Ahr Cycleway

Ahr Cycleway (Ahr-Radweg)
Length	77 km
Location	Ahr Valley (North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate) 12696 Ahr Cycleway on OpenStreetMap
Elevation
Elevation gain/loss	502 metres of descent; 84 metres of ascent
Highest point	Start 471 m
Lowest point	End 56 m
Hiking details
Trail difficulty	River cycleway, gentle gradient
Waymark	File:Logo Ahr-Radweg.svg
Surface	Tarmacked or otherwise metalled tracks
Website	Website entry at Ahr Valley Tourism

The Ahr Cycleway (German: Ahr-Radweg) is a cycle path, that runs from the source of the River Ahr in Blankenheim, in the Eifel region of Germany, along the river to its mouth on the Rhine near Kripp. Several sections are on an old railway trackbed. The route starts in the middle of the Eifel mountains and runs initially through a valley landscape with broad river bends. From the hamlet of Schuld the Ahr Valley narrows and swings around the settlement in a loop. In Altenahr, hillsides and rocks come close to the river itself and offer the best conditions for the wine growing. Behind the spa town of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler the Ahr reaches its broad delta on the Rhine. The cycleway is not difficult and suitable for leisure cyclists. The route is uniformly signed with the cycleway's logo.

Literature

• Dirk Holterman, Harald Herzog: Der Ahr-Radweg. Radeln zwischen Rhein und Eifel. Bouvier, 2003, ISBN 3-416-02999-2
• Radwanderkarte Ahrtal-Radweg, 1 : 50 000, Publicpress-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-89920-324-0
• ADFC-Regionalkarte Eifel / Mosel, 1:75.000. Bielefelder Verlag, 1st edition, 2006. ISBN 3-87073-391-8
• Radatlas Radatlas "Südeifel" - zwischen Ardennen und Vulkaneifel, 1:75.000. Verlag Esterbauer. ISBN 978-3-85000-269-1

External links

• Ahr Cycleway at radreise-wiki.de
• Ahr Cycleway at achim-bartoschek.de
• www.ahrweg.de Home page
• Route description (pdf; 2.2 MB)