Main: winery tour

We recommend to arrive early, then you have enough time to visit the remarkable "Kleine Museum". Marvel at more than 100 works by the Austrian artist Hundertwasser, because this unique private collection is supplemented by loans from galleries from Germany and New York.

You hop on your bikes with relish. After 18 km, the first vineyards appear near Wipfeld. A beautiful cycle route takes you through small wine villages into the heart of the Franconian wine country through the Volkacher Mainschleife, the largest contiguous wine-growing region in Franconia. Look forward to the picturesque village of Sommerach, baroque town houses and half-timbered vineyards. In the afternoon, visit the Winzerkeller, the oldest winegrowers' cooperative in Franconia. In addition to the Winzerkeller's excellent wines, discover the wine kingdom. Look forward to the "Kostbar" with wine advice, wine sales and wine tasting, to the "Sommerbar" for relaxing and to the wine school - the only school where wine enjoyment is not only permitted, but compulsory. Take part in an individual wine tour in the afternoon. Look forward to an entertaining tour through nature, the wine school and the wine cellar, during which you will learn interesting facts about the Sommerach vineyards, the hundred-year history of the wine cellar and the craftsmanship of the winegrowers (advance booking required).

Quickly you arrive in the old town of Dettelbach. You will be fascinated by the almost completely preserved city walls, many small towers, cobbled roads and picturesque rows of half-timbered houses from the late Gothic and Renaissance. Shortly afterwards you reach Kitzingen, the largest wine trading city on the Main. Marvel at the historic market square dominated by the Franconian half-timbered houses, impressive town houses and the Renaissance town hall. Cycle on to Ochsenfurt. Admire the new town hall from 1515 with lance turrets and elaborate figure- and moon clock before you continue to cycle to Sommerhausen. Look forward to the old town with townhouses and wine-growing houses surrounded idyllic by a well preserved defensive wall.

Cycle through the romantic village Eibelstadt, whose historic city wall surrounds many attractions. Shortly before Würzburg you cycle through the picturesque wine village Randersacker, where wine grows since 779 AD. Here the first wine school in Franconia had its origin (in Randersackerer Mönchshof). You cycle the bike trail to the beautiful city of Würzburg. Here you marvel at the market square, the town hall, the old Main bridge, the imposing fortress and the Lady Chapel with its sandstone figures by Tilman Riemenschneider. The highlight is the former bishop's residence, which was built 1720 - 1744 according to plans by Balthasar Neumann. In its unity it is regarded as one of the most beautiful palace buildings of South German Baroque. Through Himmelstadt with small organic wine trail you cycle to the worth-seeing Karlstadt. Go on an expedition in the old town surrounded by ancient walls, towers and gates.

Now the landscape is changing and the characteristic viticulture disappears and shady forests mark the bike path. In only 10 minutes (Karstadt - Gemünden) or 25 minutes (Karlstadt-Lohr) by train, you can shorten the stage of today. No matter how you decide, Lohr will welcome you with the charm of its fairytale old town. The bike path runs directly along the banks through the beautiful town of Marktheidenfeld with its venerable parish church and Franck-house (1745 built by wealthy wine merchant Franz Valentin Franck). Enjoy the romantic wine village Homburg and the vineyards, which now again enrich the landscape.

Today the wooded hills come close together, through which the Main winds. Passing Wertheim with a graceful half-timbered houses and a narrow old town you cycle mostly right on the shore and enjoy pure nature. In Bürgstadt you rediscover vineyards, where mostly red wine grapes grow. It is a pretty jolly wine village and offers small delicacies in the "Häckerwirtschaften". Look forward to the Red Wine Hiking Trail and the Martin Chapel with unique interior decor.

Only a few kilometres away you reach Miltenberg, which proudly presents itself with half-timbered houses! Marvel at the magnificent market square - better known as "Schnatterloch". Parallel to the Red Wine Hiking Trail you cycle to Großheubach. Wine determines the life in the village since 1254. On flat roads you quickly cycle through Klingenberg, where also excellent red wines are grown, to the sandstone Castle Johannesburg in Aschaffenburg.

Your wonderful wine tour ends today after breakfast in Aschaffenburg. If you would like to return to your starting hotel in Schweinfurt, we recommend our practical return transfer service (Departure every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday at 9am, duration approx. 1,5 hours).