Hi,
I've read that there is a place to rent bicycles in Heidelberg at the old bridge. Could anyone recommend a good bike route to take from Heidelberg to see the scenic towns nearby. Any town/villages good for two people to explore and take in the scenery? thanks
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Danville, VT
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Most of the towns in this area are connected by bicycle routes. You'll find the signs easily enough if you look. You can have a relatively leisurely ride to the nearby town of Schwetzingen, which has a large baroque schloss. Heidelberg lies along the Bergstraße (mountain road), which connects a number of old, scenic wine producing towns together (like Schriesheim, Weinheim, Heppenheim, Dossenheim, Hirschberg, etc). And Heidelberg also sits on the edge in the Neckar-Odenwald Naturpark, which is positively littered with scenic, but seldom-touristed towns and villages. But the roads here are less suited for casual cycling.