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Blick auf Weser am Weserradweg © DZT Jens Wegener
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Weser Überquerung mit der Fähre © DZT Jens Wegener
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Weserradweg bei Hameln © DZT Jens Wegener
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Weserradweg Flusslandschaft © Velociped GmbH
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Weserradweg in Hannoversch Münden © Velociped GmbH
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Münchhausen-Brunnen in Bodenwerder (2) © Znajkraj, Sales Desk Polen
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Radler entlang des Weserrawegs © DZT Jens Wegener
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Cuxhaven Ausblick auf Hafen
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Strandkörbe in Cuxhaven am Meer © Rückenwind Reisen GmbH
Biking holidays from Hann. Münden to Cuxhaven
Myths, culture, nature - enjoy a variety of highlights
This 12 days biking holidays begin at the scenic confluence of Werra and Fulda, following the Weser Cycle Path from Hann. Münden to Cuxhaven. Starting in Hannoversch Münden, a city with beautiful half-timbered houses, the tour leads you through Bodenwerder, Minden, Bremen and Bremerhaven to Cuxhaven, where the Elbe river flow into the North Sea.
Navigation
Duration | 12 days/ 11 nights |
Travel period | 13.04.2024 - 05.10.2024 Anreise: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday |
Bookable from | 1 person(s) |
Total length of tour | 530 km |
Characteristics of the tour |
Your Contact Persons
Phone +49 (0)351 - 563 48 20
Email: aktiv@augustustours.de
Itinerary
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Day 1: Individual arrival in Hann. Münden
Get here early to have a chance to see the numerous half-timbered houses in the city, as well as the gorgeous city hall.
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Day 2: Hann. Münden – Beverungen (approx. 55 km)
After breakfast you start your first stage, which leads to the former Benedictine monastery at Bursfelde, and Oberweser with its open-air milling museum.
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Day 3: Beverungen – Bodenwerder (approx. 59 km)
Today your ride takes you along the border of Solling. Youll pass the Fürstenberg castle, where porcelain is made, before you reach the cloister at Corvey. After that, continue on to the next highlight of the tour: the palace at Bevern, one of the most impressive buildings of the renaissance in Weser.
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Day 4: Bodenwerder – Rinteln (approx. 56 km)
After leaving Bodenwerder, youll be greeted by the picturesque Hämelschenburg, before being captivated by the Pied Piper of Hamelns song in–whereelse?–Hameln.
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Day 5: Rinteln – Minden (approx. 41 km)
Today youll see Bad Oeynhausen, famous for its "Jordansprudel," the largest carbonated hot spring in the world. But things will get a bit tight (literally!) in the valley at Porta Westfalica, the gateway to Westphalia, before you reach Minden.
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Day 6: Minden – Nienburg (approx. 63 km)
Before starting your 5th stage you should visit one of the numerous interesting museums of Minden. Along the Weser Cycle Path the landscape changes as you enter the Northern German lowlands and soon you will reach the city Nienburg, where you can explore the old city and its historical sights in a unique way. Just try to follow the bear tracks …
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Day 7: Nienburg – Verden (approx. 55 km)
On this leg, your ride takes you through little villages filled with red brick houses before you arrive in Verden, famous for its horses. Photo opportunities abound among the broad meadows, windmills, and occasional farmhouses.
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Day 8: Verden – Bremen (approx. 56 km)
Past the stork nursing station in the outskirts of Verden your today’s biking tour leads to Bremen. Perhaps you heard the famous town musicians on your ride in, or maybe it was your imagination. Either way, dont forget to check out the statue of them in front of the city hall.
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Day 9: Bremen – Brake (approx. 52 km)
In Brake you should visit the museum of navigation in the telegraph tower. With the help of mock-ups of ships, nautical instruments and tools of sail makers and shipbuilders you learn much about the history of navigation at the lower Weser.
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Day 10: Brake – Bremerhaven (approx. 34 km)
Under the shelter of the dyke you cycle towards north. Be impressed by lush green meadows, black and white specked cows and sheep at the dyke. A fresh wind, the smell of salt in the air and much water and seagulls indicate that you are at the coast. In Bremerhaven the "Schaufenster Fischereihafen" is worth visiting. It is a centre for culture and communication with small shops, handcraft, restaurants and cooking studio for saltwater fish.
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Day 11: Bremerhaven – Cuxhaven (approx. 57 km)
For the first 9 kilometers you cycle through the huge harbour with large docks and the flair of freeport. Past old lighthouses you roll along the coast of the North Saxon Wadden Sea. Be enchanted by small fishing villages, quiet camping sites and wonderful white beaches with colourful canopied beach chairs. In Cuxhaven you may gain insight into this cultivated landscape at the information centre National park Wattenmeer (national preserve Wadden Sea). Find out whose ship “Alte Liebe” lies sunken here and what’s meant by the expressions “Kugelbake” and “Semaphor”.
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Day 12: Individual departure or transfer service to Hann. Münden
Today your journey along the long river Weser ends. Of course you can always extend your bicycle tour with extra nights in Bremen, Hann. Münden or Minden. We are very pleased to arrange additional accommodation for you.
Services included
- 11 x overnight stay in family-run middle class hotels with private facilities (please note that English is not spoken in every hotel and guesthouse)
- 11 x continental breakfast
- Luggage transfer from accommodation to accommodation (9am - 6 pm, up to 2 pieces of luggage per person, maximum 20 kg each)
- 1 package with maps and information material per room (in English language)
- Telephone-service-hotline during your cycling holidays
Additional services
Please feel free to add the following value-added services to the basic travel package to personalize your cycling holidays from Hann. Münden to Cuxhaven:
- Additional nights in Hann. Münden, Bremen and Cuxhaven
- Rental bikes or electric bicycles for the duration of the tour (more about our rental bike service)
- Transfer services from Dresden to Prague (more about our transfer services)
Accommodation categories
Category A: Comfortable middle-class hotels
Category B: Smaller, family-run inns and hotels
Category B: Smaller, family-run inns and hotels
Further information
Please note that in some cities accommodation taxes, visitor's taxes, etc. apply. Unless otherwise stated, these are not included in the tour price and must be paid locally.
This cycle trip is not recommendable for travellers with mobility impairments.
Arrival & Departure
How to get to the tour
Tips on how to get to Hann. Münden:
Arrival by train:
Hann. Münden can be reached via the train stations Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe and Göttingen, from which trains run hourly to Hann. Münden. You can reach your hotel comfortably by public transport.
You can find current timetable information and price information at www.bahn.de.
Arrival by car:
You can reach Hann. Münden via the A7, A44 and the A38. Depending on the hotel, parking facilities will be provided or you can find a good overview of public parking spaces and parking garages at www.parkopedia.de.
Arrival by train:
Hann. Münden can be reached via the train stations Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe and Göttingen, from which trains run hourly to Hann. Münden. You can reach your hotel comfortably by public transport.
You can find current timetable information and price information at www.bahn.de.
Arrival by car:
You can reach Hann. Münden via the A7, A44 and the A38. Depending on the hotel, parking facilities will be provided or you can find a good overview of public parking spaces and parking garages at www.parkopedia.de.
- Prices for services includedPrice validity: 13.04.2024 to 24.04.2024incl. luggage transferDblSglCategory B1,129.00 € per person1,459.00 € per personPrice validity: 25.04.2024 to 08.05.2024Category A1,269.00 € per person1,639.00 € per personCategory B1,199.00 € per person1,529.00 € per personPrice validity: 09.05.2024 to 11.09.2024Category A1,379.00 € per person1,749.00 € per personCategory B1,249.00 € per person1,579.00 € per personPrice validity: 12.09.2024 to 25.09.2024Category A1,429.00 € per person1,799.00 € per personCategory B1,199.00 € per person1,529.00 € per personPrice validity: 26.09.2024 to 05.10.2024Category A1,379.00 € per person1,749.00 € per personCategory B1,129.00 € per person1,459.00 € per personCategory A1,269.00 € per person1,639.00 € per person
- Prices for additional nightsCategory ADblSglHann. Münden69.00 €109.00 €Bremen69.00 €109.00 €Category BCuxhaven89.00 €149.00 €Hann. Münden59.00 €89.00 €Bremen59.00 €89.00 €Cuxhaven79.00 €129.00 €
- Prices for rental bikesPriceUnisex-Tourenrad mit 21-Gang-Freilauf99.00 €
per personUnisex-Tourenrad mit 7-Gang-Rücktritt99.00 €
per personHerren-Tourenrad mit 21-Gang-Freilauf99.00 €
per personHerren-Tourenrad mit 7-Gang-Rücktritt99.00 €
per personUnisex-Elektrorad259.00 €
per person - Prices for transfer servicesPriceCuxhaven - Hann. Münden (bei Mietrad Buchung)
Sammeltransfer ab Cuxhaven, täglich 13.30 Uhr, Preis pro Person129.00 €Cuxhaven - Hann. Münden (eigenes Rad)
Sammeltransfer ab Cuxhaven, täglich 13.30 Uhr, Preis p. P. mit eigenem Rad169.00 €
As always...
5% Early Bird Discount
on all active holidays
until 29/02/2024 (upon the basic package price)