The tour starts at the Tourist Information Karlsruhe on the market square. Here you can get the most important insider tips. If you are traveling by train, you can also start the tour conveniently at the main train station.
From the Tourist Information it is advisable to push your bike across the market square. It starts with Karlsruhe's landmark, the pyramid on the market square. To the left is the Protestant town church and on the right the Karlsruhe town hall with its carillon. Once you have crossed the market square, cycle on towards Rondellplatz, in the center of which is the Constitution Column one of the landmarks of the City of Law.
Here you turn into Erbprinzenstraße and arrive directly at Friedrichsplatz. There is a lot to discover on Friedrichsplatz, such as the State Museum of Natural HistorySt. Stephen's Church and the House of the Estates. The Badische Ständehaus is rightly considered a pioneer of democracy in Germany. The memorial site is freely accessible and presents the history of Baden. The Natural History Museum with its permanent and special exhibitions promises excitement for the whole family. The large fountain in the middle of the square invites you to take a break on one of the shady seats.
Continue straight ahead on Erbprinzenstraße to Ludwigsplatz, one of the most popular squares in the western part of the city center. Numerous restaurants, bars and cafés invite you to linger here. The motto here is: "See and be seen". The route now turns left from Erbprinzenstraße into Herrenstraße, past the Federal Court of Justice past the Federal Court of Justice, across Amalienstraße and finally through Waldstraße. This is one of the longest and best-known fan streets in the city. The shopping street offers a large selection of stores and restaurants.
The tour continues to the next stop via Sophienstraße, turning left at the intersection onto Reinhold-Frank-Straße. After about 100 meters, the route turns onto Gartenstraße and then follows Lorenzstraße to the left. This takes you past the ZKM | Center for Art and Media and the Karlsruhe Art Museum. After so much cultural enjoyment, you can take a break in the Günther-Klotz-Anlage park, which is located nearby. There you will find a wide range of play and relaxation areas, several small lakes, and much more—an ideal urban recreation area. For those who have more time, the park is a good addition to this tour.
The route continues along Südendstraße, which you follow to the end. There you cross Beiertheimer Allee, where there are beautiful green spaces to relax and a playground to run around in. Then cycle along Gutschstraße and turn left into Bahnhofsstraße. Via Bahnhofstraße, you turn right onto Tiergartenweg, which leads directly over the unique retirement home for Asian elephants in the zoological gardens. Back on Ettlinger Straße, there is plenty to discover, past the fairground with the Karlsruhe Congress Centerthe Konzerthaus, the Stadthalle, the Black Forest Hall and the Vierortbad. By the way, here you can not only swim and take a sauna in a dreamlike atmosphere, but also listen to the Sounds of Life until 2025. Once you reach the junction with Kriegsstraße, you will see the Baden State Theater can be discovered on the right.
Continue straight ahead on Ettlinger Straße and you will see the largest shopping center in Karlsruhe on the left-hand side, the Ettlinger Tor Center. From here, it is only a few meters until the tour leads back to Rondellplatz and the obelisk with the Constitution Column . From there, the route continues into Markgrafenstraße and then Adlerstraße. The route then turns right onto Zirkel. Here, on the right-hand side, you will find the KIT Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
If you follow the circle to Richard-Willstätter-Allee and drive along it, you will soon catch your first glimpse of the impressive castle with the Baden State Museum . Following the view, you drive through the magnificent gate into the palace park. Here you are spoiled for choice: chat with museum exhibits in the Badisches Landesmuseum with PING!, the museum app, or relax and unwind with the people in the park. Another highlight for families in the palace garden is the palace garden railway, which allows you to explore the garden at a leisurely pace.
Continuing through the castle gardens, you will reach Ahaweg behind the castle garden lake. Turn left onto this road and then take the first right, which will take you tothe MajolikaMuseum. It was here, in the former factory, that BAMBI, the famous television award, first saw the light of day. Back on Ahaweg, head back towards the palace. Here you will come directly to the Botanical Garden. Here, too, you will have to push your bike. But it's worth getting off: a profusion of flowers in every season, the impressive orangery, and lots of exciting sights, such as the Federal Constitutional Court, which is decorated with numerous bonsai trees at the rear. Leave the Botanical Garden and get back on your bike.
The route continues across the castle forecourt towards the city center, where the Square of Fundamental Rights is located. Here you should pause for a moment. The statements on law and democracy and those who have come into conflict with the law face each other and encourage reflection and discussion. Once you have crossed the circle, you will find the Museum by the market and you are back at the starting point.
