Farm to farm tour

The route continues to Freckenfeld. Here we can pay a brief visit to the HELCK Winery on the main road. The small local history museum in Freckenfeld can be visited by telephone appointment (Tel. 06340/919277).

A short detour to WEINGUT NAGEL in Vollmersweiler is worthwhile. We cycle along the Kraut-und Rübenradweg, which runs parallel to the route, to the war memorial in Freckenfeld. From there, a cycle path leads directly to the smallest village in the municipality.

We cycle northwards through natural hollow paths and productive vegetable fields to Winden. Along Winden's main street, numerous self-marketers offer freshly harvested regional fruit and vegetable products in farm shops. We follow the cycle path through the village, past the town hall and the historic night watchman's house to the Raiffeisenstraße junction. During a wine tasting at WEINGUT KEHRT or a break at WEINSTUBE ZUR HOFSCHÄNKE, we enjoy the wonderful variety of flavours of Palatinate wines.

After a stroll through lush pastures and gently rolling vineyards, we arrive in the historic village of Steinweiler. Here, too, we are spoilt for choice: WEIN- UND SEKTGUT ROSENHOF is located just outside the village, so we follow the signs from Steinweiler railway station to ‘Rosenhof’, while WEINGUT FRANK BOHLENDER is located in Obergasse. The STEINWEILERER SEIFENMANUFAKTUR is located in the main street. Soaps are made here according to traditional old craftsmanship (a tour is possible for groups by telephone appointment).We cycle along Kirchstraße, past the town hall, to the junction of Haynaer Straße and Klingbachstraße (if you wish, you can take a short detour to the left along Klingbachstraße and then follow Niedergasse to the SEEHOF (large maize maze!).

A cosy farm track leads us straight to Erlenbach. Here you will find the FAMILIE SCHÖNUNG MARKET STALL, which offers a wide selection of freshly harvested produce, pasta, homemade jams and liqueurs. From Erlenbach, there are now two options for continuing your journey: either plan a detour to BAUERNHOF KERTH in Minderslachen - here you can buy tinned sausage and ham from animals reared on the farm (24-hour vending machine with selected products available) or continue along the main road directly to HOFMARKT ZAPF . Here, a café with a glass patisserie, farm shop and terrace invite you to take a long break before crossing a motorway bridge and past a petrol station via Dierbachweg to Raiffeisenstraße in Kandel.If we follow the railway station symbol from here, we will soon return to the starting point.

Note: The tour is around 30 kilometres long without any detours.