Walking and Cycling Holidays

Exodus, 0845 863 9600, www.exodus.co.uk

Cycle tours around Lake Constance.

Explore, 0845 013 1537,www.explore.co.uk

Cycle tour along the Elbe from Prague to Meissen.

Freedom Treks, 0845 612 6106, www.freedomtreks.co.uk

Carefully chosen and extensive range of cycling and walking holidays in less touristed parts of Germany.

German Cycling Tours, www.germancyclingtours.com

Cycling tours in the most scenic areas of Germany.

HF Holidays, 0845 470 7558, www.hfholidays.co.uk

Self-guided cycling and walking around Lake Constance, along the Elbe and in the Moselle Valley.

Inntravel, 01653 617001, www.inntravel.co.uk

Small selection of cycling and walking itineraries in Bavaria, taking in castles, mountains and lakes.

Slightly idiosyncratic range of holidays from walking to trainspotting from someone who knows Germany very well.

Mercurio Bike Travel, 020 8144 1199, www.mercurio-bike-travel.com

German-based cycle operator with a strong interest in English-speaking travellers. Organises guided group tours primarily along German rivers.

Ramblers Worldwide, 01707 331133, www.ramblersholidays.co.uk

Walking the banks of the Rhine and Baltic cities.

Saddle Skedaddle,0191 2651110, www.skedaddle.co.uk

Self guided Danube and Bavarian Lakes itineraries

Sidetracks Germany, 0064 3 352 3570, www.sidetracks-germany.co.nz

New Zealand based specialist in German cycling and walking, run by Germans who’ve settled down under.

Tui Lakes and Mountains, 0203 636 1931, www.tui.co.uk/holidays/lakes-and-mountains

Europe’s largest tour operator offers holidays in Bavaria’s Ruhpolding, in the foothills of the Alps.

Walks Worldwide, 0845 301 4737, www.walksworldwide.com/home.html

Adventurous and innovative routes in Saxony and southern Bavaria.

Wheel2Wheel, 0800 731 1631, wheel2wheelholidays.com

Extensive list of innovative and mainstream routes. Self-guided.

World Walks, 01242 254353, www.worldwalks.com

Black Forest, Romantic Road and Rhine routes.