Museum · On the route
Würzburg Residence
Cultural heritage monument D-6-63-000-454 (0) in Würzburg, Bavaria.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Wolfram Esser, CC BY-SA 3.0Romantic Road
The Romantische Strasse south from Wurzburg through the Tauber valley, Rothenburg, Dinkelsbuhl and Nordlingen, across the Danube to Augsburg, then up to Fussen at the foot of the Alps.
- Distance
- 265 miles (426 km)
- Type
- Point to point
- Where
- Bavaria
At 150 to 300 miles a day, this is 1 or 2 days of riding. Set your own daily distance and add rest days.
77% on the official route
Book this tripCrossing ferries and the tunnelBeds from Wurzburg, and each nightCover insurance and breakdownSee it all
Click a dot for details. White dots are the stops, each with a bed search. Yellow dots are places to see.
Main roads
WÜs 24B8St 2312St 2310L2310K2878K2824K2821L506B27B290B19L2251L1001
From the map
- Longest gap between fuel
- 13 miles
- Fuel stations near the line
- 128
- Curvature
- 121 ° a mile
- Campsites within 2 km
- 60
- The longest stretch with no fuel station within 1 km of the line runs from mile 21 to mile 35. Check it against your range with the fuel range calculator.
- The twistiest 20 miles run from mile 233 to mile 252, at 189 degrees of turning a mile.
- Countries: Germany.
- 22 motorcycle shops are within 3 km of the line.
Measured on the route line from OpenStreetMap data, which can be missing or out of date. Curvature is degrees of turning a mile, measured every 100 metres. On our routes they run from 6 on the E19 to 701 on the SP638.
Before you go
- Mostly gentle country roads through old walled towns, not a mountain route.
- Rothenburg, Dinkelsbuhl and the Wieskirche get very busy in summer. Arrive early.
On the way
- Wurzburg
- Tauberbischofsheim
- Bad Mergentheim
- Weikersheim
- Rothenburg ob der Tauber
- Dinkelsbuhl
- Nordlingen
- Donauworth
- Augsburg
- Landsberg am Lech
- Schongau
- Fussen
Split it into days
Pick the miles you like to ride in a day. Each day ends at the named place on the route nearest that distance, and you get a GPX file for each day.
This is your pace, not our estimate of how long the riding takes. Day lengths vary because each day ends at a named place.
Ready to ride it?
Plan it with dates in the tour plannerBook this trip
1Getting there
Most riders cross to Calais by Le Shuttle or a Dover ferry, or take a longer ferry nearer the route.
Compare every crossing2Places to stay
- Find a bed in WurzburgWhere the route starts
- Find a bed in FussenWhere the route ends
Split the route into days above and each day gets its own bed search for where it ends.
Back to the days3Cover
Check your bike insurance covers riding abroad, get travel insurance that covers motorcycling at your engine size, and breakdown cover that recovers a motorcycle in every country on the route.
What to check before you buy coverThe country on this route
What GOV.UK says riders need for it, checked 05/11/2026. Rules change, so read the official page before you go.
Germany
- Money
- Euro
- Ride on the
- Right
- Some city centres are low emission zones (Umweltzone): check whether your bike needs a sticker to enter
- Riding a bike that is not yours? You may need written permission from the registered owner
- GOV.UK travel adviceSafety, road travel and local laws
- Entry requirementsPassport and visa rules
- Riding in GermanyOur routes, passes and fuel gaps there
On every trip abroad: your licence, insurance that covers riding abroad, the V5C and travel insurance with medical cover. The tour planner turns all of this into a checklist each rider in your group can tick off.
Places to see on the way
Castles, passes, viewpoints and more within easy reach of the line, in the order you reach them. Yellow dots on the map.
Monastery · 0.7 km off the route
Kollegiatstift Neumünster, Würzburg
Church building and cultural heritage monument D-6-63-000-289 (0) in Würzburg, Bavaria.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Daderot, CC0
Castle · On the route
Weikersheim Palace
Palace in Weikersheim, Baden-Württemberg. Germany.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Schorle, CC BY-SA 3.0
Monastery · On the route
Franciscan Abbey, Rothenburg ob der Tauber
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Daderot, Public domain
Castle · On the route
Harburg Castle
Castle.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0
Monastery · 1 km off the route
St. Ulrich's and St. Afra's Abbey, Augsburg
Benedictine abbey dedicated to Saint Ulrich and Saint Afra in Augsburg, Bavaria.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: :commons:User:KlausF, bearbeitet von Benutzer:Geoethno, CC BY-SA 3.0
Museum · 0.9 km off the route
Synagoge Halderstraße
Synagogue and Jewish Museum in Augsburg, Germany.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Alois Wüst, CC BY-SA 3.0
Monastery · On the route
Steingaden Abbey
Former Premonstratensian abbey in Steingaden, Germany.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Joooo at German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
Castle · 2 km off the route
Neuschwanstein Castle
Castle in Bavaria, Germany, Europe.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Wilfredor, CC0
Monastery · 0.3 km off the route
St. Mang's Abbey
Monastery in Bavaria, Germany.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.jpg){kind=link}
Place details from Wikidata. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.
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