From Bad Mergentheim through three wine regions
Baden-Württemberg's largest spa town, Bad Mergentheim, offers wine cyclists something special: from here you can easily cycle through three different wine-growing regions, Württemberg, Baden and Franconia. The town area already divides into two wine regions: the district of Dainbach belongs to the Baden wine-growing region, while Markelsheim with its interesting educational wine trail belongs to Württemberg.
The wine-growing tour runs mainly along quiet country roads as well as farm tracks and cycle paths. A few climbs are to be expected. If you have acquired a taste for cycling after the taster cycle tour, we recommend the wine cycle tour. It takes in six daily stages from winegrowers to wine taverns in the three wine regions. More on www.liebliches-taubertal.de.
GPS data
You can download the GPX track for this tour download directly via this link or find it in the MYBIKE Collection on komoot
Journey
Bad Mergentheim and Lauda are easy to reach by train via Aschaffenburg and Würzburg.
Tour combinations
Liebliches Taubertal" cycle path, Main-Tauber Fränkischer Rad Achter, Hohenloher Residenzenweg
Wine tips
Be sure to try it: Tauberschwarz, an old red wine variety that is pressed in Weikersheim and Markelsheim, for example. It originated from an unnamed red wine that was planted in the region around 1560 under Count Wolfgang von Hohenlohe.
Overnight stay
Kurhotel Alexa in Bad Mergentheim, www.haus-alexa.de
Becksteiner Rebenhof in Lauda-Königshofen, www.rebenhof.net
Hotel Pension Gästehaus Birgit in Markelsheim, www.gaestehausbirgit.de
Further addresses at www.bettundbike.de
Bike service
Addresses for hire and repair can be found at www.liebliches-taubertal.de
Maps / Literature
ADFC cycle tour map sheet 21 "Mainfranken Taubertal" 1:150,000
