Mainz to Bingen 
Rheinauen Gaulsheim
Quelle: Stadt Bingen
The Rheinradweg begins in Mainz, directly on the Rhine and stays close to the river. Most of the way is asphalted, lined by high poplar trees and the shiny wide river. In front of and behind Ingelheim-Nord there is a cycle route to the Rheingau, with fields of cherries, damsons and apple trees, encouraged by the favourable climate in the region. Even from a distance you can see the beginning of the Hunsrück and Taunus hills near Bingen, which show a totally new landscape in the romantic Middle-Rhine Valley.
Bingen to Koblenz
Mäuseturm
Quelle: Stadt Bingen
The cycle path on the left of the Rhine from Bingen to Koblenz is only for cycles along its whole length, and it is a very comfortable ride. Sometimes it runs along the bank of the Rhine and sometimes it is along the Rhine promenade inside towns and villages, often as a cycle path next to the road. The start of the ride through the Unesco World Heritage “Upper Middle-Rhine Valley” between Bingen and Koblenz is at the mouth of the River Nahe at the Rhine, at the junction between the long-distance Nahe cycle path and the Rhine cycle path.
Middle Age towns, such as Bacharach and Oberwesel, with their town walls, parts of which are still standing, invite you to take a break. And there are other places to see, such as numerous castles, palaces and manor houses.
In Boppard there are the remains of a Roman castle from the 4th century, and is the best preserved north of the Alps. You cycle past the well-known vineyard “Bopparder Hamm” through the large curve on the Rhine and in the direction of Koblenz, the town at the junction of the rivers Rhine and Mosel. Opposite the statue of Kaiser Wilhelm I at the Deutche Eck (German Corner) there is the imposing Prussian fortress, Ehrenbreitstein. The old part of the town with its Middle Age churches and picturesque alleyways and squares and numerous interesting houses from various centuries invite you to stay awhile.
At the Deutche Eck the Mosel cycle path joins the Rhine cycle path, so that it is worth riding upstream along the Mosel.