Itinerary at a glance

The tranquility of the Thuringian Forest meets culture and history along the route through four cities. You'll follow in the footsteps of Bach, Luther, Goethe, and Schiller. In the old trading city of Erfurt, you'll find the Severikirche and the Krämerbrücke dominating the scene.

You should come early to have enough time for sightseeing in the historic city of Eisenach. Famous persons like Johann Sebastian Bach or Martin Luther King have lived here.

You follow the river Hörsel, afterwards you continue through the Thuringian basin. You reach Gotha in the early afternoon, so there is enough time for sightseeing.

In the morning you cycle to Wechmar which won an award for being the most beautiful village in Thuringia in 2003. This village is also well-known for its Bach museum. Afterwards you can admire castle Wachsenburg, castle Mühlburg and castle Gleichen on your way to Gera and Erfurt.

After today’s short stage you arrive in Weimar. Visit the palace, the museum, the theatre or the park. We are sure that you will not be bored today.

Goethe and Schiller Statue infront of Theater in Weimar

Route information

Medium

The route is very well signposted and leads you along asphalted roads, bike paths, forest paths and trails. Every bike day has long flat routes as well as some hilly sections, only a few parts where you have to push the bike.

Prices & Dates

Category: comfortable middle class hotels

Prices per person in EUR

Services & Information

Further details about this tour

Services

Included

Accommodation as already mentioned
Breakfast
Luggage transfer
Detailed travel documents 1x per room (German, English)
App for navigation and GPS-data
Service hotline

Optional extras

Return transfer by minibus to Eisenach every Thursday at 9 am, costs EUR 55, extra EUR 40 for your own bike, minimum 2 persons, reservation is necessary, to be paid for in advance

Information

Arrival / Parking / Departure

Eisenach train station
Erfurt airport
Car park at the hotel, to be paid at the time, no reservation possible/necessary
Good train connections from Weimar to Eisenach

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.