Bingen is the gateway to the Middle Rhine Valley, a unique cultural landscape with world-famous highlights such as the Loreley and the Deutsches Eck. Nowhere else can you find such a density and variety of castles and palaces as here. Steep vineyards rise up on both sides of the river, where the famous Riesling wines are produced. The Upper Middle Rhine Valley, the section between Bingen/Rüdesheim and Koblenz, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2002.
Further downstream, cyclists can choose which side of the river they want to cycle on. On the right bank is the Drachenfels, a legendary mountain in the Siebengebirge. In Bonn, further highlights await with the former government district, the baroque town hall, the Bundeskunsthalle and Beethoven's birthplace.