Itinerary at a glance

Short and sweet – over five days, you'll pass along the Lahn River through the university town of Marburg and the half-timbered city of Wetzlar. In Limburg, you'll be delighted by the cathedral and the protected historic old town, while Weilburg offers a Renaissance castle.

Visit the historic old town and Elisabeth church. Your rental bicycle is ready for you at the hotel.

You cycle in wide Lahn valley past idyllic little bathing ponds to Wetzlar. Explore the old town and interesting dome.

Cross the stony bridge to leave Wetzlar and soon you reach the old mine Fortuna (+8 km), Germany’s only iron-ore show mine, operating the original underground machinery. Take in the beautiful surroundings to Weilburg, where the renaissance castle stands in solitary splendour on a high rock above river Lahn. Wedged in between the heights of Taunis and Westerwald the river winds its way. You cycle on the asphalted Lein path via Aumenau and Runkel to Limburg with famous dome.

Today you cross the pristine valley from Diez to Balduinstein, one of the most scenic parts of the tour. Two climbs can be avoided by using the train (11 km). Have a break at monastery Arnstein, at fortress Nassau or in historic Inn on Lahn before you reach Bad Ems.

Other variations of this tour

Lahn Cycle Path, Marburg – Koblenz

7 Days

11 ratings

View of Katz Castle and the Loreley Rocks

Lahn Cycle Path, Lahn source – Koblenz

10 Days

4 ratings

Cyclists along Lahn cycle path with a bridge in the background

Route Information

Medium

Difficulty level: easy-medium, easy riding, occasionally a pushing section.

Prices & Dates

Category A: comfortable middle-class hotels, mostly in the center

Category B: nice guesthouses and hotels partly out of town

Prices per person in EUR

Our Rental Bikes

Unisex bike 9 to 30-speed

Derailleur gears with freewheel

High-quality unisex touring bike with comfortable low entry

Men's bike 9 to 30-speed

Derailleur gears with freewheel

High-quality men's touring bike with classic diamond frame

Unisex bike 7/8-speed

Hub gears with coaster brake

High-quality unisex touring bike with coaster brake on the rear wheel

Men's bike 7/8-speed

Hub gears with coaster brake

High-quality men's touring bike with coaster brake on the rear wheel

E-bike 5 to 9-speed

with coaster brake

High-quality unisex electric bike with comfortable low entry

Services & Information

Further details about this tour

Services

Included

Accommodation in chosen category
Breakfast
Luggage transfer
Carefully elaborated route description
Detailed travel documents 1x per room (German, English)
App for Navigation and GPS-data
Service hotline

Optional extras

Return transfer by minibus or car daily, reservation required, payable in advance. Bad Ems - Marburg, departure between approx. 09:00 and 10:00, costs per person EUR 95, for own bike additionally EUR 40.

Information

Arrival / parking / departure

Marburg train station
Hotel parking spaces to be paid for, no reservation possible
Good train connections from Coblenz to Marburg

Things to note

Tourist tax, if due, is not included in the price!
Further important information according to the package travel law can be found here!
This tour is a partner tour.

SUSTAINABILITY

Join us in achieving greater sustainability by choosing our digital route book, rather than the printed version. As a small thank you we will give you a discount of EUR 20 per room.