Black Forest Tips Wanted

cooperman · Nov 18, 2006

We are thinking of taking the girls on a trip to the Black Forest next year...anyone got any tips on good biking routes, hotels etc? We will be sailing from Hull and have a week to spend on the trip. If anyone has any 'must see' info I would be grateful for advice. Cooperman

Gas'd Off · Nov 18, 2006

Apparently they make a rather mean gateaux over there

JohnnyBoxer · Nov 18, 2006

cooperman said:
We are thinking of taking the girls on a trip to the Black Forest next year...anyone got any tips on good biking routes, hotels etc? We will be sailing from Hull and have a week to spend on the trip. If anyone has any 'must see' info I would be grateful for advice. Cooperman

Do the route 500 from Baden Baden

John Armstrong · Nov 18, 2006

Try the road next to the Danube (L277?) from Tuttlingen to Singmaringen

Tim Cullis · Nov 18, 2006

Biking map of Black Forest: http://www.uem-online.com/em/index-map.php?nr=mr09vor

Tim

ebbo · Nov 18, 2006

If you could get to Rothenburg, you'd have a lovley day out, I’d love to take the wife back there. (Map)

Clock tower

City walls

Dusk

Gasthof Bezold right outside the city wall, with parking round the back. (map)

Micky · Nov 18, 2006

Hotel Waldblick at Schenkenzell

www.motorradhotel-schwarzwald.de

GPS N 48.16.38 E 08.05.17

Brigitte and Franz Kilgus

info@hotel-waldblick.de

Half an hours ride to................. T O U R A T E C H :clap

www.adventure.gs

bladerunner · Nov 18, 2006

Try these routes for size. Hoch Schwartzwald strasse is the one you want - south of Baden Baden. You will not be the only biker!

Simon

Dennis Saunders · Nov 20, 2006

Hi

I can certainly vouch for Hotel Wildblick in Schenkenzell, excellent place, good value.
Stayed there whilst travelling to and from Garmisch Rally

Harlequin · Nov 20, 2006

Stayed in a great bikers hotel in Bad Peterstahl, just south of the B500 to Baden Baden . Will dig out the details for you, then made it across to the Mosel valley. Also worth a trip to the Voseges region of France before hitting the Black Forest.

Micky · Nov 20, 2006

JohnnyBoxer said:
Do the route 500 from Baden Baden

NOT on a weekend though :nono

JohnnyBoxer · Nov 20, 2006

Micky said:
NOT on a weekend though

It'd make it pretty exciting though

............some of the bends are sooooo long a GS runs out of puff

Deleted account rno · Nov 20, 2006

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Neil W · Nov 20, 2006

If you are going from Hull to Zeebrugge , its well worth travelling via Brussels, Spa and Trier , decent roads and nice scenery once you get south west of Liege.
Plenty of places to stop in the area on the way down and Heidelberg is worth a visit or an overnighter.

cooperman · Nov 21, 2006

Thanks for tips so far fellas...cooperman

sven · Nov 22, 2006

JohnnyBoxer said:
Do the route 500 from Baden Baden

Vastly overrated - follow the C-roads which run parallel to it

Being serious though, if you want to get to the Black Forest in a day from Rotterdam, jump on the motorway to Koblenz (if you have time head to Aachen instead and then head through the Eifel/Mosel instead), then follow the east side of the Rhine gorge to Rudesheim. Take the ferry across the river to Bingen and jumpback on the motorway to Heidelburg, which has a spectacular castle and old town and is a great place to spend an evening.

This then leaves you just north of the Black Forest the next morning

jnrobert · Nov 22, 2006

Pack an umbrella.

Dave Barrett · Nov 23, 2006

As has already been posted, yes, the Schwarzwald Hochstrasse (B500) from Baden-Baden to Freudenstadt is a great road BUT at weekends is incredibly full. In addition, much of it has a blanket 70 km/h speed limit and since last year is now often police patrolled, mainly due to the number of fatal accidents every weekend in the summer.

Some "insider" tips for you: The road via the "Rote Lache" from Baden-Baden to Forbach. The road via the "Schwarzenbach Talsperre" (Dam) from Raumünzach to Sand, then over the B500 to Bühlertal (These two routes can be combined, eventually rejoining the B500 via Bühlertal/Neusatzeck), or the road via "Kaltenbronn" from Gernsbach to Sprollenhaus.

If you're serious about coming over, let me know and I'll gladly accompany you on some of the best roads. At the moment, the B500 is open only to vehicles with winter tyres due to the snow yesterday. For bikes, technically the only officially allowable tyres now are TKC80's, which have the "M&S marking.

Deleted account rno · Nov 23, 2006

Dave Barrett said:
The road via the "Rote Lache" from Baden-Baden to Forbach.

Top road in the north of the Schwartzwald IMO

When in the area, stop off at Mumelsee. It's avery touristie but the local folklore arwork on the hotel walls is worth a look

and the grub was good

Dave Barrett · Nov 23, 2006

Ronno,

Since you're almost a local, I'm amazed you even admit to having visited Mummelsee! :mmmm

When are you coming over next?

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