürstenberg and the castle of Bevern, a real treasure of the Weser Renaissance. And if you are interested, there will also be enough time for a short river cruise!

Highlights

Hann. Münden
Hann. Münden is rich in restored half-timbered houses (more than 700 in the historical town center) with nice medieval churches (St. Blasius, St. Aegidia) and buildings of the so-called Weserrenaissance.

Hann.Münden

Castle of Beverungen
The castle of Beverungen is a partially preserved water castle at the river Weser in Beverungen. In 1332, the Paderborn bishop began the construction of the Wasserburg to secure navigation on the Weser.

Castle Beverungen

Fürstenberg Castle
Fürstenberg Castle is a three-winged Baroque building with Rokokodekor in Fürstenberg / Havel. It is situated Unter den Linden 58 on an island north of the old town center with the field name Mühlenkamp. 

Fürstenberg castle

Corvey Castle
Corvey (also Korvey) is a former Benedictine abbey in Höxter in today's North Rhine-Westphalia. 

Castle Corvey

Ruins of Polle Castle
The ruins of "Everstein castle at Polle" (also called "Polle castle") is situated on a 25 m high mountain dome over the municipality. 

Ruins of Polle

Münchhausen museum
His racy ride on a cannon is well-known all over the world, and his astounding hunting stories have inspired large and small audiences for centuries. 

Münchhausen-Museum

 

Weser: laid-back tour, Hann. Münden – Minden

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Bike tour
9 Days / 8 Nights
individual tour
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789.00 €
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Tour

Welcome to Hann. Münden where Fulda und Werra flow into the Weser. We recommend bringing enough time to visit the city hall from the Weser Renaissance and the more than 700 half-timbered houses of the town. Parking facilities are close to your first hotel and rental bikes are at your first hotel.

Onto the bicycles! The former Benedictine monastery Bursfelde is the first sight waiting to be visited. Next on your list is the worthwhile open-air museum with its numerous mills. Overnight stay in Oedelsheim/Oberweser.

Today’s route leads you where Hesse and Lower-Saxony meet, to Bad Karlshafen. Let the historical town hall built in 1715, originally used as a store house, impress you and treat yourself with some ice-cream or a piece of cake. In case you are interested in seeing a half-timbered house of especially unique charm, you should take a side trip on the Diemel-bike trail to Helmarshausen (ca. 2,5 km) before continuing your way past Herstelle castle to Beverungen.

The periphery of the Solling, Northern Germany’s second largest continuous wood-covered surface, will accompany you today! Fürstenberg castle, known world-wide for its chinaware manufacture, lies on your way to Corvey castle. After your visit, you will roll along the Weser bank to Holzminden.

We recommend following the Europe-bike trail R 1 to bring you to a cultural highlight: Bevern castle, one of the Weser Renaissance’s most impressive buildings. After about 2,5 km, you will rejoin the river bank to continue towards Bodenwerder, home of the famous Baron Münchhausen. The museum dedicated to him and the historical Old-town are equally worthwhile.

You will leave Bodenwerder and reach the picturesque Hämelschenburg in the lovely valley of the Emmer (+ 5,5 km). Here you will be captured by the medieval atmosphere of the Hamelin, home of the Pied Piper, who appeared here in 1284. Ever since, he has been the symbol of the town and has reached world-wide fame. Do not miss the opportunity to participate in an interesting guided tour around the town.

Leaving beautiful Hameln means discovering other new places. Visit the monastery Fischbeck in Hessisch Oldendorf, which is a splendiferous example of medieval monastery tradition, thanks to its original Romanic architecture and to its compact construction. At the same time, it is said to be the best-preserved major sacral building in the Weser region. The town of Rinteln also has a lot to offer: The magnificent Old-Town from the Weser Renaissance, the ancient harbor and the historical steam railway.

Bad Oeynhausen is North-Rhine Westphalia’s only national spa. It attracts the numerous visitors with its 36°C warm "Jordansprudel" – the world’s greatest sparkling thermal spring shooting up into 42 metres of height from 720 metres below the earth by itself.

The valley gets a little narrower nearby Porta Westfalica, where the Weser and the numerous cyclists have to push their way through the Wiehen- and Weser mountains. A number of interesting museums wait in Minden (coffee museum, Prussian museum, button museum, doll museum) just as nice cafes and a boat trip across the waterway.

Your rental bikes can be left at the hotel. It is possible to travel back to Hann. Münden by train or to book our back transfer (daily 3 p.m.).

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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
Worth knowing about the Weser bike trail: laid-back tour

Please find more information about the Weser bike trail: laid-back tour. If you have any further questions feel free to contact us by phone: 0049 - (0)6421 - 886890.

Arrival by train

Hann.Münden is easily accessible from all major cities in Germany by train. We recommend to take a taxi from the train station to get to our partner hotels in Hann. Münden.

Current schedule information and price information can be found at: www.bahn.de.

Train schedule information

Parking facilities at the hotel

Our partner hotels in Hann.Münden have only a limited number of parking spaces.

You can park your car for the duration of the trip in the car park at the “Tanzwerder”.

Detailed information on parking at your hotel, you will receive by mail together with the detailed travel documents two weeks prior to departure.

Condition of cycle paths

The Weser bike trail is one of the best cycle routes in Europe. In surveys conducted by the Allgemeiner Deutscher fahrrad-Club (ADfC - General German Cycling Club), the Weser cycle path has become the most popular cycling route in Germany!

Most of the time the bike trail runs parallel to the Weser waterway: especially between Hann.Münden and Rinteln it makes the special charm of this bicycle route.

Large sections of the Weser bike track are well developed, paved bike trails, farm roads, or at least roads with separate routing paths. Occasionally short sections lead over country roads with less traffic. There are hardly any sections where you have to drive on unsurfaced roads.

Often there are bike trails along both the banks of the Weser River. Especially between Hann.Münden and Werder you can pick the site and take the ferry to switch banks. However, the official Weserradweg bike route leads only on one side of the river.

Available rental bikes

If you choose to rent a velocipede-rental bike for the tour, we bring it to your first hotel and 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. You simply specify your wishes at time of booking.

Velociped rental bikes

Transfer back to the starting point of the journey

Daily at 3pm there is the possibility to transfer back to Hann.Münden with a small bus (with bike trailer). The driver comes to pick you up at your hotel and has much room for you, your luggage and where required your own bicycle. The bus takes you back to your first hotel, thus ensuring a perfect return service without transfer and the hassle of hauling luggage. If you bring your own bicycles, an additional will be charged.

Tourist tax

A possibly resulting tourist tax is not part of the travel price and therefor it is payable locally at the hotel.

7 days hotline service

Just in case the bike chain is broken, 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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