Enjoy Upper Franconia's delights —
on two wheels and at table
You enjoy cycling and you are staying near Bamberg with family, friends or some other group?
Holidaying in Bamberg to see the city, you would like to see something of the surrounding countryside as well?
Or you are organizing a seminar in the area and you would like to offer participants an outdoor activity to give them a chance to get to know each another or just to have fun together?
— Then let yourself be inspired by the beauty and variety of the landscape around Bamberg on a guided tour by bike.
The tours I plan for you will reflect your priorities perfectly. Here's just one example to whet your appetite, a bike-n-hike combination tour with unforgettable opportunities to experience nature and the local landscape:
Sculptures and other rocks in the "Tuscan" foothills of the Frankenjura
- Start from your hotel
- Through town on greenways
- Sculpture trail: Inspirational art in an inspirational landscape
- Hike through a romantic ravine, past a mysterious cave that has formed the stuff of at least one legend, and on to one of the limestone crags which are typical for the Frankenjura area and often present ideal viewing points
- Panoramic views of the Frankenjura, Franconia's Tuscany and Bamberg
- Rococo sculptures: A walk in the park at Seehof Palace
| Duration: | 6 — 7 hours (including 1 1/2 hours hike, stops for explanations and breaks |
| Distance: | 36 km (or 22 miles) by bike, 6 km (or 4 mile) hike |
| Cost: | €160 (not including price of food and drink at stops) |
| Character of the tour: | Mainly flat, but with one hill on the walking part of the route and one on the cycling section |
From river valleys to dry valleys, from high culture to beer culture...
I can show you the prettiest spots and the most attractive paths leading to them. Our journeying — at your own pace, of course — will be its own reward.
You won't have risk dry spells caused by stops too far apart — people around Bamberg know how to enjoy life and the next Keller (German for cellar, but Bamberg-ese for a brewery beergarden) is never too far away.