Main/ Winery Tour

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Main/ Winery Tour

Main Cycle Path

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Through the Franconia wine area

If you want to get to know the Main Bike Trail and the Franconia wine you are right on this trip. From Schweinfurt to Aschaffenburg you discover the most beautiful section of the Main cycle path. In the Franconian wine country wine characterizes not only the landscape but also the lifestyle of the people. At the start and at the end of your trip you stay in good middle class hotels. During the tour you stay in selected wineries and wine hotels. Of course you create your own image about the skill of the winemaker on site, as this trip includes 3 wine samples. Enjoy Franconian hospitality, fine wines and traveling a very well-signposted flat bike path.

Dates 2024:

Arrival: daily
Duration: 8 days
Dates:
Season 1: Apr 06.-14. + Oct 05.-12.
Season 2: Apr 14.-May 03. +
Sept 21.-Oct 04.
Season 3: May 04.-Sept 20.

1st Day: Bamberg

Individual arrival. We recommend to arrive early, then you have enough time to visit the remarkable “Kleine Museum”. Marvel at more than 100 works by the Austrian artist Hundertwasser, because this unique private collection is supplemented by loans from galleries from Germany and New York.

2nd Day: Schweinfurt – Sommerach, approx. 40 km

Today you start your first tour. After 18 km the first vineyards appear at Wipfeld. A beautiful bike course takes you through small wine villages in the heart of the Franconian wine country through the Volkacher Main loop, the largest contiguous vineyard region of Franconia. Enjoy the picturesque village Sommerach with its baroque houses and half-timbered wineries. In the afternoon we recommend a guided wine tour. You will learn about the Sommeracher vineyards, about hundred years of history of the wine cellars and the craftsmanship of the winery (every Friday, Saturday, Sunday at 3pm ).

3rd Day: Sommerach – Sommerhausen, approx. 42 km

Quickly you arrive in the old town of Dettelbach. You will be fascinated by the almost completely preserved city walls, many small towers, cobbled roads and picturesque rows of half-timbered houses from the late Gothic and Renaissance. Shortly afterwards you reach Kitzingen, the largest wine trading city on the Main. Marvel at the historic market square dominated by the Franconian half-timbered houses, impressive town houses and the Renaissance town hall. Cycle on to Ochsenfurt. Admire the new town hall from 1515 with lance turrets and elaborate figure- and moon clock before you continue to cycle to Sommerhausen. Look forward to the old town with townhouses and wine-growing houses surrounded idyllic by a well preserved defensive wall.

4th Day: Sommerhausen – Karlstadt, approx. 40 km

Cycle through the romantic village Eibelstadt, whose historic city wall surrounds many attractions. Shortly before Würzburg you cycle through the picturesque wine village Randersacker, where wine grows since 779 AD. Here the first wine school in Franconia had its origin (in Randersackerer Mönchshof). You cycle the bike trail to the beautiful city of Würzburg. Here you marvel at the market square, the town hall, the old Main bridge, the imposing fortress and the Lady Chapel with its sandstone figures by Tilman Riemenschneider. The highlight is the former bishop’s residence, which was built 1720 – 1744 according to plans by Balthasar Neumann. In its unity it is regarded as one of the most beautiful palace buildings of South German Baroque. Through Himmelstadt with small organic wine trail you cycle to the worth-seeing Karlstadt. Go on an expedition in the old town surrounded by ancient walls, towers and gates.

5th Day: Karlstadt – Homburg, approx. 28 km/ 42 km or 58 km

Now the landscape is changing and the characteristic viticulture disappears and shady forests mark the bike path. In only 10 minutes (Karstadt – Gemünden) or 25 minutes (Karlstadt-Lohr) by train, you can shorten the stage of today. No matter how you decide, Lohr will welcome you with the charm of its fairytale old town. The bike path runs directly along the banks through the beautiful town of Marktheidenfeld with its venerable parish church and Franck-house (1745 built by wealthy wine merchant Franz Valentin Franck). Enjoy the romantic wine village Homburg and the vineyards, which now again enrich the landscape.

6th Day: Homburg – Bürgstadt, approx. 46 km

Today the wooded hills come close together, through which the Main winds. Passing Wertheim with a graceful half-timbered houses and a narrow old town you cycle mostly right on the shore and enjoy pure nature. In Bürgstadt you rediscover vineyards, where mostly red wine grapes grow. It is a pretty jolly wine village and offers small delicacies in the “Häckerwirtschaften”. Look forward to the Red Wine Hiking Trail and the Martin Chapel with unique interior decor.

7th Day: Bürgstadt – Aschaffenburg, approx. 46 km

Only a few kilometres away you reach Miltenberg, which proudly presents itself with half-timbered houses! Marvel at the magnificent market square – better known as “Schnatterloch”. Parallel to the Red Wine Hiking Trail you cycle to Großheubach. Wine determines the life in the village since 1254. On flat roads you quickly cycle through Klingenberg, where also excellent red wines are grown, to the sandstone Castle Johannesburg in Aschaffenburg.

8th Day: Aschaffenburg

Individual departure. After breakfast your nice cycle holiday ends in Aschaffenburg. Return by train is possible. If you want to go back to the first hotel (Hotel Schweinfurt), we recommend our quick back transfer service (Departure every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday at 9am, it takes about 2 hours).

YOUR ACCOMMODATION:

On this tour you stay in comfortable middle-class hotels in Schweinfurt and Aschaffenburg, as well as in 5 wineries/wine hotels.

Please note that accommodation requests are always updated daily at the time of booking. The selection is based on availability. Of course, we are happy to accept non-binding customer requests. Tell us your wishes when booking.

You will receive the accommodation we have actually booked with the hotellist and the travel documents (after the booking confirmation at the earliest).

YOUR BICYCLES:

7-/27-speed ladies or men
E-Bikes
Children-/Teenager´s bike + equippment upon request

  • shockproof 28” wheels
  • 7-speed hub with back-pedal brake or 27-speed dérailleur
  • 8-speed E-bikes with hub gear
  • special front-whell hubs
  • always two handbrakes for front and back wheel
  • comfortable gel-saddle
  • all-around chain guard
  • 1 waterproof, spacious pannier bag
  • emergency-kit
ARRIVAL INFORMATION:

Parking

  • Our partner hotels always provide parking possibilities. Sometimes even free of charge, for the entire duration of your bike trip. There are always plenty of parking spots available, pre-reservation is not always necessary.
  • Detailed information on parking at the hotel booked for you, you will receive together with the detailed travel documents prior departure.

Train station

  • Station: Schweinfurt

Airport

  • Next airport: Nuremberg (NUE) or Frankfurt (FRA)
  • 7 nights incl. breakfast in room with shower/bath/WC
  • 3 x wine tasting/ visiting of wine cellar
  • luggage transport
  • map of bike trails with marked route
  • Digital route guidance via smartphone app for almost all trips
  • tips for tour preparation
  • touristic information
  • 7 days hotline service
Season 1Season 2Season 3
Double room 949,-1.049,-1.099,-
Single room1.249,-1.349,-1.399,-
prices in EUR/person

All taxes, if due, payable locally.

Discount children /extra bed – upon request

Additional bookable

Rental bikes
7-/27-speed99,-
E-Bike259,-
Transferprice per person
Aschaffenburg-Schweinfurt
Wed,Sat,Sun at 9 am.
95,-
own bike on transfer40,-
Additional nights
incl. breakfast
Double roomSingle room
Schweinfurt79,-129,-
Aschaffenburg 79,-119,-
prices in EUR/person

Operator: Velociped

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