Ideas for Germany Trip

[cumbriabeems]

Hi all, requesting info from you seasoned travellers.

Next year (June) Mrs H and myself (with 1100GS) are off to Germany with some friends (with Honda Pan Euro) and ar looking for hints and ideas.

We live in Cumbria, so are going Newcastle - Imudjen on DFDS, landing early morning, then plan to ride over to Aachen. Then looking for somewhere to stay. Over the whole trip (2 weeks) we dont intend to stay on the bikes all day. To leave a place after breakfast and arrive somewhere at 14.00 is fine !

The idea is to go down the Rhine toward the swiss border, and if possible take one of the passes over the border and back. One place recommended so far is Frieburg. I am very interested in German railways so plan to take photos of the trains, so a railway location is OK.

Any ideas / suggestions / hints & tips etc etc welcome. hoping to take in villages, forests good roads etc.

Please PM for my email address if you have routes / pics to send us.

Cheers, David and Lyn

 

[Dave Barrett]

Hi David, Hi Lyn,

Some "starter info" for South West Germany, including the Black Forest can be found here:

http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=116669

Freiburg is definitely worth a visit, and from there, the Swiss Border is only about 65km.

If you're interested in railways, there is a scheduled steam service every second Sunday during the summer that runs to and from Achern.

http://www.badenpage.de/achertal/dampfzug/index.html

In addition to this, Deutsche Bahn run a scheduled mainline steam service from Achern to Karlsruhe, again, only during the summer months.

Have a look at the Black Forest Website in the post mentioned above, then if you need any specific info, please PM me.

 

[wessie]

Trier is a nice city, near the Lux border. You could spend a couple of days off the bikes here looking at the Roman history, River Mosel etc. Good for a base to tour the Eiffel Mountains. www.trier.de has an English translation and lists accommodation. I used the Hotel Garni Grund, but it was a few years ago now so I can't guarantee it is as good.

Black Forest is a lovely area. See Ronno's & Andy's recent reports
http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=120056
http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=120692

Another favourite area is around Lake Constance. Again, a place where you can enjoy time off the bikes, criss crossing the lake on the ferries.

Then of course you have the Bavarian Alps running parallel to the Austrian border. Last time I was in Germany I rode from Munich into Austria via the B318 that runs past Tegernsee (a lake). It was fabulous. There again, anywhere from Lake Constance east to the border area near Salzburg is bound to be.

A couple of picture of Tegernsee:

 

[Loiq]

There's more to germany than the south have a look around goettingen between Hannover and Berlin lots of mountains and country side Czech border not far or even higher up Usedom and western pommerania great little seaside towns lots of sea food and large open spaces with no people.

And up to Schelswig Holstein loads of nothing up there and fishing villages on eitherside Husum is nice St Peter Ording also nice on norht sea and on the other side Laboe and Luebeck on the Baltic

but the weather can be starting to get bad up't norf...

 

[Dave Barrett]

but the weather can be starting to get bad up't norf...

Yep, but it's still glorious sunshine here in the south, as it has been for the past week or so. Daytime tempsâre still over 20 degrees, but it's getting a bit fresh at night now.

 

[Loiq]

changed my mine germany is only in the south forget the north it's all crap and nobody ever goes there anyway...

 

[thauma]

I know you mentioned German trains, but but if you're heading towards Switzerland, their railway service is something to behold. In my experience they run to the second, never mind the minute.

There is a train to the to the Jungfraujoch (tunnels through the Eiger I believe.)
see for information.

http://switzerland.isyours.com/e/guide/berner_oberland/railway.html

We did it last year, and the weather was pants, so didn't get to see too much, but was still worth it for the experience. However if it's good clear weather, them I'd highly recommend it.

Just a thought should you find yourself with some time on your hands.

Cheers

Dave#...

 

[nedflanders]

Everyone always says the Nurburgring so I won't bother, Dresden is awesome considering the state we left it in

 

[GS TRV]

Everyone always says the Nurburgring so I won't bother, Dresden is awesome considering the state we left it in

Ssshshhhh

Don't want a load of noisey bikers coming here ruining the peace and tranquility

 

[Gecko]

Have a look at best bikingroads .com (click on the link below my post) for best biking roads. You'll find a selection of chosen and tested biking routes to die for (not literally hopefully) .
If you go to Aachen pop in and visit BMW Kohl (www.kohl.de) very large dealership with a great slection of bikes and rider gear. often has some very good offers so worth a visit.

 

[KMD]

The Eifel Region gets another vote from me. Been many times and never get bored of the stunning scenery or the great roads. There's the Mosel Valley from Trier to Cochem, the 258 to the Nurburgring and of course, as Ned has mentioned, we all say the Ring itself. But you can't deny it's one of bikings life experiences.

Another riding experience everyone should have is the E500 from Freiberg to Baden Baden. It's a biking road made in heaven.

Castle Neuschwanstein near Fussen is well worth a visit, as is Burg Elzt (sp) which is just out of Cochem. Steeped in history, aparently the only castle in Europe never to have been sacked although plenty tried.