Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

Routes

Bike touring routes & trails

Neutor (Erpel) – Unkel's historic old town loop from Erpel (Rhein)

Routes

Bike touring routes & trails

Neutor (Erpel) – Unkel's historic old town loop from Erpel (Rhein)

Easy

4.0

(8)

riders

Neutor (Erpel) – Unkel's historic old town loop from Erpel (Rhein)

00:54

14.8km

60m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 29, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

Please check local regulations for:

Naturpark Rhein-Westerwald

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

Get Directions

530 m

Neutor (Erpel)

Highlight • Monument

Guided tours and visits by appointment
Contact person:
Mr. Siebertz
Telephone: 02644 95210
Source: vgvunkel.de/vg_unkel/Tourism%20&%20Freizeit/Kultur

Translated by Google •

Tip by

1.28 km

View of Apollinariskirche

Highlight • Viewpoint

Although the Appolinari Church is quite far away, you can see it well because it is higher up and large.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

2.26 km

View of the Remagen Bridge towers (Peace Museum)

Highlight • Historical Site

When you see the films and then the remains of the bridgeheads (including the tunnels on the right bank of the Rhine), you understand history much better.
The museum does the rest.
Must see.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

3.14 km

Unkel Prison Tower

Highlight • Historical Site

Nice building directly on the Rhine promenade.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

6.49 km

St. Maria Magdalena Church, Rheinbreitbach

Highlight • Religious Site

St. Maria Magdalena is the local Catholic church, about the origin of which hardly any details are known. This old parish church is a typical Rhenish late Gothic village church …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

11.7 km

Historic timber-framed old town of Unkel

Highlight • Historical Site

Unkel is truly worth a visit! Not big, but incredibly cute and historically valuable!
Konrad Adenauer lived here from 1935 to 1936 and the good Willi Brand from 1979 to …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

11.8 km

Guardian Angel House in Unkel

Highlight • Historical Site

The name Unkel probably comes from Latin or Franconian and means arch or curve.
Since Willy Brandt lived there for 13 years, the "Willy Brandt Forum" was set up in …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

11.8 km

Unkel's historic old town

Highlight • Historical Site

Unkel has a beautiful old town and is located with its Rhine promenade directly on the beautiful Rhine. The Willy Brandt Forum was opened in Unkel in 2011 in honor …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

14.8 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.67 km

4.02 km

735 m

366 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

11.0 km

3.23 km

577 m

< 100 m

Elevation

Nothing selected – click and drag below to see the stats for a specific part of the route.

Weather

Sunday 12 July

31°C

17°C

0 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 10.0 km/h

to get more detailed weather forecasts along your route

Comments

Want to know more?

Our route recommendations are based on thousands of hikes, rides, and runs completed by other people on komoot.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Edit route

Download GPX

Move start point

Embed on a website

Report an Issue

Report restricted access

Nearby routes

Moderate

4.7

1,144

Against the current on the Sieg cycle path

03:58h

64.3km

350m

Moderate

4.3

258

Along the Hanfbach river

02:45h

35.1km

340m

Moderate

4.6

269

Follow an old railway line through the Hanf and Pleistal valleys

02:53h

43.3km

310m

Moderate

4.8

4,011

View of Drachenfels – View of the Siebengebirge (Seven Hills) loop from Bonn UN Campus

03:11h

51.2km

170m

Hard

4.6

179

Rasender Roland: along the Rhine and through the Siebengebirge mountains

03:27h

45.9km

580m

Moderate

4.4

101

Rhein-Sieg Ahoy: out into the green through Waldville and Kottenforst

04:04h

64.0km

250m

Moderate

4.1

Voreifel Plateau: Heaven on Earth

04:16h

72.0km

430m

Hard

4.6

2,345

Rhine promenade Neuwied – Koblenz Electoral Palace loop from Neuwied

02:40h

44.1km

140m

Hard

4.6

1,688

View of Drachenfels – Rhine Cycle Path near Widdig loop from Linz (Rhein)

10:01h

164km

550m

Moderate

4.7

2,087

Leutesdorf Riverside Promenade – Rheinpromenade Andernach loop from Leubsdorf (Rhein)

02:50h

45.3km

230m

Hard

4.6

3,581

View of Drachenfels – Rheinpromenade Andernach loop from Linz (Rhein)

07:15h

115km

410m

Neutor (Erpel) – Unkel's historic old town loop from Erpel (Rhein)

Neutor (Erpel)

View of Apollinariskirche

View of the Remagen Bridge towers (Peace Museum)

Unkel Prison Tower

St. Maria Magdalena Church, Rheinbreitbach

Historic timber-framed old town of Unkel

Guardian Angel House in Unkel

Unkel's historic old town

Nearby routes

Sign up or log in to keep exploring this route

We value your privacy ⛰️

We value your privacy ⛰️