The route

Route length

Circular route, 48.8 kilometres

Altitude

Ascent: 19 m, descent: 22 m      

Orientation

Signposts bearing the logo

Cycle map

Information flyer and map, available free of charge from KTG Karlsruhe Tourismus GmbH

Digital tour information

here

Start/finish Karlsruhe Palace

Travel

By car: Schloßbezirk 10, 76131 Karlsruhe

By public transport: mainline train to Karlsruhe main station, www.bahn.de, local train or tram to Marktplatz station, www.kvv.de

Car parking: Schlossplatz car park, Schloßplatz 16, 76131 Karlsruhe

Special features/sights along the route

Karlsruhe Palace with exciting special exhibitions in the Badisches Landesmuseum; Hardtwald with numerous endangered bird species; the Rhine with its ports, Altrhein nature reserve and Hofgut Maxau; the Alb, which gives the Black Forest valley its name, divides the urban area and flows into the Rhine and Oberwald Zoo, home to elks, antelopes, fallow deer, Przewalski horses and many other wild animals; the Durlach district with its inviting Medieval alleyways and Turmberg, Karlsruhe's local mountain that is accessible by bike – or via Germany's oldest funicular railway.