These past couple of days I had the chance to ride through the Odenwald, and then follow the Main River for a bit before heading back west to Darmstadt to complete my “loop”. I originally had intended this to be a castle tour, and it still was, but I had to skip a couple of castles due to some route issues.
The first part of the trip was the Odenwald crossing – Heppenheim to Miltenberg. This was where most (basically all) of the elevation was, and also, the route issues. Both Google and Komoot sent me looking for non existing hiking trails to ride my bike on, and at one point, I just did some hike-a-bike to get back on tarmac and roll to a good sleeping spot. Still, it was a great experience. The landscape is just phenomenal and a little bit of adventure isn’t a bad thing!
The second day was much more straightforward – following the Main River north through Aschaffenburg and Seligen and ultimately turning west to Darmstadt. This was also a very beautiful place to ride through! Very different than the Odenwald, but beautiful in its own way. So much architecture to enjoy – castles, houses, churches and monasteries…just awesome!
Highly recommend these parts of the world for anyone who has the chance to see them!
by ironpandas
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Love this! Always happy to see different routes in Germany to keep in mind.
Especially middle Germany has some brilliant places imho.
Beautiful! Noted as a possible destination.
Good ride, brother.
DMs are closed, do you have a Route for me? Currently working on a bikepacking Trip for the upcoming weeks.
Great Tour OP! You may have cycled by my viIlage :). I cycled the Main River to Miltenberg last week, very beautyful.
Damn, this makes me miss Bavaria, all those amazing routes through fields and forests.
Did you do wild camping or went for a camping place?
Echt schöne Bilder