Paths to Happiness - Holiday routes

The route takes visitors on an adventure covering around 500 kilometres of the sun-soaked Baden wine region, where there is plenty of opportunity to explore charming wine-growing villages on the western edge of the Black Forest and in the foothills of the Upper Rhine Valley.

The Bergstrasse Holiday Route covers around 80 kilometres between the Upper Rhine Plain, the Main and Neckar Rivers and the western slopes of the Odenwald hills, starting in the university city of Darmstadt and ending in the wine-growing city of Wiesloch.

This route commemorates a legend from back in the days when driving was still an adventure. This authentic route spanning 194 kilometres from Mannheim to Pforzheim via Heidelberg takes in plenty of stunning sights along the way.

The 3,000-kilometre-long German Avenues Route runs like a green ribbon from the Baltic Sea island of Rügen to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Reichenau Island in Lake Constance.

The German Clock Route is a roughly 320-kilometre loop starting and ending in Villingen-Schwenningen, passing by Triberg Falls, St. Peter's Abbey and Lake Titisee along the way. Visitors can admire the stunning countryside and learn all about the history of timekeeping.

The loop spanning more than 170 kilometres and starting and ending in Papenburg is ideal for a leisurely bike ride through the green plains in the area near the border between Germany and the Netherlands, a canal-based sailing adventure or a relaxed car journey.