This episode sees us continue along the “Lovely Taubertal Radweg” in very hot weather. A visit to the hilltop city of Rothenburg ob der Tauber was a highlight. Soon we would leave the Tauber and meet the Wornitz River before eventually making it to the River Danube and the city of Donauworth. All of this is still on the popular “Romantische Strasse” route with several historic walled towns and beautiful scenery. The episode ends just south of Donauworth at a campground which is a little off the cycle route, so although the Via Claudia Augusta route starts in Donauworth, we have to wait one more day to connect up with it!
Some useful resources:
Bikeline’s “Via Claudia Augusta” guidebook. Still only available in German, but the maps are great
Website: https://www.viaclaudia.org/en/via-claudia-augusta-welcome
Great info here although a bit clumsy to navigate
Cycling Guide for Bavaria: below is an official Bavarian Government website from which you can download an excellent map in pdf format of all cycling routes in Bavaria. Look for “Cycling Guide for Bavaria” to open the link to the map. (Google will translate from german)
https://www.radverkehr.bayern.de/if/index.php
Ride segments:
Day 5 Tauberrettersheim to Dinkelsbuhl ~83 km (included an 18 km bus ride)
Day 6 Dinkelsbuhl to Nordlingen 38 km
Day 7 Nordlingen to Donauworth and to camping south of city 49 km
Accommodations:
Day 5 Hezelhof Hotel, Dinkelsbuhl
Day 6 Sinas Brettl Hotel, Nordlingen
Day 7 Donau-Lech-Camping https://www.donau-lech-camping.de/
Music from Epidemic Sound and YouTube Audio Library
0:00 Intro
1:21 Day 1 from Tauberrettersheim
8:29 Rothenburg ob der Tauber
12:26 Bus from Rothenburg! Ride to Dinkelsbuhl
15:30 Day 2 Dinkelsbuhl to Nordlingen
23:56 Day 3 leave Nordlingen
27:10 Visit to Harburg
29:00 Continue to Donauworth and camping
32:25 Outro
9 Comments
A lot of wonderful towns and villages. I ❤ area in Germany, thank you for pedaling with the hot temperature to share with us
What an adventure ! Congrats ! A few years ago, I also did this route on my trip from Belgium to Austria. So, I do see again a lot of places I also visited, including al the strudl and cakes. Can't wait to see the next episod. Greetings of Belgium. Willy – My video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx2rKg-Dgj4&t=1543s
Another nice video👍
Do you have mountain bikes or gravel bikes? What size tires do you have?
also, will
you be telling us about your camping and lodging places
along the way? safe travels!!!!! 🎉
Yes. Truly enjoyable. And you were so lucky having warm and sunny weather. Ok, maybe even a bit too hot … but better than rain.
Lovely towns, too. Maybe some day I’ll that route, too.
Thanks for sharing again 😊
What months were you there for it to be so hot? Lovely video again thankyou!
Love your videos. They are great
Years ago we were in Rothenburg for the Christmas market. It was like being right in the middle of a Brothers Grimm fairy tale.