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🇩🇪 Augsburg - Dinkelsbühl

This scenic bike tour leads from the historic city of Augsburg along the Romantic Road to the medieval gem of Dinkelsbühl. The route offers a mix of beautiful landscapes, charming old towns, and cultural highlights.

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⏱️ 2 days 📅 August 2025

Start: 🚉 Augsburg, 0:45h by train from Munich

Dest.: 🏠 Dinkelsbühl (🚉 Wassertrüdingen , 1:30h by train from Augsburg)

Website GPX Distance Ascend Net Ascend
Day 1: Nördlingen bikerouter.de 89 km 306 hm -44 hm
Day 2: Dinkelsbühl
(Wassertrüdingen)		 bikerouter.de 36 km
(63 km)		 145 hm
(252 hm)		 (7 hm)
(-4 hm)

Day 1: Augsburg - Nördlingen

A standout along the way is Harburg, home to one of Germany’s oldest and best-preserved castles, dramatically perched above the Wörnitz River. With its fully intact city wall and historic old town, Nördlingen is the perfect place for an overnight stay, inviting you to explore its fascinating history and relaxed atmosphere.

You can skip the detour to the Donaumeile in Donauwörth, if you don't need to buy something.

Sights

Food and accommodation

Food options along the route are sparse and mostly closed (for good?). Try to fill your belly in the larger cities. Family-run Wie bei Oma1 offers good german-croatian food in the center of Donauwörth. The Brückencafè2 in Harburg is a good option for coffee and cake with a view. Blaue Glocke3 in Nördlingen provides a cozy vibe together with delicious Swabian food for reasonable prices - Recommendation!

Hey Lou Hotel Nördlingen4 offers modern rooms and good value for the price. Bicycle storage: In a covered and locked "bicycle cage".

Day 2: Nördlingen - Dinkelsbühl

Leaving Nördlingen through the Baldinger Tor, the route continues through villages and the countryside to Dinkelsbühl.

Getting away from Dinkelsbühl

Dinkelsbühl has a train station, but it is not serviced (except for an occasional historical train).

One option would be to extend the route to Dombühl (27 km | 127 hm | +36 hm), where regular trains to Nürnberg are leaving. Via Ansbach also to Würzburg and Augsburg. This route provides the opportunity to see Feuchtwangen.

For those Stuttgart-bound, Crailsheim (27 km | 155 hm | -31 hm) is an option.

The route planned is extended to Wassertrüdingen from where Augsburg can be reached (via Gunzenhausen).

Don't forget to check the schedule for the option of your choice!

Sights

Food

Mayer's Beck Bäckerei5 offers good coffee and breakfast menus. The restaurant Zur Glocke6 serves tasty German and Franconian classics at the central square of Dinkelsbühl. If you have some time until the next train in Wassertrüdingen, you can have a Spalter beer at the Spalter Bierstube7. In case you miss your connecting train in Gunzenhausen, the Lighthouse Restaurant8 near the station offers good food and service.

  1. Restaurant Café Wie bei Oma, Hindenburgstraße 22, 86609 Donauwörth ↩

  2. Brückencafè Harburg, Auf d. Brücke 4, 86655 Harburg (Schwaben) ↩

  3. Blaue Glocke, Herrengasse 2, 86720 Nördlingen ↩

  4. Hey Lou Hotel Nördlingen, Maria-Penn-Straße 5, 86720 Nördlingen ↩

  5. Mayer's Beck Bäckerei, Rübenmarkt 3, 86720 Nördlingen ↩

  6. Zur Glocke, Weinmarkt 1, 91550 Dinkelsbühl ↩

  7. Spalter Bierstube, Sauergasse 1, 91717 Wassertrüdingen ↩

  8. Lighthouse Restaurant, Ansbacher Str. 9, 91710 Gunzenhausen ↩