Trail Name: Markgraefler Rebland Radtour
Trail Type: Middle distance; bicycle circuit almost exclusively paved, largely on dedicated bike trail or lane; well maintained and signed, albeit not specifically marked for this trail.
Length: total: 35 km
Convenient to: Freiburg
Marking: Green and white bike directional marking only. (No marking specific to this trail.)
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Trail Name: Vignoble de Beaune Circuit Series, “Tout le Coteau” Circuit
Trail Type: Mid-distance circuit; varied surfaces to include paved, dirt, stone, and grass, mostly well maintained. Note that the route itself is not marked with signs specific to this particular route, rather signposts indicate the way to the next itinerary point (identified below) this route shares with others.
Length: total: 12 kilometers/ 7.5 miles
Convenient to: Beaune, Burgundy, France
Marking: None specific to this particular circuit. (See above.) Rectangular yellow signs point to the next location on the trail itinerary, and a green band on top of the post indicates current location.
Trail Name: Weinwandern in Carnuntum: Hoeflein Variante
Trail Type: An easy, family-friendly/carriage-friendly, short distance circuit, with well-maintained trail surfaces that are tarmacked or otherwise hardpacked, and with specific trail markings that are mostly easy to follow and are fairly well-updated.
Length: total: 9.7 kilometers/ 6 miles
Convenient to: Vienna, Austria
Marking: Rectangles with a horizontal white bar across the middle, flanked by similar red bars above and below it; bearing the words: Weinwandern in Carnuntum
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Trail Name: Rebwandern am Untersee (Grape Hiking on the Lower Lake)
Trail Type: Medium distance; almost exclusively paved, well maintained, but the route itself is not exclusively marked.
Length: total: 15.4 km/9.5 miles
Convenient to: Constance (Konstanz), Germany; Kreuzlingen, Switzerland
Marking: Yellow “Wanderweg” signs only; some indicating direction and distance to towns and villages.
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Trail Name: Casteller Weinspaziergaenge
Trail Type: One circuit of the outside segments of four shorter wine hiking circuits; gentle inclines on either paved, or hard-packed surface; well maintained and mostly (but not always) marked with the circuit name.
Length(s):
Large Trail: Casteller Weinspaziergaenge: circa 12 kilometers/ 7.5 miles
Segments: (each circuit total)
Greuter Bastel Circuit: 7.6 kilometers/ 4.75 miles
Schlossberg Circuit: 2.3 kilometers/ 1.4 miles
Hohnart Circuit: 2.5 kilometers/ 1.5 miles
Kugelspiel Circuit: 4 kilometers/ 2.5 miles
Convenient to: Kitzingen, Germany
Marking: Varies by circuit name, although “Casteller Weg” follows the outside edges of the inclusive circuit around Castell, and is mostly identical with Casteller Weinspaziergaenge. (See photo above for signage.)
Trail Name: Promenade en Pays Beaunois Circuit 14, Monthelie; aka Sentier des Buis. (“PR n 14” is seen also on signs)
Trail Type: mid-distance circuit; surfaces vary from asphalt, to hard-packed earth, to rough trails; the route is fairly well-marked, but a map is definitely handy.
Length: total: 12 kilometers/7.5 miles
Convenient to: Beaune, France
Marking: Small yellow rectangular signs “Pays Beaunois 14”, then painted rectangles or arrows (on a variety of surfaces (rocks, trees, posts) indicating the direction to follow. Signs, as in the featured image above, also indicate a specific location and direction to continue.
Trail Name: Fleurie – Entre Vignes et Bois
Trail Type(s): A series of four circuits, short, medium and long distances, circling out from Fleurie (in the Beaujolais district); trail surfaces partly paved, partly hard-packed, otherwise grass or earthen surfaces (sandy or compacted); Route(s) mostly marked.
Length(s):
Total: 4, 12, 16 and 25 kilometers/2.5, 7.5, 10, and 15.5 miles respectively
Convenient to: Lyon, France
Marking: Colored rectangles (blue, for the four kilometer circuit; red for the 12 kilometer circuit, green for the 16 kilometer circuit, and yellow for the 25 kilometer circuit.), some with arrow to indicate direction; and sometimes a square placard with the words “Entre Vignes et Bois” and a bunch of grapes and a grape leaf.
Trail Name: Wuerttembergischer Weinwanderweg
Trail Type: Long distance; often but not always paved, fairly well maintained, but the route itself is not always marked in critical places.
Length:
(Total: 470 kilometers / 292 miles)
Segments Covered in this Post: circa 27 kilometers / 17.5 miles
Convenient to: Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Marking: Red grape bunch on a white background (on a sign, painted on walls or trees, on stickers adhering to posts)
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Trail Name: Wuerttembergischer Weinwanderweg
Trail Type: Long distance; almost exclusively paved, fairly well maintained, but the route itself is not always marked in critical places.
Length:
(Total: 470 kilometers / 292 miles)
Segments Covered in this Post: 47 km / 29 miles
Convenient to: Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Marking: Red grape bunch on a white background (on a sign, painted on walls or trees, on stickers adhering to posts)
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Trail Name: Bernkastel-Kues to Traben-Trarbach
Trail Type: Short distance trail; much of it paved, some of it grassy, the rest is dirt trail; well maintained, but the markings are not exclusive to this route, and change in places.
Length: total: 6.5 kilometers/ 4 miles
Convenient to: Koblenz or Trier, Germany
Marking: Multiple signs indicate the direction to “Traben-Trarbach” (or “Bernkastel” if going the opposite way); Gold lizards on a red heart on a red square marked this trail the first part of the way; Once atop the hill, “T-6” and “Mosel Erlebnis Route”, were also signs on this same trail all the way to Trarbach. (See the featured photograph above, and red sign in the first photo below.)
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