Why this ride
101 km from Nassau to Nassau, about 1 h 56 of riding. On the way it passes Upper Middle Rhine Valley, Fort site and civil settlement of Niederbe and back through Upper Middle Rhine Valley. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Limessection between watchtowers WP 2/13 a and Fort site and civil settlement of Niederbe
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 101 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 56
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
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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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Scenic road chapters
Rhine Romantic Route
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For about 17 km this is Rhine Romantic Route, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 17 km
- Named road
- Rhine Romantic Route
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Limessection between watchtowers WP 2/13 a
Up on the plateau of the Hintertaunus, north of the Rhine gorge, the Roman frontier crossed a quiet landscape of fields and forest near Singhofen, and a section of it between two watchtowers survives here as a faint bank and ditch running through the woods. This is the Upper German Limes, which ran for more than five hundred kilometres from the Rhine to the Danube, marking the boundary between the Roman Empire and the free Germanic tribes from the second century until the Romans withdrew in the third. It was not a great wall like Hadrian's in Britain, but a line of watchtowers, forts and a timber palisade, later strengthened with a ditch and bank. Together with the Raetian Limes, it was listed by UNESCO in 2005.
Read the complete Limessection between watchtowers WP 2/13 a write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Limessection between watchtowers WP 2/13 a is where the day begins. Next is Upper Middle Rhine Valley.
2. Upper Middle Rhine Valley
Between Bingen and Koblenz, the Rhine cuts a deep, winding gorge through the slate hills of the Rhenish Massif, and for centuries this has been one of the great landscapes of Europe: steep slopes covered with vineyards, castles on every crag, villages of half-timbered houses along the river, and barges gliding past. The Upper Middle Rhine Valley was listed by UNESCO in 2002, and Sankt Goarshausen sits at its heart, at the foot of the most famous rock on the river.
Read the complete Upper Middle Rhine Valley write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Upper Middle Rhine Valley comes up about 17 km into the recorded legs. Next is Fort site and civil settlement of Niederbe.
3. Fort site and civil settlement of Niederbe
On the heights above the right bank of the Rhine, opposite Koblenz, the suburb of Niederberg sits on top of a Roman fort. It is one of the forts of the Upper Germanic Limes, which ran through the hills here a few kilometres back from the river, and the label refers to the fort site and the civilian settlement that grew up around it, part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage site. Not much is visible today, as the area is built over, but the location explains a great deal.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Niederbe write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 50 km into the recorded legs you reach Fort site and civil settlement of Niederbe. Next is back through Upper Middle Rhine Valley.
4. back through Upper Middle Rhine Valley
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Upper Middle Rhine Valley write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Upper Middle Rhine Valley, late in the day. Next is Limessection between watchtowers WP 2/13 a.
5. Limessection between watchtowers WP 2/13 a
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Limessection between watchtowers WP 2/13 a write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Limessection between watchtowers WP 2/13 a. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Limessection between watchtowers WP 2/13 a to Upper Middle Rhine Valley
Limessection between watchtowers WP 2/13 a → Upper Middle Rhine Valley is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Upper Middle Rhine Valley to Fort site and civil settlement of Niederbe
Upper Middle Rhine Valley → Fort site and civil settlement of Niederbe is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort site and civil settlement of Niederbe to back through Upper Middle Rhine Valley
Fort site and civil settlement of Niederbe → back through Upper Middle Rhine Valley is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Upper Middle Rhine Valley to Limessection between watchtowers WP 2/13 a
back through Upper Middle Rhine Valley → Limessection between watchtowers WP 2/13 a is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.