Altmühltal Panoramaweg – 10 days in Bavaria's largest nature park

In Gunzenhausen, south of the sprawling Altmühlsee, your hike begins through the Altmühltal. From the train station you follow the path through the historic old town and soon a wide landscape spreads before you. In its middle course, the Altmühl meanders as a small meadow river through an open hilly… read more

Spielberg, starting point of the second stage, is located directly on the edge of the Franconian Jura plateau. As a result, it will slowly become mountainous from today. Right at the beginning, a gentle climb awaits you on a wooded ridge. You follow the course of the ridge to the Yellow Mountain. It… read more

Treuchtlingen is located right at the beginning of the Altmühltal and so you can look forward to the third stage on the beautiful landscape. First, it goes over the open meadow landscape on the valley floor, before you ascend steeply at Dietfurt at the valley slope.



High above the valley, you hike on… read more

On the fourth stage of the Altmühltal panorama path, the long-distance hiking trail lives up to its name: on the way between Solnhofen and Dollnstein, you will be treated to innumerable views of the romantic valley.



Right at the beginning one of the biggest highlights of the whole hike awaits you. Immediately… read more

The fifth stage of the long-distance hiking trail follows some picturesque bends of the Altmühltal and leads you to further geological highlights. Just a few meters from the starting point Dollnstein you can admire rugged dry slopes. From here you hike along the Altmühl along beautiful river meadows… read more

The sixth stage of the Altmühltal Panoramaweg begins in picturesque Eichstätt. From here it goes uphill over a sprawling high plateau on the edge of the Altmühltal. Soon, the trail leads back down into the valley and you walk along the edge of the forest above the river.



The trail eventually branches… read more

The seventh stage of the Altmühltal panorama trail runs through the narrowest and rockiest part of the Altmühltal. From Kipfenberg, the trail meanders first over a wooded ridge. Especially on hot summer days the trees provide cool shade and in winter the unique silence of the sleeping forest enchants… read more

The eighth stage, with its length of twelve kilometers, is a real pleasure trip. From Beilngries you climb comfortably up to Arzberg and enjoy already beautiful views of the city and the Main-Danube Canal.



The Arzberg is a broad mountain ridge, which is surrounded in the north by the Main-Danube Canal… read more

Even though the course of the Altmühl and Main-Danube Canal has been straightened out in the course of time, the landscape on the ninth stage is no less impressive. From the starting point Dietfurt, the watercourse winds through a narrow valley with towering valley slopes.



First you walk on beautiful… read more

On the tenth day of your hike, the last stage is on the Altmühltal Panoramaweg. Finally, you will be spoiled again with stunning views, impressive rocks, idyllic villages and a trip to the Danube Valley.



In Riedenburg begins the tenth stage and the route takes you along a narrow trail along the steep… read more