A castle for every two-horse town

Easy

50,5 km

3:20 h

171 m

160 m

158 m

57 m

Regional bike tour

Startpoint

Efferen stop, Hürth

Destinationpoint

Brühl station

On this approximately 50 km long circular tour, you can get to know many chivalrous castles and feudal palaces, some of which are in modern use today. Some of them are inhabited, have been converted into event locations or follow the path of sustainable cultivation.

The Rhine-Erft adventure region is criss-crossed by a multitude of castles and palaces, and you could probably admire many more magnificent buildings if there hadn't been so many battles in the region between Cologne and Aachen. The opponents were the archbishops of Cologne, who as electors were at the same time secular rulers, and the counts and later dukes of Jülich as well as their allies.

Let yourself be transported back in time to the Middle Ages on this cycle tour, enjoy the exciting view behind thick castle walls and listen to interesting episodes about well-known inhabitants of these stone testimonies to an eventful history.

Map

A castle for every two-horse town

50354 Hürth

Route

Details

Directions

The tour is a former QuoRadis app tour and therefore not signposted. More information about the tour and directions can be found on Komoot.

Public Transit

If you want to travel by public transport, you can take tram line 18, which runs between Bonn and Cologne. From the Efferen stop, travel 250m along Kaulardstraße and then turn left into Ritterstraße, which will take you directly to the starting point of the tour. From the end of the tour at Brühl station, the RE 5, the RB 48 and the RB 26 all travel to Cologne and Bonn.