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Jurast­eig West from Dei­ning to Eilsbrunn

from 938,- per person

  • Duration: 8 Days
  • Total distance: approx. 131 km
  • Altitude: (+) 2600 m
  • Altitude: (-) 2670 m
  • Difficulty:
The Jura Trail is a 237-kilo­met­re cir­cu­lar hiking trail through Bava­ria’s impres­si­ve low moun­tain ran­ge land­scape. You will dis­co­ver a fasci­na­ting varie­ty on natu­ral paths: idyl­lic river val­leys, Medi­ter­ra­ne­an-style karst land­scapes, fra­grant juni­per heaths and shady forests. His­to­ri­cal high­lights such as cast­les, monas­te­ries and maje­s­tic rock for­ma­ti­ons line your rou­te. With a bit of luck, you will encoun­ter rare ani­mals such as pere­gri­ne fal­cons and king­fi­shers as well as a rich flo­ra with orchi­ds and qua­king grass. Thanks to con­ti­nuous sign­pos­ting and num­e­rous places to stop for refresh­ments, every stage is pure enjoy­ment. We have divi­ded the Jura Trail into a wes­tern and an eas­tern rou­te. The wes­tern tour starts in Neustadt/Deining and takes you to Eils­brunn in six unfor­gettable stages. This tour com­bi­nes natu­re expe­ri­en­ces, cul­tu­ral dis­co­veries and rela­xing enjoy­ment — a real adven­ture in the heart of the Bava­ri­an Jura. 
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Auf dem Bild ist im Vordergrund eine saftig-grüne Wiese mit längerem Gras und Blumen zu sehen. Im Hintergrund rechts und links ein paar Bäume, mittig die antik anmutende Befreiungshalle. Blauer Himmel.
Man sieht den Ort sowie die Burg Riedenburg aus der Vogelperspektive.
Ein Weg führt an einem Birke und Wiesen vorbei nach Dietfurt an der Altmühl bei sonnigem Wetter.
Auf dem Bild sieht man eine gelb gestrichene Kirche in Stettkirchen. Im Hintergrund grüne Felder und Wald.
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Itinerary / Stages

Day 1
Indi­vi­du­al arri­val in Neu­markt i.d. Oberpfalz
Distanz: 0 km Höhe (+): 0m Höhe (-): 0m
Wel­co­me to your Jura Trail trip. Today you will be che­cking into your hotel in Neu­markt. If you still have some time, you can visit the impo­sing Neu­markt Cast­le, which today ser­ves as a cul­tu­ral cen­ter and muse­um. Ano­ther high­light is the his­to­ric town mar­ket, which is sur­roun­ded by beau­tiful half-tim­be­red hou­ses and invi­tes you to stroll and discover. 
Day 2
Neu­markt — Dei­ning — Holn­stein — Berching
Distanz: 26 km Höhe (+): 450m Höhe (-): 520m
Our trans­fer will take you to the start of the tour in Dei­ning. Short­ly after the start in Dei­ning, it is worth making a detour to the his­to­ric rock cel­lars, which were once used as sto­rage faci­li­ties. Just one kilo­me­ter fur­ther on, an old quar­ry with colourful Dog­ger rock is fasci­na­ting. The trail leads past an idyl­lic forest pond and into the natu­re reser­ve of the Wei­ße Laber val­ley, which delights with its mars­hy wil­der­ness and impres­si­ve views. In Stern­berg, a beer gar­den at the Sip­pel­müh­le mill invi­tes you to take a break. The rou­te con­ti­nues through the land of 1000 springs, home to the arum, fire sala­man­der and king­fi­sher. Via the Mari­en­quel­le spring and shady forest paths, you final­ly reach the pic­tures­que vil­la­ge of Holn­stein. The last stretch takes you to Ber­ching, whe­re you will spend the night. 
Day 3
Ber­ching — Holn­stein — Dietfurt
Distanz: 16 km Höhe (+): 210m Höhe (-): 260m
Trans­fer to Holn­stein, who­se name refers to the num­e­rous springs in the area. In the val­ley, the land­scape is cha­rac­te­ri­zed by free­ly gra­zing catt­le, which occa­sio­nal­ly seek a refres­hing dip in the river. From here, the trail leads through shady beech forests to the pla­teau and along the Wei­ße Laber through an idyl­lic land­scape. After Unter­bürg, whe­re a stone art­work of a spring awaits, the Jura Trail cros­ses the val­ley over a pic­tures­que natu­ral stone bridge. On level paths, you final­ly reach the Sie­ben­tä­ler­stadt Diet­furt a.d. Alt­mühl, your desti­na­ti­on and over­night stop today. 
Day 4
Diet­furt — Riedenburg
Distanz: 27 km Höhe (+): 640m Höhe (-): 650m
From Diet­furt, the lon­gest stage of the Jura Trail leads along the edge of the forest to Mühl­bach and along a nar­row path into the Alt­mühl­tal val­ley. In Mei­hern, a magni­fi­cent view of the Flü­gels­berg rock pin­na­cles opens up befo­re the trail clim­bs up to the Ross­kopf pla­teau via Deising. From here, the Jurast­eig shares the mar­kings with the Alt­mühl­tal-Pan­ora­ma­weg. After a view of Eggers­berg Cast­le, the trail leads past juni­per heaths and rock for­ma­ti­ons down into the val­ley. Via Ober­eg­gers­berg and Eggers­berg Cast­le, the rou­te leads along near-natu­ral oxbow lakes of the Alt­mühl and final­ly uphill one last time to Jachen­hau­sen. Final­ly, you reach the pearl of the Alt­mühl val­ley via the Schnei­der Cha­pel: Riedenburg. 
Day 5
Rie­den­burg — Kelheim
Distanz: 23 km Höhe (+): 500m Höhe (-): 520m
This per­haps most beau­tiful stage through the Alt­mühl and Danu­be val­leys fol­lows the signs for the Alt­mühl­tal Pan­ora­ma Trail. The trail leads across the Alt­mühl slo­pes to the Klamm natu­ral forest reser­ve with its fairy-tale rock com­plex and shady ravi­ne forest. After crossing the Alt­mühl bridge at Ein­th­al, a path clim­bs up to Prunn Cast­le, which offers spec­ta­cu­lar views. Con­ti­nuing towards Essing, you pass the azu­re-blue Blau­topf karst spring and cross the Alt­mühl on the Tatzl­wurm, one of the lon­gest woo­den bridges in Euro­pe. The Cel­tic ram­part offers a view of Wel­ten­burg Abbey. The Jura Trail final­ly leads through the Wel­ten­bur­ger Enge, past a uni­que rock and river land­scape to Kelheim. 
Day 6
Kel­heim — Bad Abbach
Distanz: 22 km Höhe (+): 390m Höhe (-): 390m
Today’s stage beg­ins by taking you through the old town of Kel­heim. Cul­tu­ral high­lights such as the Libe­ra­ti­on Hall or the archaeo­lo­gi­cal muse­um invi­te you to take a detour. In the north, the rou­te clim­bs up the Gold­berg, whe­re the first beech forests of the Jura land­scape can be seen. Befo­re Kap­fel­berg, the­re is a gre­at view of the Danu­be val­ley and the Teu­fels­fel­sen rocks. At Poi­kam, the Jurast­eig cros­ses to the other side of the Danu­be and leads through an idyl­lic hills­i­de forest to the spa gar­dens of Bad Abbach, famous for its heal­ing springs, which were used by Emper­or Charles V. 
Day 7
Bad Abbach — Eilsbrunn
Distanz: 17 km Höhe (+): 410m Höhe (-): 330m
The rou­te initi­al­ly leads from Bad Abbach along the banks of the Danu­be to the pede­stri­an bridge in the north of the town. After a climb through the Kalk­ofen­ring sett­le­ment, the rou­te con­ti­nues through varied forests with beau­tiful views of the Danu­be val­ley. In Mat­ting, you cross the river on a cable fer­ry (ticket not included), and the Mat­tin­ger Hän­ge natu­re reser­ve impres­ses with steep cliffs and the oppor­tu­ni­ty to obser­ve pere­gri­ne fal­cons (plea­se check fer­ry ope­ning times in advan­ce). A short path leads to a van­ta­ge point with a view of the Danu­be val­ley. Via the Zuy­len­ka­pel­le cha­pel, you reach Alling in the val­ley of the Schwar­ze Laber, from whe­re a natu­ral path leads through beech forest to Eilsbrunn. 
Day 8
Indi­vi­du­al Departure
Distanz: 0 km Höhe (+): 0m Höhe (-): 0m
Unfort­u­na­te­ly, your trip ends today. Indi­vi­du­al depar­tu­re, e.g. by train or with an optio­nal return transfer. 

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Booking code: JURASTEIG-WEST-M-GEPAECK

Mini­mum num­ber of par­ti­ci­pan­ts: 2 persons

Season

Sep­tem­ber 1, 2026 – Octo­ber 31, 2026 (Arri­val: Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun)

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Single room

EUR 1.178,00

Double room*

EUR 938,00
*Prices are per person.

Additional nights BEFORE the tour

(01.01.2026 — 31.12.2026) Addi­tio­nal night BEFORE the tour in Neu­markt in der Ober­pfalz in a sin­gle room incl. break­fast / (Hotel Dietmayr) 
(01.01.2026 — 31.12.2026) Addi­tio­nal night BEFORE the tour in Neu­markt in der Ober­pfalz in a dou­ble room incl. break­fast / (Hotel Dietmayr) 

Price per person/night

EUR 99,00
EUR 64,00

Additional nights AFTER the tour

(01.01.2026 — 31.12.2026) Addi­tio­nal night AFTER the tour in Eils­brunn in a dou­ble room incl. break­fast / (Hotel Röhrl) 
(01.01.2026 — 31.12.2026) Addi­tio­nal night AFTER the tour in Eils­brunn in a sin­gle room incl. break­fast / (Hotel Röhrl) 

Price per person/night

EUR 81,00
EUR 105,00

Additional transfers

(01.05.2026 — 31.10.2026) Return trip from Eils­brunn to Neumarkt
(01.05.2026 — 31.10.2026) Return trip from Eils­brunn to Neumarkt

Price

EUR 200,00
EUR 190,00

Services

Included services
  • Inde­pen­dent Hiking (not a group tour)
  • 7 x over­night stays in sel­ec­ted hotels, inns and guesthouses
  • Rooms with a show­er or a bath­tub and toilet
  • 7 x breakfast
  • Lug­ga­ge trans­port from one accom­mo­da­ti­on to ano­ther (1 suit­ca­se per per­son, max. 20 kg)
  • Day 2: Trans­fer to Deining
  • Day 3: Trans­fer to Holnstein
  • Detail­ed tra­vel docu­ments with important infor­ma­ti­on on the rou­te and itin­era­ry (1x per room)
  • Fol­ding map Jurasteig
  • Stamp book­let Jurasteig
  • Prac­ti­cal felt bag for your tra­vel docu­ments (1x per room) 
  • Down­load GPS data for mobi­le navigation
  • Dona­ti­on Sus­taina­bi­li­ty Initia­ti­ve Berg­wald­pro­jekt e.V.
  • 7‑Day Hass­le-Free Ser­vice Hot­line (dai­ly from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.)
  • Feu­er und Eis Tra­vel Insurance 
Excluded services
  • Tra­vel to and from the tour, as well as par­king fees
  • Spa/local taxes (approx. 1–4 EUR per per­son per night), to be paid at the accommodations
  • If appli­ca­ble, over­night fees for regis­tered dogs are to be paid at the accommodations
  • Meals and bever­a­ges, unless other­wi­se specified
  • Tips, sight­see­ing, and other per­so­nal expenses
  • Bus and train tra­vel, trans­fers unless express­ly included in the itinerary
  • Tra­vel Insu­rance (We’d be hap­py to book tra­vel can­cel­la­ti­on and trip inter­rup­ti­on insu­rance for you)

Additional information

7‑Day Hass­le-Free Hotline
No mat­ter how well you plan a trip, unex­pec­ted things can hap­pen on rare occa­si­ons. In moments like the­se, it’s nice to have someone the­re you can count on. For this reason, on our cus­to­mi­zed acti­ve tours, you’ll have a local cont­act per­son who will be hap­py to pro­vi­de you with infor­ma­ti­on and, as indi­ca­ted in your tra­vel docu­ments, will be available to assist you in case of an emergency.
Insu­rance
In any case, we recom­mend purcha­sing tra­vel can­cel­la­ti­on insu­rance that includes trip inter­rup­ti­on covera­ge. For more infor­ma­ti­on, visit: https://www.feuer-eis-touristik.de/reiseversicherung
Mini­mum num­ber of participants
If a mini­mum num­ber of par­ti­ci­pan­ts is requi­red for the tour to take place, this is sta­ted under Pri­ces and ser­vices. If the mini­mum num­ber of par­ti­ci­pan­ts is not rea­ched, we reser­ve the right to can­cel the trip up to four weeks befo­re the date of arri­val. We recom­mend that you do not orga­ni­ze your arri­val and depar­tu­re until after this dead­line has passed.
Natu­re of the Tour
You hike on well-main­tai­ned hiking trails. You should have a good basic level of fit­ness to be able to mana­ge the hikes of up to 8 hours. Tech­ni­cal­ly, the tour is easy to modera­te­ly difficult. 
Other Infor­ma­ti­on
To ensu­re a stress-free start to your trip, we gene­ral­ly recom­mend arri­ving at the start­ing point by ear­ly evening. Some tours begin as ear­ly as noon; in tho­se cases, we recom­mend arri­ving the day befo­re. We’d be hap­py to book an extra night for you right away. Your indi­vi­du­al return trip takes place on the last day of the trip. The distances lis­ted are appro­xi­ma­te and may dif­fer from the actu­al distances tra­ve­led. This trip is not sui­ta­ble for peo­p­le with limi­t­ed mobility. 
Get­ting There
BY CAR: Take the A3 free­way to the Neu­markt i.d. Ober­pfalz exit and fol­low the B299 and Amber­ger Stra­ße to Neu­markt. RAIL: Take the ICE to Nurem­berg, for exam­p­le, and con­ti­nue by regio­nal train to Neu­markt in der Ober­pfalz sta­ti­on. Con­nec­tions at www.bahn.de.
Par­king
You can park your car free of char­ge for up to four weeks in one of the­se par­king lots (unguard­ed): Jurahallen/Festplatz par­king lot or Frey­städ­ter Straße/Mistelbacher Allee par­king lot. Alter­na­tively, the fol­lo­wing par­king gara­ges are available for a fee: Ring­stra­ße par­king gara­ge (approx. EUR 3.50 per day), Rosen­gas­se par­king gara­ge (approx. EUR 3.50 per day), under­ground par­king gara­ge at Resi­denz­platz (approx. EUR 3.50 per day) and Neu­er­Markt under­ground par­king gara­ge (approx. EUR 13 per day). All infor­ma­ti­on wit­hout gua­ran­tee, plea­se check the signs on site. 
Return jour­ney
The­re are good train con­nec­tions (approx. 1–1.5 hours) to Sin­zing. From the­re, con­ti­nue by bus or cab to your car. Alter­na­tively, you can book our optio­nal return transfer. 

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As a tour operator specializing in active nature travel, the protection and enhancement of the regions we visit are particularly important to us. That is why we ensure that the planning and execution of our trips are carried out in a way that adds value and is environmentally responsible. Specifically, this means: We work closely with local partners to strengthen the regional economy and preserve cultural heritage. In addition, we support the protection and conservation of forests in our home region of Tegernsee-Schliersee by donating five euros per booking to Bergwaldprojekt e.V.

These are our goals:

  • to bring people closer to nature in an authentic way
  • to work closely with regional partners and hosts
  • to create added value for the region and at the same time create added value for the guests

We need your help to make this happen! During your trip, please treat nature with respect and follow general rules of conduct.

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