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The Hanseatic Cities From Neuss to Nijmegen - 6 days Cycling Tour (Level 1)

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 The Hanseatic cities route from Neuss to Nijmegen - 6 days

The Hanseatic cities - then and now" is the credo of this 455-kilometre cross-border route. A fascinating cycle tour which follows the footsteps of German and Dutch merchants, full of history and modernity. 

On this 7-day cycle tour you will cycle part of this route, downstream along famous rivers from Neuss in Germany to Nijmegen in the Netherlands, through beautiful nature and varied landscapes. Experience the splendour of historic trading towns one after the other. Cycle through medieval alleys and old quays, past the remains of the city walls and high warehouses and discover that time has not stood still.

Tour Character: Level 1

Easy cycling on relatively flat terrain. Some stages may have more 'winding' character however it is still suitable for those with limited cycling experience. Daily distances from 30-70km.

Included in the tour:

  • 5 nights in 3/4 star hotels
  • Daily breakfast
  • Tourist taxes
  • 7-day service hotline
  • Luggage transfers (Max. 1 piece of 20 kg per person)
  • Navigation app available with maps, tour information and GPS routes

Not included:

  • Drinks, dinners and lunches
  • Arrival/ departure 
  • Travel insurance
  • Bike rental
  • Bike insurance - 15-30 EUR
  • Bike helmets - 10 EUR each
  • Any ferry crossings 
  • Mandatory SGR contribution - 5 EUR per person

If you would like to rent a Bike (100 EUR) or E-Bike (180 EUR), please email [email protected] when booking

Notes:

  • Departures every Saturdays and Sundays from May till September
  • This is a 'app only' trip, so the route information is only available by app on your mobile phone. 
  • Tandem bikes are available to rent - The tandem bikes have a frame size of 48 cm. The height of the handle bars on a tandem bike cannot be adjusted. Please enquire for availability
  • Extra nights from 80 EUR p.p 

Arrival/ Departure:

  • Neuss and Nijmegen - Lent have their own train station.  From Nijmegen - Lent, take the regional train first to Nijmegen and from there to 's-Hertogenbosch. From 's-Hertogenbosch you travel to Mönchengladbach Hbf. Here you change to the regional train to Neuss Hbf.
  • The nearest airport is Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) or Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS).

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  • Day 1

    Arrival in Neuss (D)

    Arrival in Neuss. The hotel is located in a quiet spot a few kilometres outside the city centre on the banks of the Rhine. Tomorrow's cycle tour will take you through the heart of the Hanseatic city of Neuss anyway. If you are early, you can still explore Düsseldorf's old city centre and it's famous Königsallee from the hotel today.

  • Day 2

    Neuss (D) - Homberg (D) 50 km

    You soon reach the centre of Neuss is a lively, former Hanseatic city on the Rhine with old warehouses, a sizeable inner harbour and historical sights. Especially worth a visit is the imposing Quirinus-Münster, which was awarded the honorary title of 'basilica minor' by Pope Benedict XVI on the occasion of its 800th anniversary. Next to this beautiful church is the market square with several cafés and restaurants.

    Just past the centre of Neuss, the Hanseatic Towns Cycle Route shows its best side: for here it runs along the North Canal. Tall trees line the cycle path, cool air rises from the canal and dozens of birds chirp in the branches.

    The diversions via Meerbusch is very entertaining, as it takes you through Millionärsland. Meerbusch has the highest density of ultra-rich. Futuristic, all-glass villas and delightfully old-fashioned-looking cottages - it is hard to decide which one you would prefer to live in. The route briefly deviates from the Rhine to visit the centre of Uerdingen. This little town received city rights back in 1255.Then continue past Atrop to Homberg, a bit of Duisburg on the left bank of the Rhine.

  • Day 3

    Homberg (D) - Xanten (D) 56 km

    From the hotel it is only a stone's throw to the Friedrich Ebert Bridge - the Hansa Cycle Route continues over it to Wesel. Behind Duisburg, everything is a bit bigger: mighty container ships sail on the Rhine and the Hansa Cycle Route temporarily becomes a cycling motorway. On flat gravel and with a slight tailwind, the cycle kilometres flow along far faster than the Rhine.

    But as always, the landscape soon changes again and it becomes idyllic: free-range sheep populate the dikes, bleating and watching the cyclists. Shortly before Wesel, the renaturalised mouth of the Lippe awaits the cyclists. From the mouth of the Lippe, the Hanser cycle path leads directly into the city centre. Wesel suffered a very similar fate to Neuss during the Second World War. Architectural beauty fell victim to the bombs and what was hastily raised in the post-war years was primarily functional. But still: some particularly beautiful buildings have survived the test of time and others have been faithfully rebuilt.

    After Wesel, you cross the Rhine again over a bridge to the left side of the Rhine. There you cycle through the nature reserve 'Bislicher Insel' Cross a small bridge over the Altrhein to reach Xanten with its historic town centre and richly decorated St. Victor's Cathedral. Be sure to visit Germany's largest open-air archaeological museum, on the site where the city of Colonia Ulpia Traiana stood in Roman times.

  • Day 4

    Xanten (D) - Emmerich (D) 48 km

    On the way down, you cycle through the historic centre of Xanten once again. And if you didn't manage to visit the archaeological park with the excavations of the ancient Roman town yesterday, you will now get another opportunity. The route continues past 2 lakes that invite you to swim and go boating. Follow the Rhine downstream through the Reeser Schanz nature reserve and take the passenger ferry 'Rääße Pöntje' to historic Rees, the oldest town on the Lower Rhine.

    Most of the medieval town walls have been preserved to this day, along with the round tower, the mill and customs tower and several watchtowers. Here you will also find one of the most beautiful German Rhine promenades, an excellent place for a well-deserved coffee break. Over the bridge at Rees you cross the Rhine again and pass inviting bathing lakes on the way to Kalkar & Grieth. In Kalkar, enjoy the medieval architecture, the houses with stepped gables around the market square, the beautiful town hall and the old court lime tree.

    After Grieth, you pass Germany's longest suspension bridge, the 'Golden Gate of the Lower Rhine', on your way to Emmerich. In the old Hanseatic city you can stroll along the beautiful Rhine promenade this evening.

  • Day 5

    Emmerich (D) - Nijmegen (NL) 60 km

    After leaving Emmerich, you will soon pass the German-Dutch border and go up and down through the hilly Montferland. In 's Heerenberg, a lively terrace village with historic alleys, you will find one of the largest medieval castles in the Netherlands, Kasteel Huis Bergh. Cycle through the green Bergherbos and then descend again after the German town of Elten to the Gelderse Poort, the special place where the Rhine has broken through the moraine. Through the watery Ossenwaard and the new, bird-rich nature of Carvium Novum you finally reach the Waal.

    A bicycle ferry takes you to Millingen aan de Rijn. Continue through the rugged nature of the Millingerwaard and the beautiful, photogenic Ooyse polderland with its grassy meadows, dikes, old river arms and scours. Stop at the cosy terraces of the Thornsche mill or Oortjeshekken. In the distance, the contours of the High Dam reappear, the oldest city in the Netherlands comes into view, the Hanseatic city of Nijmegen.

  • Day 6

    Return home

    Today you will end your cycling trip after breakfast.

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Start End Max. No. Guests Accommodation Price p.p.
May 03 2025 May 08 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
May 04 2025 May 09 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
May 10 2025 May 15 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
May 11 2025 May 16 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
May 17 2025 May 22 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
May 18 2025 May 23 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
May 24 2025 May 29 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
May 25 2025 May 30 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
May 31 2025 Jun 05 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
Jun 01 2025 Jun 06 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
Jun 07 2025 Jun 12 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
Jun 08 2025 Jun 13 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
Jun 14 2025 Jun 19 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
Jun 15 2025 Jun 20 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
Jun 21 2025 Jun 26 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
Jun 22 2025 Jun 27 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
Jun 28 2025 Jul 03 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
Jun 29 2025 Jul 04 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
Jul 05 2025 Jul 10 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
Jul 06 2025 Jul 11 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
Jul 12 2025 Jul 17 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
Jul 13 2025 Jul 18 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
Jul 19 2025 Jul 24 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
Jul 20 2025 Jul 25 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
Jul 26 2025 Jul 31 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
Jul 27 2025 Aug 01 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
Aug 02 2025 Aug 07 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
Aug 03 2025 Aug 08 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
Aug 09 2025 Aug 14 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
Aug 10 2025 Aug 15 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
Aug 16 2025 Aug 21 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
Aug 17 2025 Aug 22 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
Aug 23 2025 Aug 28 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
Aug 24 2025 Aug 29 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
Aug 30 2025 Sep 04 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
Aug 31 2025 Sep 05 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
Sep 06 2025 Sep 11 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
Sep 07 2025 Sep 12 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
Sep 13 2025 Sep 18 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
Sep 14 2025 Sep 19 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
Sep 20 2025 Sep 25 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€
Sep 21 2025 Sep 26 2025 12 Single rooms 940€
Double rooms 665€

Car rental in Germany

If you would like to drive yourself before or after your tour, ask us for a quote on any brand new Renault, Peugeot or Citroen vehicle for driving in Europe.

Pick up your vehicle from most capital cities in Europe and return it to your drop off destination. Top insurance cover. Email [email protected] for a competitive quote

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