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Completely guided and Escorted Bicycle Group Tour
Romantic Middle Rhine from Heidelberg to Cologne

9 Days 01th June 2012- 09th June 2012

Heidelberg, who have not hear in his live from Heidelberg?

The name Heidelberg stands for the world-famous Castle and a picturesque Old Town in breathtakingly beautiful surroundings. It stands both for Germany's oldest university and modern research facilities. For historic streets and a lively university atmosphere. For total relaxation and beautiful walks. It also stands for the longest and one of the most attractive pedestrian zones in Europe.
And why is the rhine so beautiful? In the course of time poets and bards from all over the world have composed hymns of praise for this unique river landscape. Hardly any other has been sung about so often. It is flanked by vine gardens whose wines are world-renowned and imposing castles on the hillsides strive heavenward enveloped in myths and legends. A cultural region whose colourful past has left its mark everywhere.

Our program romantic middle Rhine bicycle tour

• 01. June Heidelberg
  According to Heidelberg, you have a diverse selection of trains, and if you arrive by car, we are happy to assist in the selection of a car park for the duration of your bicycle tour. Flexible according to your arrival to Heidelberg, we welcome you at the hotel with a refreshing drink while you get to know the other participants of this tour. We then explain the specifics of the bike tour, answer your questions and provide further information on the highlights along the path. You will then receive an in-depth instruction in the technology of the bike.
  Then the afternoon is all about the Old and Historic Heidelberg, during a city tour, you will be happy to introduce our native guides in the history of Heidelberg.
  
  
• 02. June Heidelberg - Zwingenberg 45 kilometers
  We leave Heidelberg and take the first piece along the Neckar river, where we follow after some time the route along the hem Odenwald. The mild climate here is not for nothing that brought the name "German Riviera", figs and kiwis thrive here, and still others Südländische fruit. Along the way you greet old castles and romantic villages, and over Heppenheim, Bensheim, we reach our present goal for the day, the oldest city on the mountain road, Zwingenberg.
  
  
• 03. June Zwingenberg  - Mainz 47 kilometers
  After a hearty breakfast, we leave the mountain road and reach the Rhine at Gernsheim. Here we use the ferry, then continue on the left side of the Rhine downriver to our bike tour. In Oppenheim, you have the opportunity to visit the wine museum in order to gain a first impression of the culture of wine production on the Rhine. When we arrive on the afternoon of Mainz, you've closed the opportunity to visit the cultural and historical sites, the Gutenberg Museum, Mainz Cathedral, the Stephen's Church with the windows designed by Marc Chagall remains nothing to your wishes. And our city tour will give you the historical highlights.
  
  
• 04. June Mainz - Rudesheim 43 kilometers
  The first stretch of cycle path from Mainz to Bingen takes us through meadows and orchards, and in Bingen you have the opportunity to attend this year's Garden Show to the variety of flowers will certainly enchant you, too. On the rest of the bike trail, you have the opportunity to visit the castle Reichenstein in order to win in the museum an idea of the "dark ages" to. In the romantic wine village of Bacharach is our present goal for the day.
  
  
• 05. June Rüdesheim - Koblenz 44 kilometers
  Today, the Rhine valley, a little tighter, it greets you from a distance, the dark castle on Gutenfels Kaub, and middle of the river the "Palatinate near Kaub. And when we on the rock of Lorely come by, it's time for a rest before the road continues about us Boppard to Koblenz to the German Corner, where the Mosel joins the Rhine. You may still visit the Ehrenbreitstein, and enjoy the evening, perhaps in the wine town on the Rhine.
  
  
• 06. June Koblenz - Bonn, 61 kilometers
  This day takes us through Andernach and the small sleepy place until after Remagen, where you can visit the famous Bridge of Remagen ". In the two still-standing towers at today's peace museum, which makes an impressive battle of the Bridge at Remagen clearly.
  Over the long Rhine promenade in Bonn, then we will reach the old government district of Bonn, and our hotel in the heart of Bonn offers you many possibilities to visit within easy distance of the highlights of Bonn. How about a visit to the birthplace of Bonn's most famous son, Ludwig van Beethoven
  
  
• 07. June Bonn - Cologne 38 kilometers
  Today we reach after a short, varied journey, the Old Historic City of Cologne, you will immediately capture on arrival. We reached Cologne on the Rhine promenade, and the sight of the Cologne Cathedral, we have arrived at the heart of Old Town. After you have refreshed themselves in the hotel a little bit, waiting for the city with all its history and culture to be explored. Roman past at every corner, local color along with culture, with a sweet tooth for a visit to the chocolate museum, the day will not be enough to see everything and do here. Our native guide will explain the historical highlights, and of course the Cologne Cathedral, in depth during a city tour, which we then conclude in a brewery in Cologne. Let yourself be captivated by the lifestyle of Cologne with a visit to a traditional brewery with typical food and drink simply Cologne, the Kolsch.
  
  
• 08. Juni Cologne
  After breakfast you can expect native guide to show you the historical and cultural highlights in a 3-hour tour to. This of course includes a detailed tour of Cologne Cathedral. In the afternoon, you can then use varied, why not visit the Roman Germanic Museum, or for a sweet tooth, the chocolate museum. Cologne has something for everyone and every taste.
  
  
• 09. Juni Cologne
  After breakfast, your beautiful bike tour ends, from our hotel is only 5 minutes walk to the main station, where you have all the National and International travel opportunities

Included in this Tour:

• 8 overnight accommodations with breakfast in good hotels or guesthouses with privat bathroom, shower and toilett
• Completely guided and Escorted Bicycle Group Tour
• City guidance with your own native guide in Heidelberg
• City guidance with your own native guide in Mainz
• City guidance with your own native guide in Cologne
• Wine test with typical wine from the Rhine Valley
• Last evening dinner in Cologne in a old original brew house with typcila food and drink
• Rent bicycles 21-gear 
• Special detailed books and informations in english language for the historical citys and culture higlights on your way
• Luggage transfer all days from hotel to the next hotel
  

Options:   Use your own bicycle - 60,- € per person
                Extra nights in Heidelberg, Cologne + 45,- € per person