City of gardens: experience 700 years of garden culture by bike

Hanover presents itself as a green metropolis with impressive garden art. Around 700 years of garden history are impressively revealed on this themed cycle tour, which is particularly easy to explore on two wheels. The tour "City of Gardens: Experience 700 years of garden culture by bike" takes you to historic gardens, modern green spaces and architecturally attractive park landscapes.

The cycle tour connects important stations of Hanoverian garden art. Starting with the famous Herrenhausen Gardens - a European synthesis of the arts of the Baroque period - the tour continues through the Georgengarten, which was designed in the style of an English landscape park, to the Welfengarten and on to contemporary parks.

This route not only conveys creative diversity, but also provides insights into political, social and cultural contexts. The development of the gardens reflects different eras - from stately representation to the bourgeois need for recreation and urban open space design.

Cycling through Hanover's garden art

The guided tour is around 15 kilometres long, takes around three hours and is suitable for people of average fitness. Cycling not only takes you to well-known sights, but also to hidden green gems that are rarely discovered on foot.

A certified tour guide will accompany you with in-depth knowledge and exciting information. The route is enriched by individual comments - for example on the significance of individual plant species or the history of the plants.