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NeckarCycle route Tübingen - Heidelberg

Downstream from Tübingen to Heidelberg

4,7 / 5 stars (3 reviews)
travel code
NRW 07
Duration
7 days / 6 nights
Price
From 735€
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Non-binding offer NRW 07
Price calculator last updated: January 16.10.2026,

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The Neckar offers the most romance of the German rivers and promises great enjoyment for cyclists. This bike tour connects two university towns - Tübingen and Heidelberg - and in between there are extraordinary places such as the Schiller city of Marbach, the wine town of Besigheim and Bad Wimpfen with the former Imperial Palace.

Overview of your benefits
  • Good value for money
  • Tour incl. hotels and luggage transport
  • Extensive route booklet & GPS data
  • Top brand rental bikes bookable
  • Over 30 years of experience

Tourenkarte Necker

Individual arrival to the Swabian university town of Tübingen. Let yourself be enchanted by the picturesque old town and the steep, winding streets.

Accommodation location: Tübingen

Cycle through the charming landscape neckardown. Numerous bathing lakes invite you to refresh yourself before you come to the picturesque town of Nürtingen. Via Plochingen, where you should marvel at Friedensreich Hundertwasser's rain tower, you reach Esslingen.

Accommodation location: Esslingen

Today your bike tour takes you to the state capital of Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart. Passing the baroque city of Ludwigsburg you reach Marbach, the birthplace of the famous poet Friedrich Schiller. A visit to his birthplace (incl.) gives an impression of life back then.

Overnight stay: Marbach or Freiberg

You cycle over meadows and fields to Besigheim and then cycle close to the shore to the wine village of Lauffen. Through vineyards you reach the Käthchenstadt Heilbronn. Use the time for a stroll through the old town and visit the numerous monuments such as the Gothic Kilianskirche, the Käthchenhaus or the town hall, which is one of the most beautiful in Germany.

Accommodation location: Heilbronn

You follow the Burgenstraße and come after NeckarSulm with the German Two-Wheeler Museum. Past lush terraced vineyards and wooded mountain ridges, you pass Hornberg Castle and Zwingenberg Castle and reach romantic Mosbach or the old Staufer town of Eberbach.

Accommodation location: Eberbach region

The winds between Eberbach and Heidelberg Neckar now through the hills of the Odenwald. You reach Hirschhorn, which is dominated by its knight's castle. You continue cycling to the town of four castles Neckarsteinach. In Neckargemünd you cross the river again and reach the university town of Heidelberg.

Accommodation location: Heidelberg

After breakfast departure on your own.

Overnight stay: Heidelberg (departure)

  • 6 nights in the booked category, including breakfast
  • Luggage transport from hotel to hotel (09:00 am - 17:30 pm)
  • 7-day service hotline
  • 1 set of travel documents per room (German or English)
  • Entrance to Schiller's birthplace in Marbach
  • Castle ticket including funicular railway in Heidelberg (Cat. II+)
  • GPS data
Money-saving tip: 5% early booking discount for tours in 2027, valid until 31.10.2026
  • The discount is automatically deducted during the booking process.
Further information

Basic price in € per person

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Double room including breakfast Cat II Cat II+
26.04.2027 - 30.04.2027 735,00 € 899,00 €
01.05.2027 - 14.05.2027 884,00 € 1.148,00 €
15.05.2027 - 25.06.2027 984,00 € 1.198,00 €
26.06.2027 - 06.09.2027 1.084,00 € 1.248,00 €
07.09.2027 - 20.09.2027 948,00 € 1.198,00 €
21.09.2027 - 27.09.2027 884,00 € 1.148,00 €
28.09.2027 - 04.10.2027 735,00 € 899,00 €
Single room including breakfast Cat II Cat II+
26.04.2027 - 30.04.2027 1.035,00 € 1.249,00 €
01.05.2027 - 14.05.2027 1.184,00 € 1.498,00 €
15.05.2027 - 25.06.2027 1.284,00 € 1.548,00 €
26.06.2027 - 06.09.2027 1.384,00 € 1.598,00 €
07.09.2027 - 20.09.2027 1.248,00 € 1.548,00 €
21.09.2027 - 27.09.2027 1.184,00 € 1.498,00 €
28.09.2027 - 04.10.2027 1.035,00 € 1.249,00 €

Rental bikes

    24-speed unisex rental bike with freewheel
    01.01.2027 - 31.12.2027 99,00 €
    Electric bike with luggage bag
    01.01.2027 - 31.12.2027 229,00 €

Additional Services

    Return transfer Heidelberg - Tübingen (price per person, minimum 2 people, Sunday approx. 9 am, approx. 1,5 hours)
    01.01.2027 - 31.12.2027 119,00 €
    Return transfer Heidelberg - Tübingen, bringing your own bike (price per bike)
    01.01.2027 - 31.12.2027 30,00 €

Tübingen

Room price per person Cat II Cat II+
Doppelzimmer inkl. Frühstück 88,00 € 121,00 €
Einzelzimmer inkl. Frühstück 149,00 € 178,00 €

Heidelberg (Departure)

Room price per person Cat II Cat II+
Doppelzimmer inkl. Frühstück 97,00 € 121,00 €
Einzelzimmer inkl. Frühstück 170,00 € 213,00 €

4,7 / 5 stars (3 verified reviews)

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Very happy with everything

As always, I was very satisfied with all the services I booked and received, thank you
- Elvira K.


Anonymous evaluation of the NRW 07 (15.09.2021//)


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4,7 / 5 stars
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NRW 07

NeckarCycle route Tübingen - Heidelberg

Duration
7 days
Overnight stays
6 nights
Overnight stays
about 230 km

Every Monday April 26.04th - 04.10.27 (daily arrival possible for 6 people or more)

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Basic price in € per person * 2027 Cat II Cat II+
Double room including breakfast From €735 From €899
Single room including breakfast From €1035 From €1249

5% early booking discount for tours in 2027, valid until 31.10.2026

Attention: This trip is not suitable for people with reduced mobility.

Train:

  • at Tübingen train station
  • from Heidelberg train station

Return journey to Tübingen by train on your own, hourly connection, 1-2x change, duration approx. 2 hours, approx. 50 € (bike ticket approx. 9 €) (information without guarantee, payable on site)

Bus transfer Heidelberg-Tübingen on request 

Parking: public parking garages/parking lots free/paid (information without guarantee, payable on site)

 

General tip for traveling by car

A comprehensive overview of parking lots can be conveniently viewed on the external website www.parkopedia.de.

Rooms with shower/toilet or bath/toilet

Category II: good to very good guesthouses and comfortable hotels in the 3- and 4-star category

Category II+: comfortable, very good hotels at a 4-star level

General information

Not included in the price: Cultural development tax, bed tax, arrival and departure, transfers, excursions, entrance and sightseeing fees, city maps, ferry fees, insurance, tips and personal expenses.
This trip is not suitable for people with reduced mobility. Maps presented are for illustrative purposes only and do not reflect geographical reality.

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