Velo Europe and cycling in and around Stuttgart
Stuttgart in Swabia lies on the Neckar river on the north-eastern foothills of the Black Forest and offers many varied stages and tours to and from the capital of Baden-Württemberg.
Bicycles can be taken along in the city and the S-Bahn with the exception of rush hours (06-08:30 and 16:00-18:30).
All routes and stages from Stuttgart start at the Neckar and outside Stuttgart there are many great possibilities to reach other VEP's, also in the Regio area around Stuttgart there are great day trips.
Velo Europe stages from Stuttgart
1) Stuttgart to Plochingen (via Esslingen), approx. 25 km by train and 20-30 min, 2-3 x per hour
2) Stuttgart to Göppingen (via Plochingen), approx. 46 km, train approx. 30-45 min, 2x per hour, connection options to Ulm on the Danube or to Lorch or Schwäbisch Gmünd in the RemsTal valley.
3) Stuttgart to Horb am Neckar ( via Plochingen+Tübingen), approx. 100 km, train 45-60 min and 1x per hour
4) Stuttgart to Freudenstadt (via Plochingen-Tübingen- Horb am Neckar) , approx. 120 km, train approx. 1:23 , 1x per hour
5) Stuttgart to Tübingen (via Plochingen), approx. 65 km, train approx. 1:00-1:15 ,1-2 x per hour
6) Stuttgart to Bad Friedrichshall (via Heilbronn approx. 81 km and connection to Kocher+ Jagst stages), Ca 1:00 , 1-2 x per hour
7) Stuttgart to Bietigheim-Bissigen, ca 40 km, train ca 2-3 x per hour, ca 20 min
8) Stuttgart to Pforzheim, approx. 85 km, along Enz from Bietigheim, train approx. 53 min, 1 x per hour
9) Stuttgart to Remseck approx. 17 km
Connection possibilities from Remseck to :
Bietigheim Bissingen, Lorch and Heilbronn
10) Stuttgart to Heilbronn : ca 70 km, train ca 45 min , 1-2 x per hour
Velo Europe Routes from Stuttgart
Stuttgart to Frankfurt and the Rhine
We accompany the Neckar river downstream via Heilbronn and Heidelberg to Mannheim, cycle through the wine-growing areas and the Odenwald forest and come across the Rhine in Mannheim.
Rhine- Strasbourg with option Basel
We accompany the Rhine upstream via Speyer in the direction of Strasbourg.
Rhine downstream
Via Speyer and Worms in the direction of Mainz. In Mainz we have the possibility to connect to Frankfurt along the Main.
Stuttgart to the Black Forest - Lake Constance - Zurich
If we follow the Neckar upstream, we reach the university towns of Esslingen and Tübingen.
Continue in the direction of the Neckar spring upstream - the Neckar into the Black Forest region of Villingen-Schwenningen, where the headwaters of the Danube also originate.
From the Danube source downstream along the Danube and then south to Schaffhausen am Rhein.
From Schaffhausen there is the possibility to cycle to Lake Constance or to Zurich (with all options from Lake Constance).
Stuttgart via Kinzig / Black Forest to the Rhine
In Horb we leave the Neckar and cycle into the Black Forest to Freudenstadt. From Freudenstadt along the Kinzig in the direction of Offenburg / Strassburg to the Rhine.
Or leave the Kinzig at Hausach and through the Elztal and the university town Freiburg, then to the Rhine at Neuenburg. From Neuenburg we can drive along the Rhine to Basel.
Stuttgart to the Romantic Road - Option Nuremberg or Munich
The Neckar has many tributaries that flow from the Black Forest and the Swabian Alb into the Neckar and can reach further destinations of Velo Europe.
Follow the Neckar upstream to Plochingen, and from there along the Fils to Göppingen.
From Göppingen across the Swabian Alb to Nördlingen, where we meet the Romantic Road, which takes us south to Landsberg am Lech and north to Rothenburg ob der Tauber.
Stuttgart to Franconia - Tauber - Main
In the area Neckar downstream we also have the possibility to leave the Neckar via the Kocher or the Jagst upstream towards Franken Land.
The routes to Nuremberg run primarily via Rothenburg ob der Tauber, the historic town on the Tauber - here the river Tauber crosses, the Romantic Road as well as the Castle Road.
From Rothenburg there are various options to drive to Nuremberg, one along the Zenn to Fürth, another along the Burgenstraße via Ansbach and Roth.
Stuttgart -Frankfurt
In the direction of Frankfurt we can drive along the Tauber from Rothenburg to Wertheim where the Tauber turns into the Main and we cycle down the river Main to Frankfurt.
Stuttgart Regio
In the Regio area we can cycle from Bietigheim through the Ennstal valley towards Pforzheim and on to Karlsruhe.
