The Allgäu Cycle Tour was created to summarise the most beautiful corners of the region - with small detours from Bavaria to Baden-Württemberg and Tyrol. And it's a success! The Allgäu Alpine panorama is a constant companion. At the centre of the tour is Kempten, the capital of the Allgäu, with its lively old town. Bad Grönenbach in the north and Bad Wörishofen in the east are also worth a visit. Baroque towns such as Leutkirch, Wangen and Isny await in the west. And in the south, you can marvel at King Ludwig II's dream turned to stone: Neuschwanstein Castle. Because it is often up and down, an electric bike is recommended for some. No problem, because the Allgäu offers e-bike hire (almost) everywhere.
The circular tour described follows the Allgäu Cycle Tour and the Iller Cycle Path. The route is characterised by almost gradient-free passages as well as steeper sections, but is also manageable for leisure cyclists with a bit of fitness.
Journey
Many towns (including Marktoberdorf and Füssen) along the Allgäu circuit and the Iller cycle path can be easily reached by train. Info under www.bahn.de and www.bahn.de/bahnundbike
Information
Information is available from Allgäu GmbH, Allgäuer Str. 1, 87435 Kempten, information hotline: 0800-2573678, www.allgaeu.de, info@allgaeu.de, www.radrunde-allgaeu.de
Accommodation
Hotel Sommer, Weidachstr. 74, 87629 Füssen, Tel. 08362-91470, www.hotel-sommer.de
Landhotel Grönenbach, Ziegelberger Straße 3, 87730 Bad Grönenbach, Tel. 08334-98480,
www.landhotel-groenenbach.de
Hotel Deutsches Haus, Schnitzerstr. 3, 87527 Sonthofen, Tel. 08321-7809850, www.deutscheshaus-hotel.de
Stop for a bite to eat
Café Baumgarten, Magnusplatz 6 in Füssen. Quaint little café with delicious cakes and organic drinks.
The Abra Kadabra kiosk in Greith on the eastern shore of Lake Forggensee serves sandwiches (tip: homemade almond bread), buttermilk and coffee specialities. All around the kiosk you can marvel at collected antiques.
In the cheese alp of the Lehern dairy in Hopferau, you can sample Allgäu cheese specialities and then visit the show dairy, www.sennerei-lehern.de
At the Schönegger Käse-Alm in Oberstdorf, fresh hay milk is available daily (1 glass: 79 cents),
cheesecake and cheese bread, www.schoenegger.com
The Katzbrui Mill (a rustic grain mill from the 17th century in Köngetried-Katzbrui) has a lovely beer garden and homemade mill bread, www.katzbruimuehle.de
Activities
You can go on a wild plant walk followed by a tasting in the historic Stanglmühle (watermill from 1453) in the Pfeiffermühle district of Wertach (directly on the cycle path along the Wertach), information at www.muehlenlili.de
Tour combinations
Lake Constance-Königssee cycle path, Iller cycle path, Wertach cycle path, Schlossparkrunde, Allgäu cycle path
Literature / Maps
An overview map of the "Allgäu Cycle Tour" and a 96-page service booklet with practical tips, information and stage descriptions are available free of charge at www.radrunde-allgaeu.de or download it directly. The cycle tour book "Radrunde Allgäu", published by Esterbauer, with lots of tips, precise route descriptions and detailed maps at a scale of 1:50,000, is also very practical and costs 13.90 euros.
GPS data
You can find the GPX track for this tour in the MYBIKE Collection on komoot
Additions to this tour
Alternative: Allgäu cycle path
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Barbara Merz-Weigandt
Editor-in-Chief
