Itinerary

Individual arrival to Essen. Use the time for a visit to the Folkwang Museum, or a visit to the cathedral with its cathedral treasury, or the synagogue right next door.

In Gelsenkirchen's Nordsternpark, there are many reminders of the former colliery that once stood here. Numerous colliery buildings have been integrated into the park (the Federal Garden Show was held here in 1997). The park is dominated by the 18 metre high ‘Hercules of Gelsenkirchen’. The circular tour also leads over two slag heaps, which are also home to modern sculptures. From here you have a wonderful view of the area.

The first stop is probably one of the world's most unusual exhibition halls, the gasometer in Oberhausen. The tour continues along the Rhine-Herne Canal to the Duisburg-Nord Landscape Park around a disused ironworks site. See how nature is reclaiming the site.

You cycle to Mülheim via the cycle highway. Up the Ruhrauf you pass through some small, cosy districts: Saarn (monastery and beautiful old town), Kettwig, Werden (former abbey). The Villa Hügel (former home of the Krupp family) rises above Lake Baldeney. Round off the day's cycling in one of the many beer gardens along the Ruhr.

This tour is all about mining. In Bochum, you can go underground and experience what it was like in the coal mines back then. The tour continues along the ore railway line to the Zollverein colliery, probably the most beautiful colliery in the world and also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

After breakfast, individual return journey or start of your extension.

Tour character

Easy

Easy to medium difficulty. Predominantly very good cycle paths without car traffic on disused railway lines or along rivers or canals. Short stages also on moderately busy roads. If the day becomes too long due to the many worthwhile stops, the next railway station is usually not far away.

Prices & dates

Prices per person in EUR

Services & extras

Services

Included

5 nights in the booked category
breakfast
Cat. A & B: One evening meal on a day of your choice (except Thursdays) in a local restaurant
Welcome drink on the day of arrival
Cat. A & B: 1 bottle of mineral water in the room
Free WLAN
Carefully prepared itinerary
Detailed travel documents (German)
Navigation app and GPS data
Rental bike insurance
7-day service hotline

Excluded

Arrival and departure
parking fees
Spa and local taxes where applicable
transfers
Optional sightseeing
travel insurance
Expenses for personal use

Extras

Arrival / parking

A small number of parking spaces are available at the hotel. Costs per day approx. 14.00 €.
Good train connections to/from Essen.

Hotels

Hotel Webers – The hotel in the Ruhr-Tower

The hotel staff will give you a very warm welcome! The relatively centrally located hotel has 137 rooms, its own garage parking spaces, a lift and a bar. The rooms (all with air conditioning) are equipped with many amenities such as cable TV, free Wi-Fi and a coffee machine. The windows of this hotel are soundproofed and the entire building is ventilated by air conditioning. The windows cannot be opened. The rooms in Cat. A are 22 square metres in size, the rooms in Cat. B 18sqm.
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Further information

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