Looking for a motorcycle holiday in Germany? With Franconian Switzerland and the Fichtelgebirge, the area around Bayreuth offers great routes and experiences.
Why not combine a few varied days of culture and good food and drink in Bayreuth with great motorcycle trips into the surrounding area?
On this page we have put together some recommendations for you.
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Suggested tours
Franconian Switzerland
This tour through Franconian Switzerland is 264 kilometres long. It does not start in Bayreuth but passes close by, so the starting point can easily be changed to Bayreuth.
This Franconian Switzerland website lists several tours for you on which you can ride through and discover the unique landscape.
Fichtelgebirge
This tour, published by Kurvenkönig Motorradurlaub, describes a ride of about 5 hours around Bayreuth covering approx. 190 kilometres.
This tour starts and ends in Bayreuth. At 298.8 kilometres and with an estimated riding time of six hours it is one of the longer tours and combines many highlights of the Fichtelgebirge.
Combining Franconian Switzerland and the Fichtelgebirge
This tour starts in Warmensteinach in the Fichtelgebirge and leads via Weidenberg (which is near Bayreuth – this is where you could join the tour from Bayreuth) – Creussen – Pegnitz – Pottenstein – Waischenfeld – Aufseß – Hollfeld – Eckersdorf – Ramsenthal – Himmelkron – Bad Berneck – Bischofsgrün back to Warmensteinach.
This report by the MOTORRADSTRASSEN team presents two tours, one through the Fichtelgebirge & Frankenwald and one through Franconian Switzerland (the second passes through Bayreuth), which you can ride either separately or combined.
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Biker meeting points
Great routes and beautiful views are one thing, but sooner or later hunger and thirst join the wind in your face and the bends.
This Franconian Switzerland website lists lovely places to stop for food and drink for you, together with opening hours and further information:
Motorcycle hire in Bayreuth
If you are not here with your own motorcycle but would still like to ride, there are several hire outlets in Bayreuth:
Motorpark Schrembs
Sophian Kolb Straße 6, 95448 Bayreuth
Phone: +49 921 – 95 98 499 – 0
E-Mail:
PEPA-BIKES
Am Pfaffenfleck 13, 95448 Bayreuth
Phone: +49 921 – 516 64 71
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