recommended route
Hunsrück-Radweg (Hunsrueck Cycle Route)
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Radfahren im hügeligen HunsrückPhoto: Vincent Dommer, CC BY, Hunsrück-Touristik GmbH
The Hunsrück Cycle Route is the best way to discover this area by bike, taking you straight through the middle and connecting the Saar with the Rhine.
Author’s recommendation
Track types
Safety information
Suitable for experienced, frequent and occasional cyclists. The gradient of the climb out of the Saar Valley and the Rhine Valley reaches 10% on some short sections – the inclines on the way up the Erbeskopf are shorter and not so steep. All uphill stretches follow forest and farm roads, far away from and undisturbed by motor traffic.Tips and hints
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Start
Destination
Turn-by-turn directions
1. Saarburg – Kell, 30 km: ‘Saar Valley and Hunsrück hills’:
there is a good 350 m difference in elevation between the Saar and the Hunsrück hills near the River Ruwer in Kell, most of which come during the approx. 5 km uphill climb between Irsch and the Speiner Bildchen Chapel.
2. Kell – Hermeskeil – Morbach, 45 km: ‘Erbeskopf stage’:
running almost exclusively through thick forests with occasional glimpses of the view beyond the trees, this stretch takes you within a kilometre of the Erbeskopf summit.
3. Morbach – Kirchberg – Simmern, 45 km: ‘Hunsrück plateau’:
the flattest stage of the route heads straight across the Hunsrück over its level plateau.
4. Simmern – Rheinböllen – Niederheimbach – Bacharach, 35 km: ‘Hunsrück hills and Rhine Valley’:
starting from the Hunsrück plateau, heading across the ridge of the Rhine hills and down to the Rhine, this downhill stretch provides compensation for the climb beginning at Saarburg.
Note
Public transport
Public-transport-friendly
Der Bahnhof Saarburg liegt an der Strecke Trier-Saarbrücken. Bacharach und Niederheimbach liegen an der Mittelrheinstrecke. Die Rückfahrt mit der Deutschen Bahn ist möglich.
Getting there
Über die B 51 oder B 419 von Trier bzw. Saarbrücken.Parking
Parkplätze befinden sich in der Brückenstraße gegenüber der Postfiliale. Hier können Mehrtagestickets erworben werden.Coordinates
Equipment
- Helm
- Handy mit vollem Akku
- Bargeld, Ausweis
- Navigationsgerät, Kartenmaterial
- Luftpumpe / Druckluftkartusche
- Ersatzschlauch
- Ausreichend Getränke
- Energieriegel / -gel
- Wind- / Regenjacke
Statistics
- 59 Waypoints
- 59 Waypoints
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