The five cycle tour books at a glance
- Flat Switzerland - 33 enjoyable cycle tours
- Cycling around Cologne - the 12 most beautiful tours to enjoy
- Cycling pleasure Chiemgau & Rupertiwinkel - 21 1/2 day tours, after-work rides and weekend bikeaways
- Bikeline compact: Osnabrück - Bremen bridge cycle path
- E-bike tours Upper Swabia and Allgäu - the most beautiful e-bike tours for explorers
1. leisurely through Switzerland
"Flat Switzerland" - the title of this cycle tour book sounds unexpected, but exciting. Do the Swiss really have beautiful cycle routes without steep climbs and descents? Indeed there are! With this book as a guide, you are more likely to cycle through the Alps than over them. According to the title, the 33 enjoyable cycle tours are spread across the whole of Switzerland. From the Engadine to Ticino, from the Central Plateau to the lakes of Western Switzerland, every region is included. And even in the most mountainous areas, the routes are flat or downhill, with a few gentle climbs here and there. Author Katrin Gygax also gives tips on which routes can be easily combined into multi-day tours. All routes can be found on Flatswitzerland.com/routes download a map and the GPX track. "Flat Switzerland" is a good book for Swiss cyclists, but more for browsing and planning at home than for taking with you on a cycle tour.
"Flat Switzerland"
- 33 Bike tours
- 236 pages
- 29,00 Euro
- helvetiq.com
2. by bike through the cathedral city
Cologne, the city of millions on the Rhine, offers not only lively neighbourhoods and ordinary city life, but also quiet corners and plenty of green nature. The author Thomas Pfeiffer has recorded twelve tours between 8 and 42 kilometres in length from all areas - through the old town, along the Rhine, through the green belt and into the Wahner Heide. There are also trips out into the Bergisches Land, the foothills and the Rhineland. There's also all the important information you'd expect from a proper cycle tour guide: tour maps, elevation profiles, tips on where to stop for refreshments, places of interest and GPX tracks to download. The - unfortunately not waterproof - cycle guide in ring binder landscape format also fits well in a handlebar or map pocket.
"Around Cologne by bike"
- Twelve cycle tours
- 128 pages
- 16,95 Euro
- www.bachem.de
3. between the Inn and Salzach rivers
Radvergnügen is the name of a new series of books from Kompass-Verlag, known to everyone for its cycling and hiking maps. This title, "Chiemgau & Rupertiwinkel", describes 21.5 day tours, after-work rides and weekend bikeaways. Many of the tours should be familiar to experienced cyclists. The content and book design are probably aimed primarily at younger leisure and family cyclists. The necessary information and tips on the respective cycle routes are definitely provided, but are sometimes somewhat hidden in the playful page design. The "Radvergnügen Chiemgau & Rupertiwinkel" is not predestined as a cycling guide for the road, but rather as an animator and source of ideas for at home or the bedside table in the holiday flat. It is best to download the accompanying compass app including GPX tracks for your cycle tour.
"Cycling pleasure Chiemgau & Rupertiwinkel"
- 21 .5 Bicycle tours
- 240 pages,
- 18,95 Euro
- www.kompass.de
4. historic bridges
From the city of peace to the Weser metropolis - the bridge cycle path connects two culturally and historically significant Hanseatic cities on two parallel routes. Numerous historically interesting or architecturally attractive bridges gave the 300 kilometre long-distance cycle route its name. The new compact guide from Esterbauer-Verlag provides important tour information and many detailed maps at a scale of 1:50,000.
Bikeline compact: Osnabrück - Bremen bridge cycle path
- 216 pages
- 9,90 Euro
- www.esterbauer.com
5. electrically through the hills
With the e-bike through the Ländle in Upper Swabia and Allgäu between Ulm and Lake Constance. Author Peter Rieger describes 30 easy to moderately difficult cycle tours between 40 and 90 kilometres in length on 160 pages. In addition to the essential cycling information, there are also short, interesting stories and historical facts as well as information on traditional events along the respective cycle routes. The GPX tracks are available for download on the Internet.
E-bike tours Upper Swabia and Allgäu
- 30 bike tours
- 160 pages
- 22,99 Euro
- www.j-berg-verlag.de
