27-07-13, 05:35 PM
After many tours to Europe my preference is to have one place as a base (or sometimes a two centre holiday). Spend one or two days getting there and then unpack and relax. As a first tour I would suggest the Ardennes and Eiffel mountains area or the Harz mountains. Some of the self guided tours can be a gentle introduction into touring abroad as they usually include ferries, hotels and routes http://mcitours.com/selfguided_motorcycle_tours/.
For the Ardennes/Eiffel area you could stay somewhere like Aarchen or Trier, you can do the Mosel valley and Nurburgring form same place. Its only 3 to 4 hours from Zeebrugge or Rotterdam/Hoek Van Holland, a bit more from Calais. There are a few biker type hotels/guest houses in the area @ around 35 - 40 Euros a night.
The Harz is about 5 to 6 hours from the Dutch and Belgium ports or a full day from Calais. I took 8 hours to get from the Harz to Europort Rotterdam going across country (just using motorways in Holland) going through an area called the fazerburgland (not sure of the spelling)
I have just got back from a week in Germany on my own and had a brilliant time, I did two nights in the westerwald and three in the Harz. In the Harz I stopped at the Pension Roesneck run buy a British couple, it cost 35 Euro a night for a single on suite room and beer was 2.5 Euro for a .5L bottle. I can highly recommend it and they also loaded up routes around the Harz and other destinations on my GPS for free. Its located in the middle od bad lauterburg which has lots of good restaurants and bars. The area has loads to see and do if you need a day off the bike. [size=78%]http://www.harzbiker.co.uk/[/size]
[/size]Here is a better video of the Kyffhauser, one of the more intense roads in the Harz (There are loads and loads of others all mostly empty), I must sort out how to imbed the video rather than just the link.
http://youtu.be/VGqVyhC6Il4
For the Ardennes/Eiffel area you could stay somewhere like Aarchen or Trier, you can do the Mosel valley and Nurburgring form same place. Its only 3 to 4 hours from Zeebrugge or Rotterdam/Hoek Van Holland, a bit more from Calais. There are a few biker type hotels/guest houses in the area @ around 35 - 40 Euros a night.
The Harz is about 5 to 6 hours from the Dutch and Belgium ports or a full day from Calais. I took 8 hours to get from the Harz to Europort Rotterdam going across country (just using motorways in Holland) going through an area called the fazerburgland (not sure of the spelling)
I have just got back from a week in Germany on my own and had a brilliant time, I did two nights in the westerwald and three in the Harz. In the Harz I stopped at the Pension Roesneck run buy a British couple, it cost 35 Euro a night for a single on suite room and beer was 2.5 Euro for a .5L bottle. I can highly recommend it and they also loaded up routes around the Harz and other destinations on my GPS for free. Its located in the middle od bad lauterburg which has lots of good restaurants and bars. The area has loads to see and do if you need a day off the bike. [size=78%]http://www.harzbiker.co.uk/[/size]
[/size]Here is a better video of the Kyffhauser, one of the more intense roads in the Harz (There are loads and loads of others all mostly empty), I must sort out how to imbed the video rather than just the link.
http://youtu.be/VGqVyhC6Il4