	General tourism information in Germany (English language) learn about German maps, tips, hotels and more: http://www.visits-to-germany.com.
	Travel information about Germany in forum format: http://www.dodo.com/en/reviews/49_Germany.html

	Germany according to About.com is at http://gogermany.about.com/.
	Do-It-Yourself Bicycle Tours and Vacations has good information and links for touring Germany: http://www.tourvelo.org and http://www.germany-tourism.de/cycling/cycling.htm.
	An information filled web site (with tons of good links) about traveling with bicycles all over the world. http://www.bikeaccess.net. If you are serious about touring, check this out.
	Another great website about international bike touring with lots of info and links is http://www.biketrip.org/.
	For a ton of information on biking, camping and they sell books too ask Bernd or Barbie at http://www.bike-europe-ultralite.com.
	Bicycle guidebooks and maps: http://www.esterbauer.com and http://www.bva-bielefeld.de. Other guidebooks: Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door.
	Eurail passes, etc.: Rick Steves.
	Train travel: DeutscheBahn Travel Service http://www.bahn.de. Here you can develop travel itineraries for train travel and/or purchase tickets in advance. (For English language, click the down arrow next to the German Flag and the Deutschland box at the top of the webpage. I usually click the option "Timetable Information" which gives me a screen from which I choose "Travel Service in English," then I just type in the From and To information, the date, and check the "Carriage of Bicycles Required" box on the bottom. If you get the spelling wrong on the starting Bahnhof it will give you spelling options. It's simple, really.)

As of July, 2010, the DB does not seem to be able to reserve a bicycle "stellplatz" (where you would place your bicycle) on the Internet. Instead, they provide a phone number for which you will be charged €0.14 (from German landline phones via Vodafone) to €0.42 (for cell phones) per minute. The number to call is "... the DB cyclists hotline phone 01805-151415" It is available 7 days a week from 8AM to 8PM. If you think this is an annoyance, I agree with you. However this is probably due to numerous reservations during the Summer school break in Germany. Reservations may be required for travel on IC trains but probably necessary or even unavailable for RE or Nahverkehr (very slow) trains. It depends on the local policies.

	Travel Information in general: Adventure Bicycle.
	The largest German bicycle club: www.adfc.de. (Allgemeiner Deutscher Fahrrad Club).
	Guide Service and Language translation: http://www.mundra.de. They guide and facilitate traveling business people in the southeast part of Germany around the Dresden area.
	For Youth Hostels in Germany: http://www.djh.de/. They are called Jugendherberge.
	There are many towns or cities that have their own websites they include: Petershagen, Rinteln, and Kassel. These websites are mostly in German but some offer a portion of the site in English. At some, but not all, of the sites, you can make reservations. This is only a partial list of cities with websites. If you are looking for a specific city, try to find it yourself by using the syntax: http://www.nameofcity.de.
	A fellow traveler: http://www.nonlintec.com/biketour/. Has detail of his tour of the Bodensee.
	Another biking couple writes books about the different tours in Germany and Switzerland. Review them at: www.bergstrassebikebooks.com. More books to follow.
	Bed and Breakfasts in Germany try one of the following: http://www.bandb-ring.de/p/map.htm, or http://www.reisenmitpreisen.de. A little knowledge of the German language is helpful.
	A bike rental agency in Remagen, along the lower Rhine, is www.PingerHotels.de. They'll rent you a room, fix your bike or rent you another. Bikers themselves, they are recommended by readers.
	Germany's first independent country hostel which is operated by bicycle and motorcycle friendly host, Robert Zörn, near Hanover is http://www.zweiradherberge.de/.
	For bicycling tips and information in Europe try Norm Ford's informational website http://home.ktc.com/blodwen/.

Note: Check out our page on Tour Companies for additional links. I have also added a page of nothing but bicycle rental firms. One day, if I get enough interest, I will add a page about clothing and other supplies.

Revised: July 09, 2010
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