Area nw of Frankfurt

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A 5 day break we have planned for September has grown by a couple of days, I was originally heading for the Ardennes but May now venture upto this area .
Anyone from here been around this neck of the woods ,suggestions of things not to miss and nice towns to stopover would be appreciated ta :thumb2
 
Marburg is a nice little medieval town, with connections to the brothers Grimm, it has a Schloss and a building that was the inspiration for the Rapunzal tower, along with various sculptures referencing the stories of the brothers Grimm. the Hotel-Restaurant Fasanerie is a couple of miles out of the town but handy for bikes or there are a few Hotels in town or rooms such as Elizabeth Brau in Marburg an der Lahn worth looking on Booking.com or air BnB
 
Have a look at:

http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php/416452-Germany-calling

You might find this political map of Germany handy, to narrow down on the area you need:

https://www.mapsofworld.com/germany/germany-political-map.html

It's probably North Rhine-Westphalia and maybe a bit of Rhineland-Palatinate. Then Saureland.

Anyone from here been around this neck of the woods ,suggestions of things not to miss and nice towns to stopover would be appreciated
The Michelin app you are using will give you lots of details and ideas. Similarly, a touring book of Germany, from say Lonely Planet will give you some ideas, too. Drop into a decent bookshop and flick through the pages.

I do not speak a word of German but with a bit of imagination I Googled 'Motorrad Touren Sauerland' and turned up a website which I thumbed my way through, to find:

https://www.sauerland.com/erleben/Motorradfahren/Die-schoensten-Motorradtouren-im-Sauerland

Lots of others out there, too. Play about, change the words, copy the words into Google translate.... in short, see where selfhelp takes you. It's free, it's fun, you can't break it and they can't touch you for it.
 
Can't beat info/ advice of people who have experienced 1st hand , but I'll have a play around to see if I can break it ta
 
Excellent news!

The Michelin app / Green German guidebook on which it is based, is created from nothing but first hand experience, no different to the first hand knowledge that caused Michelin to edge some of the roads green and label them scenic. Similarly, the Lonely Planet type books. They didn't make it all up, I promise.

The German websites that are linked, are loaded to the gunnels with maps of routes, hotel ideas and at a push (with a bit of Google translate) suggestions on what to see. Yes, it requires effort, not necessary if someone tells you to go to Marburg; the only bit of first hand suggestion this thread has turned up for you so far, but it's early days. You are going in September, which is a month or more away. All I am trying to do is encourage you (and hopefully others) is to think outside the box a little and play about in the World Wide Web, where you are tapping into near enough the whole world's knowledge. What would you do if you didn't know about UKGSer? What might you do to find out information on motorbiking and things to see and do NW of Frankfurt? What made you decide on the corner of Germany NW of Frankfurt in the first place, instead of going to the Ardennes? You decided on it for some reason.... and now you want things to see and do there.... See what I mean. Follow your own line of thought and see where it takes you. Who knows, you might have an interest in steam trains or water wheels, maybe you'll chance upon some as you surf?

Have fun and try really hard to break it. I have never managed.

:beerjug:

Here's a suggestion. Marburg, nice as it is, is out to the SE of the area. Not impossible but maybe a bit of faff to get to and from each day? Look at the Michelin map picture in your post. Look at the roads that look great. Look at towns on the crossroads or T-junctions on the map, that coincide with the great looking roads. Why look at those? Well, you can then go in several directions, radiating out in a circle from your base. Crossroads towns, like Bastogne, are of strategic significance for a reason, they allow flexibility in the direction of onwards travel. The towns generally generate hotels and restaurants, because bods over 100's of years have set up camp there, if only briefly like you. The same basic rules of location apply when motorbiking, trust me.

Google up the place names. Look on Booking.com for hotels. It's really easy once you start.
 
I do not speak a word of German but with a bit of imagination I Googled 'Motorrad Touren Sauerland' and turned up a website which I thumbed my way through, to find:

https://www.sauerland.com/erleben/Mo...n-im-Sauerland

I have looked at this again.

It really is a very good site, with some very good routes. It would not be difficult to cut them into a GPS file and / or use them to find the perfect place to stay to access all or some of them best. For about six to 10 euro you can buy a copy on-line; peanuts and someone has done it all for you.

Want some other ideas / places to stay?

http://www.sauerlaender-hof-willingen.de/tourenkarte/index.html

http://www.road-concept.eu/public/Motorradtourenkarte/sauerland-eifel-westerwald.pdf


There's lots more, too. Some great, some not. All found by Googling: sauerland motorrad. Google also throws up other suggestions, like: kurvenreiche strecke sauerland which led me to:

http://www.kurvenreich-sauerland.de/krs_t/krs_t05.html

All found in about 10 minutes from the comfort of my desk.

A Google enquiry of: 10 top things to see in Sauerland, gave me: https://www.booking.com/destination...&is_user_question=0&sort=uniqueness&vmc_id=0&

I can't believe they are all duff.
 
I don't think I need to do any more research now as you have done it all for me :Dmany thanks
 
Now you only have to work out where to stay, why and which (of the many) roads to ride there, back and in-between.

It does though show how easy it all is, if you let Google do the grunt work for you.

Enjoy your holiday.

PS You could of course reciprocate and write a nice trip report. You'll not be the last person to go there and your first hand experience will be of value for those that follow in your footsteps.
 
We have done the Sauerland a few times over the years. Some nice rides around the lakes/forests & usually loads of bikes around at the weekend.

Hotels - we have stayed at the Holiday Inn Express, to the west of Dortmund which was OK, with a nice restaurant nearby. Also a quirky Mercure at Syburg, where there was a huge mid-week bikers meet. Best though was the deal we got last year at the Hotel Seegarten at Sorpesee, mid week through booking.com. Very nice place, with rooftop pool & a trendy new wing. Cheaper options are available, but hey it's only a couple of days, so why not treat yourselves.

Watch the Nav around these parts. If you don't get your route planned properly & just rely on a destination entry, it will send you around in circles due to the nature of the terrain.

Enjoy the trip .......................... KEN
 
Stayed here a couple of times. Nice hotel, small pool and good food. There are some good routes around the hotel particularly to the north where the area around Winterburg is hilly with roads up approx 1000m. As someone else said Mohensee and Sorpesee are of Dambusters fame but nice to ride round. There is a tour boat on Mohensee next to the dam.

https://www.booking.com/hotel/de/haus-wiesengrund.de.html

The hotel also BMW bikes for hire if you did want to try some thing different.
 
Cheers guys for all you're suggestions ,I've a bit of time off next week for a minor opp so will really get stuck into the plan of attack while I recover :thumb2
 


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