CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Out of Donauwörth, one way: 482 km, roughly 6 h 00 in the saddle. On the way it passes Johanniskirchen, near Arnstorf and Planegg. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,100 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Donauwörth stands where the Wörnitz flows into the Danube, a meeting of waters that made the town important for trade and crossings since the Middle Ages. Its main street, the Reichsstraße, is lined with colourful gabled houses, churches and the old town hall, and it was once part of an important trade route between Nuremberg and Augsburg. Today it is a stop on the Romantic Road, the tourist route that runs from Würzburg to Füssen.
Read the complete Photo stop near Donauwörth write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Photo stop near Donauwörth is where the day begins. Next is Munich / Bavarian Alps return.
The Rottal, in Lower Bavaria, is a land of rolling hills, small woods and wide fields, with farmhouses scattered across the slopes and onion-domed church towers rising above the villages. It is far from the famous Alpine scenery of the south, and few tourists come here, but it has a quiet, pastoral beauty that many riders find refreshing. Johanniskirchen is a small village in the hills between the Vils and the Rott, on the way back towards Munich, and the lanes around it are as calm as any in Bavaria.
Read the complete Near Johanniskirchen, on the way back write-up.
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Munich / Bavarian Alps return comes up about 237 km into the recorded legs. Next is Food stop near Arnstorf.
Arnstorf is a small market town in the Rottal, the gently rolling country of Lower Bavaria between the Isar and the Inn. It is farming country through and through: maize, wheat, hop gardens here and there, big Bavarian farmsteads and onion-domed churches on every rise. The Rottal is also famous for horse breeding, and you may see paddocks of the sturdy Rottaler horses along the lanes.
Read the complete Food stop near Arnstorf write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
A break here. Next is Allgäu High Roads checkpoint 8.
The end of a Bavarian lakes day usually means the Würm valley, and this finish lies on its edge, between Planegg, Krailling and Neuried, where Munich's south-western suburbs meet the forests. The Würm flows north out of Lake Starnberg through a gentle valley of meadows and villages, and the Forstenrieder Park, a large forest of beech and spruce, stretches to the east. It is a pleasant, green corner of the city's fringe.
Read the complete Near Planegg write-up.
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Allgäu High Roads checkpoint 8 closes the day. Next is Back to Allgäu High Roads.
Bad Wiessee lies on the western shore and Tegernsee town on the eastern side, with the mountains of the Mangfall range dropping steeply into the water behind them. It is a place where Munich's money goes for the weekend, and the villas and boat houses show it, but it is also a real valley with cows, hay meadows and a long history.
Read the complete Allgäu High Roads write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Finish at Back to Allgäu High Roads. That is the ride.
Photo stop near Donauwörth → Near Johanniskirchen, on the way back is 237 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Food stop near Arnstorf → Near Planegg is 157 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.