Why this ride
From Remagen it runs 269 km to Remagen; allow about 4 h 04 of riding. It goes by way of Watchtowers WP 2/2 to 2/4, Watchtowers WP 3/24 to 3/40Watchtowers WP and back through Watchtowers WP 2/2 to 2/4.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Remagen and Watchtowers WP 3/24 to 3/40Watchtowers WP
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 269 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 04
- 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
Moselle Wine Route
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For about 58 km this is Moselle Wine Route, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 58 km
- Named road
- Moselle Wine Route
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Remagen
On 7 March 1945, soldiers of the US 9th Armored Division reached Remagen and found the Ludendorff railway bridge across the Rhine still standing, despite German attempts to blow it. They rushed across, and for the first time the Allies had a foothold on the far bank of the great river. Ten days later the damaged bridge collapsed, but by then pontoons had been built and the war in the west had entered its last chapter. What remains today are the black stone towers on both banks, and those on the Remagen side house a small peace museum telling the story with honesty and without glorification.
Read the complete Remagen write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Remagen is where the day begins. Next is Watchtowers WP 2/2 to 2/4.
2. Watchtowers WP 2/2 to 2/4
Bad Ems sits in a narrow bend of the Lahn river, and the hills above it are steep, wooded and cut by short valleys. The watchtowers listed here, from WP 2/2 to 2/4, belong to the second section of the Upper German-Raetian Limes, the Roman frontier that UNESCO added to its list in 2005. In this stretch the line climbed away from the Rhine and cut over the high ground of the Taunus and Westerwald fringes, and the Romans placed their towers where the view was best. What you see now are mostly foundations and low mounds, with a few reconstructed pieces nearby, so bring imagination and leave the high expectations at home.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 2/2 to 2/4 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Watchtowers WP 2/2 to 2/4 comes up about 58 km into the recorded legs. Next is Watchtowers WP 3/24 to 3/40Watchtowers WP.
3. Watchtowers WP 3/24 to 3/40Watchtowers WP
On the western side of the Taunus, the hills are lower and the forest gives way more often to farmland, with villages in the folds of the valleys. Idstein, a small town with a remarkable old centre, sits on this side, with Waldems and Glashütten nearby. Through the woods above them ran the Roman frontier, and the stretch of watchtowers numbered WP 3/24 to 3/40 followed the ridges here, part of the Upper Germanic Limes and of the UNESCO Frontiers of the Roman Empire site.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 3/24 to 3/40Watchtowers WP write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 140 km into the recorded legs you reach Watchtowers WP 3/24 to 3/40Watchtowers WP. Next is back through Watchtowers WP 2/2 to 2/4.
4. back through Watchtowers WP 2/2 to 2/4
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 2/2 to 2/4 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Watchtowers WP 2/2 to 2/4, late in the day. Next is Remagen.
5. Remagen
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Remagen write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Remagen. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Remagen to Watchtowers WP 2/2 to 2/4
Remagen → Watchtowers WP 2/2 to 2/4 is 58 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtowers WP 2/2 to 2/4 to Watchtowers WP 3/24 to 3/40Watchtowers WP
Watchtowers WP 2/2 to 2/4 → Watchtowers WP 3/24 to 3/40Watchtowers WP is 82 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtowers WP 3/24 to 3/40Watchtowers WP to back through Watchtowers WP 2/2 to 2/4
Watchtowers WP 3/24 to 3/40Watchtowers WP → back through Watchtowers WP 2/2 to 2/4 is 73 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Watchtowers WP 2/2 to 2/4 to Remagen
back through Watchtowers WP 2/2 to 2/4 → Remagen is 57 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.