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Long-distance Walking Trail
Romantic Road
No matter whether you plan to come individually by car, motor home, motorcycle, bicycle or foot, or in a group, you will
find all the information you need to plan
your journey along the Romantic Road in
the various information brochures, all of
which are designed to make your preparations as easy as possible. Naturally, you
can also download all information from
the internet.
To go walking is to discover slow time. Getting around on your own two legs relaxes you.
Walking takes you away from the hectic comings and goings of everyday life and into a
dimension of reflection. It heightens perception of little things by the wayside, be it the
beauty of a hedgerow, the pure clear air of a beech wood, the song of a lark high above the
fields or the rippling waves on a lake. On the Romantic Road‘s long-distance walking trail,
hikers see and appreciate the spectacularly unspoilt character and beauty of nature. From
the vineyards by the river Main and along the Tauber Valley, the European Watershed in the
Frankenhöhe Nature Park, the fertile farmland of the Central Franconian Basin, the mysterious Ries, the lowland forests on the banks of the Danube and on to the foothills of the
Alps, there is a vast variety of rivers, meadows, grasslands, pine forests and mixed woods,
water-meadows and high moors, magical valleys and picture-book villages, which inspired
so many Romantic painters in the 19th century.
Accommodations
Short breaks
Events
Romantic Road
Coach
Daily bus connections (April – October) from Frankfurt to Munich
and back along the Romantic Road. Online booking via
www.romanticroadcoach.de, bicycle transport, package arrangements including overnight accommodation and sightseeing programme, individual tours for cyclists, hikers and motorists, arrangements that are guaranteed to be held.
Touring Tours & Travel GmbH . Romantic Road Sales Office
Am Römerhof 17 . 60486 Frankfurt/Main
Phone +49 (0) 69 719126-261/-268 . Fax +49 (0) 69 719126-156
www.touring-travel.eu . incoming@touring-travel.eu
Germany‘s best known and most
popular holiday route
Starting in Würzburg and ending in Füssen, the Romantic Road‘s long-distance
walking trail covers a distance of almost
500 kilometres. It is signposted all the
way and takes you through an atmospheric landscape of traditional variety,
with picturesque little towns, markets
and villages, each with its own historic,
heritage-protected centre. The trail follows the Romantic Road for almost its entire length, passing along woodland and
country paths and quiet little roadways
that give access to the countryside. In the
towns, it takes in the historic town centres
and gives walkers an opportunity to sample the individual local colour and everyday life of the inhabitants.
By bicyle
460 km
On foot
480 km
Romantic Road®
By car
410 km
Germany
Holiday Route
D9 Long-distance Cycle Trail
Going on a walking tour without stopping
for something to eat and drink would be
an unforgivable mistake on this gastrotrail that is the Romantic Road. A rest in a
village inn often becomes a culinary highlight. A good meal with hearty regional
food and a glass of Franconian wine on the
table in front of you or a beer from a local
micro-brewery – such stops remain as enduring memories. Traditional dishes from
Franconia, Swabia and Upper Bavaria all
find their way onto the tables of the local
inns along the way.
Long-distance Walking Trail
DENMARK
KIEL
ROSTOCK
Part 1 – From Würzburg to Donauwörth
Part 2 – From Donauwörth to Füssen
Price: € 13.90 (per guide)
Published by Esterbauer Verlag, Rodingersdorf
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Palace/castle
Place of interest
Church
Museum
Natural monument
01/12
PEGASUS – Romantic Road
Travel Partner
Package travel arrangement
www.toeurope.eu
Group travel to the
Romantic Road
FRANKFURT
WÜRZBURG
Wertheim
Village
CZECH REPUBLIC
NUREMBERG
SAARBRÜCKEN
STUTTGART
A 3 Frankfurt
FRANCE
A 3 Nü
rnberg
Tauberbischofsheim
AUGSBURG
Lauda-Königshofen
MUNICH
Röttingen
Bad
Mergentheim
Weikersheim
FÜSSEN
Creglingen
AUSTRIA
SWITZERLAND
ITALY
Rothenburg
o.d.T.
Schillingsfürst
ronn
Feuchtwangen
- Stuttgart
ürnbe
A6N
rg
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Dinkelsbühl
Wallerstein
Nördlingen
Schloss Baldern
Harburg
Rain
Donauwörth
A 8 Stuttgart
Augsburg
Friedberg
A8M
ünch
en -
au
Landsberg
am Lech
Salz
burg
A 96 Münch
en
nd
Hohenfurch
Li
eilb
A6H
A 7 Ulm - Kempten
Hikeline‘ walking guides Romantic Road (in German)
Guide for walkers with maps on a scale of 1:35,000
BELGIUM
Würzburg
burg
Travel literature on “Walking tours of the Romantic Road“
DRESDEN
LEIPZIG
COLOGNE
Ham
Those who finish the almost 500 kilometres of Germany‘s most varied long-distance walking trail - with all the diversity
of its cuisine and the variety of its landscapes - and have a fully-stamped ‘hiking
card‘ will be awarded a certificate and the
Romantic Road gold badge. For those covering shorter sections, there is a bronze award for 9 places visited and a silver
award for those who visit 18 stops along
the Romantic Road. You can get both the
‘hiking card‘ and an appropriate stamp
for each stage at all tourist offices along
the route. Details of the entire route, as
well as of the stops for each stage can be
downloaded from the internet both as a
map and in GPS data format at:
www.romantischestrasse.de
The triad of nature, culture and hospitality has been the trade mark of the Romantic
Road for over 60 years. Running from the River Main to the Alps, it is Germany’s best
known and most popular holiday route. The name Romantic Road expresses what many
guests from home and abroad feel on seeing medieval towns or the fairy-tale castle at
Neuschwanstein: fascination and the sense of being transported back in time. From
Würzburg to Füssen, the Romantic Road opens up a wealth of European history, art and
culture to travellers. On the way from north to south, the landscape changes from river
valleys, fertile agricultural land, forests and meadows to dramatic mountain scenery:
from Würzburg and wine, the Tauber Valley and Rothenburg, via the Ries, Lechfeld and
Pfaffenwinkel districts to the castles of King Ludwig. However, a journey along the
Romantic Road offers much more than beautiful countryside and culinary delights. The
Romantic Road thrives on the harmony of culture and hospitality, on the unending
series of new vistas in polymorphic landscapes, on towns with impressive buildings
that have preserved their original appearance over the centuries. Balthasar Neumann
designed the Residence in Würzburg. Tilman Riemenschneider is present throughout
the Tauber Valley. Carl Spitzweg was fascinated by Rothenburg and Dinkelsbühl. In the
Ries district, you can see the history of the earth for yourself. Augsburg bears witness
to the Romans and, with the ’Fuggerei‘, is distinguished by the first social housing,
which dates back to the 16th century. The ’Wieskirche‘, one of the most famous Rococo
works of art, is to be found in the Pfaffenwinkel district. Hohenschwangau and, above
all, Neuschwanstein, the world-famous castle of Bavarian King Ludwig II, are dreams
in stone of bygone times and mark the end of the Romantic Road at the foot of the Bavarian Alps. If you are travelling by car, mobile home or motorcycle, simply follow the
brown signs that link the individual towns along the Romantic Road. Cyclists can follow
the green signs of the Romantic Road Long Distance Cycle Trail over the 460 km from
Würzburg to Füssen. Under the number D9, this route is also part of the German Bicycle
Club (ADFC) network of cycle routes. The blue signs mark the long-distance walking
trail, a genuine pleasure route of almost 500 kilometres that passes through beautiful
countryside and romantic towns and villages. Take time to explore the landscape, art
and culinary delights that await you along the Romantic Road. On the way from the River Main to the Alps, you can be sure of discovering
a host of extraordinary, inspiring and amazing
sights well off the beaten path of mass tourism.
GERMANY
DÜSSELDORF
96
Germany’s best known and most popular holiday route
BERLIN
HANO VER
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The Romantic Road
POLAND
BREMEN
A7
If your feet start to hurt, then just hop
aboard the Romantic Road Coach. This
service runs every day from April to October from Frankfurt via Würzburg, Rothenburg, Dinkelsbühl, Augsburg and Munich
to Füssen and back. Further information is
available at:
www.touring-travel.eu
www.romanticroadcoach.de
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HAMBURG
THE
NETHERLANDS
Schongau
Peiting
Rottenbuch
Wildsteig
Steingaden
Wieskirche
Halblech
Schwangau
Füssen
Schloss
Neuschwanstein
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Touristik-Arbeitsgemeinschaft GbR
Segringer Straße 19
91550 Dinkelsbühl
Tel.: +49 (0) 9851 551387
Fax: +49 (0) 9851 551388
info@romantischestrasse.de
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