Taking a beer hike through Franconia

Glorious nature, exercise and beer. Franconia brings all of these three wonderful things together in one place.

(Bier-)Wanderung von Tiefenellern nach Strullendorf, Foto: A Gaspar-Klein, Lizenz: VGN

Glorious nature, exercise and beer. Franconia brings all of these three wonderful things together in one place because there's nowhere else where beer culture is so alive and where there are so many breweries.

Fünf-Seidla-Steig®: hike through the homeland of Franconia's speciality beers

Forests and fields, great beer and irresistible food: Franconian Switzerland is home to the...

Fünf-Seidla-Steig®: hike through the homeland of Franconia's speciality beers

Pegnitz: circular hiking trail with idyllic views in Upper Franconia

Go on a discovery tour in Pegnitz and be enchanted by the romantic natural idyll. The Oak Leaf...

Pegnitz: circular hiking trail with idyllic views in Upper Franconia

To the beer quartet in Bamberg

The beer quartet hike in Bamberg: If beer is a bit more important to you than exercise, you should...

To the beer quartet in Bamberg

Beer culture in Upper Franconia

From Coburg to Rödental: many beer gardens and beer cellars await thirsty hikers along the way.

Beer culture in Upper Franconia

24 beer cellars in Forchheim

Important fact: When you go for a drink in one of the many beer cellars in Franconia, you don't go...

24 beer cellars in Forchheim
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