Bike tours in Franconia and Upper Palatinate — VGN leisure tips

The beautiful tour along the Wieseth runs mostly flat, only in some places are small slopes waiting for you. At the station in Dombühl it starts. Here you can get comfortable with the S4 or the R7. From here you cycle in a small arc over the tracks and then directly into the beautiful nature. Along colorful… read more

The roughly 26 kilometer long, easy bike tour takes you from Dombühl to the beautiful, medieval Rothenburg ob der Tauber.



From the train station you cycle through Dombühl. If you feel like it, you can make a first stop here in the outdoor pool and cool off on hot days. Afterwards you cycle on almost flat… read more

From the White Main you cycle to the Red Main at about 39 kilometers. The starting point of the idyllic Bahnradweg is Bischofsgrün, where you can take the cycle bus 329 from Bayreuth or 369 from Weidenberg. The destination of the bike tour is Bayreuth.



Almost effortlessly, you can roll through the wild… read more

Over 66 kilometers, this beautiful tour takes you through the Fichtelgebirge. It takes you from Bischofsgrün to Untersteinach. In the varied up and down it goes through the beautiful landscape of the Fichtelgebirge: You cycle past the Ochsenkopf, Fichtelsee and the four main sources of the mountains… read more

The approximately 30-kilometer bike tour takes you from Bischofsgrün on the Fichtelnaabradweg on rivers and two charming lakes over to Fichtelberg.



You can reach the starting point in Bischofsgrün by bike bus lines 329 or 369. From here you cycle at the beginning a bit uphill, but you can also push the… read more

This approximately 75-kilometer tour takes you from north to south from Obermaintal via the Weismainalb to the Franconian Switzerland - thus lengthwise through the three districts of Lichtenfels, Bamberg and Forchheim. A multi-faceted tour, past three springs and to the origin of the large and the small… read more

This beautiful bike ride starts at the bike bus stop on the treetop path Ebrach. Before swinging on the bike, it is worthwhile to pay a visit to the path and to admire the vast forest from above. Then it starts. For a short while you roll through the forest, but soon the dark, cool forests on steep terrain… read more

On the 70-kilometer tour you will find varied and idyllic river landscapes as well as comfortable cycle paths and places with a historical flair. A special highlight on the bike path from Rothenburg ob der Tauber to Kitzingen is the "lovely Tauber Valley".



It starts at the train station in Rothenburg… read more

The approximately 67-kilometer route takes you from Neustadt an der Aisch to Markt Erlbach. You cycle through small river valleys and villages in the Urfränk to beautiful vineyards.



It starts at the station in Neustadt an der Aisch, where the R81 brings you. From here you drive through the river valleys… read more

This easy bike ride through the lower Aurachtal valley is about 16 kilometers long and takes you from Wicklesgreuth to Büchenbach.



Starting point is at the train station in Wicklesgreuth, where you can get on the S4. From here you cycle through a beautiful forest and then cross Petersaurach. Behind the… read more

Between the heights of the Franconian Switzerland and the Steigerwald the RegnitzRadweg connects the cities Bamberg, Forchheim, Erlangen, Fürth and Nuremberg on two parallel routes. While the 85 kilometer long valley route leads through villages and small towns with Franconian half-timbered facades… read more