Cycling tour in the Harz foothills | Stage 4: Thale - Quedlinburg

Short Description

Description

The Garden Dreams are 50 historic parks and gardens in Saxony-Anhalt that describe the history of garden art and various types of gardens.

On this 7-day bike tour, you will experience the most beautiful parks in the Harz foothills. Start your journey in Wernigerode with a visit to the castle and enjoy the unique view of the Harz mountains from the castle terraces. The journey continues to the monastery gardens in Drübeck and Michaelstein. Just a stones throw away is Blankenburg (Harz). Here, you can experience 400 years of garden art in one place. From the UNESCO World Heritage town of Quedlinburg with its collegiate gardens, the route leads on a circular tour to Rieder and Ballenstedt. In Rieder, the theater architect Bernhard Sehring created his very own fairytale castle, the Roseburg, including a romantic park, starting in 1907. Ballenstedts castle park impresses with a water axis featuring an impressive dragon fountain designed by Peter Joseph Lenné.

Services:

- 6 nights in good mid-range hotels with breakfast

- Luggage transfer

- HarzCard (Guest All-Inclusive Card for 4 days)

- Entrance to the Castle Museum and Collegiate Church of St. Servatius with Quedlinburg Cathedral Treasury

- Tour package per room

- 7-day service hotline

Notes: The HarzCard can be used on four freely selectable days within the validity period. You can experience attractions from around 120 partners.

In all the cities listed above, a tourist tax must be paid (approx. €2.50 per person per day). This amount is to be paid in cash at each accommodation and is therefore not included in the tour price. In return, you will receive the Harz Holiday Ticket Hatix, which allows you free travel on all public bus and tram lines in the Harz district.

Optional Additional Services: Rental bike (touring bike/e-bike)

Note:

Booking exclusively through Elbe Rad Touristik GmbH. The Garden Dreams e. V. is neither the organizer nor the intermediary of this offer.

Booking:

Elbe Rad Touristik GmbH | Gerhart-Hauptmann-Str. 2 | 39108 Magdeburg

Tel.: 0391 /7330 334

Fax: 0391 / 7330 335

info@elbe-rad-touristik.de | www.elbe-rad-touristik.de

Prices:

Price per person in double room: €573.00

Single room supplement: €196.00

5% discount for group bookings (7-12 participants)

Directions

Thale – Quedlinburg (approx. 13 km)

You are now leaving the European Cycle Route R1 and cycling along the Bode River to the UNESCO World Heritage town of Quedlinburg. In addition to the old town with its narrow streets and picturesque half-timbered houses, a visit to the castle (including admission) is recommended. From the castle hill, you have a magnificent view of the city, the abbey garden, and the Brühl Park. The abbey garden with its baroque main axis and water basin connects the town center of Quedlinburg with the Brühl Park, a landscape park with a baroque star-shaped hunting ground. Especially in spring, when the wild garlic blooms, the flowers lie like a white carpet on the forest floor and spread their scent through the park.

HarzCard Services (Examples)

- Klopstock House in Quedlinburg: free entry

- Half-timbered house museum in Quedlinburg: free entry

- Lyonel Feininger Gallery in Quedlinburg: free entry to permanent exhibition & special exhibition

Additional Information

more Garden Dreams tours in Saxony-Anhalt

Garden Dreams in the Elbe floodplains (7 days)

Garden Dreams in the World Heritage Region (6 days)

Safety Information

This trip is not suitable for people with limited mobility. As a participant, you are generally responsible for ensuring that you are physically capable of meeting the demands of an active trip (e.g., physical activity over several hours).

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival in Wernigerode

Today you will travel to Wernigerode on your own. Here, you can discover the lively history between the castle ensemble, the medieval town hall, and the Miniature Park Little Harz.

Day 2: Wernigerode – Drübeck Monastery and back (approx. 6 km each way)

In the morning, the bike tour takes you to Drübeck Monastery. In the afternoon, we invite you to visit Wernigerode Castle with its castle gardens.

Day 3: Wernigerode – Michaelstein Monastery (approx. 12 km) - Blankenburg (approx. 5 km)

On the R1 route, you cycle to Michaelstein Monastery, which is also located on the Romanesque Road. The second part of the day can be used for a visit to Blankenburg Castle with its castle gardens or for a hike to Regenstein Castle.

Day 4: Blankenburg – Thale (approx. 10 km)

The goal of todays short stage is the town of Thale. Here, the HarzCard offers you some free highlights.

Day 5: Thale – Quedlinburg (approx. 13 km)

You are now leaving the European Cycle Route R1 and cycling along the Bode River to the UNESCO World Heritage town of Quedlinburg. In addition to the old town with its narrow streets and picturesque half-timbered houses, a visit to the castle (including admission) is recommended.

Day 6: Quedlinburg – Roseburg Castle – Ballenstedt (approx. 15 km each way)

Todays tour starts in Quedlinburg with a ride to the fairytale castle of Roseburg. Then its just a few kilometers to Ballenstedt. There, the castle awaits you with its 29-hectare castle park. Return to Quedlinburg.

Day 7: Departure or Extension

Your bike tour ends today, and you begin your individual journey back home. We are happy to arrange an extension for you in the World Heritage town of Quedlinburg.