Many villages in the border region between Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia have barely more than a hundred inhabitants. Gentle, densely wooded hills dominate the panorama. A view that even impressed the Roman emperor Caesar: In his work "de bello Gallico", he called the area around the Eifel and Ahr "the largest wooded area in Gaul". However, he was even more impressed by the inhabitants. The Eburones, a tribe native to the Ahr valley, inflicted a severe defeat on the Roman troops in the inaccessible forests. Even today, the route through the Ahrgebirge and Northern Eifel is still difficult, at least for cyclists. On narrow roads through the forests, the metres in altitude quickly add up to more than a thousand. Climb-loving racing cyclists go into raptures: "The Ahrgebirge is the best substitute drug for the Alps," says Jan Sahner. The founder of the online racing bike website "Quaeldich.de" spent every spare minute on his bike in the Ahrgebirge during his time as a student in Bonn. This passion is certainly understandable. In the vineyards above the Ahr, you sometimes don't come across a car for 25 kilometres.
You can find these tours in the PDF download:
Tour 1: On secret paths
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler - Ahrweiler - Marienthal - Esch - Dernau - Rech - Altenahr - Kreuzberg - Burgsahr - Effelsberg - Holzem - Mahlberg - Soller - Effelsberg - Binzenbach - Lanzenrath - Berg - Hilberath - Altendorf - Grafschaft - Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler
Tour 2: To the Nordschleife
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler - Königsfeld - Schalkenbach - Schelborn - Niederdürenbach - Kempenich - Weibern - Langenfeld - Acht - Baar - Döttingen - Hochacht - Kesseling - Oberheckenbach - Ramersbach - Ahrweiler - Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler
GPS DATA: TOUR offers the tour data for free download. You can download the tracks in GPX format directly onto a GPS device or view them on your computer in Google Earth or Google Maps.
