Beuron offers five circular routes and a nature exhibition at the House of Nature. This gives you a choice of different focuses when planning your visit: the distance and waypoints of a route, or a journey of discovery into the nature of the Danube Valley. The five routes are between 6.7 and 9.8 kilometers long. If you are looking for accommodation in Beuron, you can first consider whether the circular routes or the exhibition should shape your stay.

Choose a circular route by length and waypoints

The Beuron 1 circular route is 7.0 kilometers long. It leads from the train station via the railway bridge, Liebfrauental, Gallushof, Jägerhaus and the valley trail to the monastery parking lot and back to the train station via the monastery. The Beuron 2 circular route is 8.4 kilometers long and leads from the monastery parking lot via the historic covered wooden bridge, the picnic area, Knopfmacherfelsen, Jägerhaus and Liebfrauental back to the monastery parking lot. The two routes differ both in length and in their stated waypoints.

The shortest of the five circular routes are Beuron 3 and Beuron 5, each at 6.7 kilometers. Route 3 leads via Maria Trost, the Rauher Stein hiking lodge, the Alpine garden and the Eichfelsen viewpoint. Route 5 passes the Maurusfelsen and St. Maurus Chapel. Check the local signposting before setting out on this route. At 9.8 kilometers, Beuron 4 is the longest of the five circular routes and leads via Alpenblick, Wildenstein Castle and St. Maurus Chapel.

A useful first point of comparison is the route length; then you can compare the waypoints listed. The description of Route 1 includes the train station and monastery, while Route 2 begins and ends at the monastery parking lot. Routes 3 to 5 each list different points, including Eichfelsen, Maurusfelsen and Wildenstein Castle. This lets you make your choice based on your interests and preferred distance, without turning the five routes into a single trail.

Nature at the House of Nature

The House of Nature in Beuron is home to the permanent “Adventure Diversity” exhibition. It takes visitors on a journey of discovery into the nature of the Danube Valley. The exhibition adds a nature-focused theme to the choice of circular routes: while the route descriptions name specific trails and waypoints, the exhibition focuses on the nature of the Danube Valley. So if you would like nature to be the main focus of your stay, this offers a different emphasis from choosing among the five routes.

Admission to the permanent exhibition is free. Check the current visitor rules and admission conditions before your visit.

A closer look at Sigmaringen

In the wider Sigmaringen travel destination, Sigmaringen Castle offers its own cultural and historical story. It developed from a medieval castle into a princely residence and is considered a landmark of the town. Castle tours cover almost 1,000 years of the history of the House of Hohenzollern. This castle history belongs to Sigmaringen and offers a wider perspective on the travel destination; it is not part of the description of Beuron’s circular routes.

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