Münsterland: radial tour 6 days

Germany's most bicycle-friendly city awaits you. Here, the “Leeze” is the most commonly used mode of transport, and no other city has such an extensive network of cycle paths and so many special offers for cyclists. Arrive in Münster early today and use this first day to go on a little exploration tour: on the “Promenade,” a four-and-a-half-kilometer-long, car-free, tree-lined ring around the old town, you can literally take a complete city tour. In the evening, the night watchman will welcome you for a tour (approx. 9:30 p.m.), during which you will get an entertaining overview of the city's history and some insider tips for the following days.

Today you are heading north, cycling on complete new routes. Soon you reach the City Park Wienburg and the first beautiful beer garden. The trail leads into the so-called sewage, a wetland of international importance, as it is used as refuge for many rare bird species. You can read about the importance of this area as a European reserve classified bird sanctuary in the local Biological Station before you continue to cycle to the typical farming village Gimbte with its picturesque town center. The beautiful path leads you to the Dortmund-Ems canal, easily you cycle back to the center of Münster.

At 9:30 a.m., you can enjoy a two-hour city tour (German language). of Münster. But instead of traveling by bus or on foot, this tour is conducted by bicycle, as befits the city, and also takes you to more distant sights in the sprawling city center.
In the afternoon, an attractive treat awaits: you will change your “vehicle” and “set sail.” On the 2.5 km long Aasee, the city's most famous recreational area, you can take a boat tour on the ‘Solaaris’ water bus and, during a stopover, have the opportunity to visit the famous ‘Mühlenhof’ open-air museum, which preserves and conveys the culture and history of the Münsterland region with over 30 large and small historical buildings. This boat tour with its lovely break ends back at the new Aaseeterrassen.

Today's tour takes you right into the heart of the Münsterland region. You cycle along small, mostly paved farm tracks through the typical park landscape with its fields, pastures, forests, and hedgerows. Your first destination is Haus Rüschhaus, which served as the poet's residence from 1826 and is now the Droste Museum, offering hourly guided tours. Passing Haus Vögeding, the cycle route then continues to Burg Hülshoff, one of the most romantic moated castles in Westphalia, surrounded by a moat and extensive parkland. The museum there provides insights into the lifestyle of the Münster nobility during the Classicism and Biedermeier periods. After so much culture, you can recharge your batteries in the café in the castle courtyard before continuing on the route via Roxel back to Münster. Here, you can visit the city museum in the afternoon and learn more about the history of the Westphalian metropolis in an informative and original way.

New experiences are waiting for you today! Right at the edge of the city of Münster you reach the former water castle “Haus Lütkebeck” whose two distinctive octagonal pavilions are evidence of the original baroque splendor. Only a few minutes away is the “Paohlbürgerh", a former estate that houses today the first Westphalian Carnival Museum , showing over 10,000 props and documents from the Narrenzunft from the Münster. Soon after you ride on the beautiful Weser-bike trail through the surrounding meadows and fields and pass through the forest area “Hohe Ward” featuring the picturesque pumping station from 1906. A perfect location to relax, refresh and recover is lake Hiltruper. In this well-known recreational area you can swim, relax and tank up new energy. To return to Münster you follow the new bike paths on the Dortmund-Ems Canal till the center of the city to the old port of Münster. Here at the “creative-pier” with its loving restored barns, the old industrial heritage still is visible. During the day a colorful mixture of beach bars, restaurants and cafes bring the pier alive as it never has been before.

In the morning your beautiful radial-tour is ending at the hotel. We wish you a safe journey home and hope that you will keep this week for a long time in good memory.