Black Forest bike tour round trip

Black Forest bicycle itinerary self-guided cycle route

Day 1: Arrival Freiburg/Germany

Day 2: Freiburg – Bonndorf – 40 km/25 miles + journey by train

First you cycle through valley Dreisamtal to Kirchzarten. By train via Himmelreich and through narrow valley Höllental up to Hinterzarten (not included). By bike downhill to lake Titisee. Via Lenzkirch you reach Bonndorf.

Day 3: Bonndorf – Waldshut/Tiengen – 50 km/31 miles

Before you reach river Rhine today, you should visit 20.000 year-old gorge Wutachschlucht. On your way you have the possibility to go by train Sauschwänzlebahn (facultative, about 10€/person). Enjoyable you cycle along river Rhine.

Day 4: Waldshut/Tiengen – Rheinfelden – Basel – 50 km/31 miles + journey by train

Impressively, the Rhine winds through Black Forest and the Jura. We recommend visiting the city of Laufenburg today. In former times there was another Rhine fall, which was blasted in the 19th century. Your target place not only has a rich history, but also an impressive walled medieval cityscape. Basel is shopping- and commercial center in the border triangle of Germany, Switzerland and France and has a number of interesting museums.

Day 5: Basel – Badenweiler/Mühlheim – 45 km/28 miles

You follow Rhine bike path via Isteiner Klotz, in former times directly at Rhine and at every time it was fortified. At the boarder of the Southern Black Forest you cycle passing few little spa-villages, which are using the curative water of that region.

Day 6: Badenweiler/Mühlheim – Freiburg – 40 km/25 miles

Today you cycle along the vineyards of the Markgräfler country, at the right side the Black Forest, left it’s reflection, the Vogesen. Back in Fribourg we recommend to visit the Augistinermueum and at the evening the beer garden.

Day 7: Departure or extention

End of the self guided bicycle tour.

Dates & Prices for 2019

What’s included in the self guided cycle tour?