There are many ways to roam "Germany's most beautiful connoisseur corner" - but hardly more enjoyable than by car, mobile home, bike or on foot along the Baden Wine Route. Since 1954, one of the most beautiful holiday routes in Germany has been running like a red thread through the Baden wine regions along the Black Forest - through Ortenau, Breisgau, Kaiserstuhl, Tuniberg and Markgräflerland.
Type of route: Holiday Route
Theme: wine landscape, nature, culture, enjoyment
Start / Finish: Weil am Rhein / Laudenbach
Length: over 500 km
Federal State: Baden-Wuerttemberg
Holiday regions: Black Forest, Kraichgau, Bergstraße, Taubertal
The Baden Wine Route has stood for enjoyment at the highest level for over 60 years. Like a string of pearls, winegrowers, wine villages and scenic highlights come together. Always there: Germany's best and most exciting wines. Made by a master hand, spoiled by the sun. There is always something to do on the Baden Wine Route. Wine festivals, wine hikes, wine bike trails, wine tastings - we could go on and on with this list. Just choose the right highlight for you.
Wine explorers can look forward to impressive views over vineyards and sun-drenched valleys on the journey. Numerous castles and palaces invite you to linger along the route and picturesque wine-growing villages with winding streets, stately homesteads and modern wine-growing architecture are always worth a stop. Adorable cities shape the cultural landscape in the Baden wine region with museums, churches and promenades.
Hospitable winemakers invite you to cozy wine festivals, wine tastings or a holiday on the winery all year round, wine adventure guides provide exciting and competent offers. Along the wine route, there are also many excellent inns and restaurants and recently more than 20 "wine south hotels" with culinary delights and regional specialties.
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary, the Baden Wine Route (Badische Weinstrasse) has also been leading through the Baden wine regions of Kraichgau and Badische Bergstrasse since 2014, offering a total of 500 kilometers of pure wine experience. Numerous paths also lead from the Baden Wine Road even deeper into the Baden wine region: all the way down to Lake Constance and up to Tauberfranken, where the "Taubertal Wine Road" shows the way to wine.
On the website of the Baden Wine Route, experiences and packages for everything to do with wine and cuisine, such as wine seminars, wine hikes or wine tours, can easily be booked online. Book and travel tips as well as wine recommendations also make you want to spend a holiday in the Baden wine region.
Active wine lovers can hike the most important regions of the Baden wine region on foot! From Gernsbach in the Murgtal valley, the "wine hiking trails through the Baden wine region" lead through the Ortenau, the Breisgau and the Markgräflerland.
About 25 kilometers from Freiburg, hikers have the choice: either choose the eastern route via Glottertal to Freiburg or the western variant via Kaiserstuhl and Tuniberg. In Schallstadt, south of Freiburg, both meet again at the "Markgräfler Wiiwegli". The eastern route adds up to around 280 kilometers, the western route is around 10 kilometers longer.
The wine hiking trails in the Baden wine region follow the course of the "Ortenauer Weinpfades" from Gernsbach to Diersburg, then the "Breisgauer Weinwanderweg" to Freiburg, or from Malterdingen via Endingen the "Kaiserstuhlpfad" and the "Burgunderpfad" to Schallstadt. The "Markgräfler Wiiwegli" goes from Freiburg via Schallstadt to Weil am Rhein. The GPS data can be downloaded from the Internet.
By train and bike to Baden-Baden - and then through the idyllic vineyards to Weil am Rhein. The bike rolls a good 240 kilometers along well-developed bike paths through the Baden wine region. Up and down the hills it is winding through Ortenau, Breisgau, Kaiserstuhl, Tuniberg and Markgräflerland.
In the end, a good 300 kilometers of bike paths come together. The mostly flat bike paths lead along picturesque vineyards, through orchards and rustic wine-growing villages.
The cycle paths through the Baden wine region use regional cycle paths, but are not uniformly marked. Those who like to be guided can find the GPS data for the route on the Internet on the Schwarzwald Tourismus website. The tours are particularly enjoyable to ride on e-bikes. The Baden wine region is integrated into the Black Forest e-bike network with over 200 rental, battery charging and battery replacement stations.
This information is a service offer from ALPINE in cooperation with FERIENSTRASSEN.INFO
Badische Weinstraße/Schwarzwald Tourismus GmbH
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132 D - 79104 Freiburg
BADEN WINE ROUTE