Discover Tönisvorst: Apple Growing and Excursions

Tönisvorst offers travellers a clear thematic focus: apple growing, orchards and routes, complemented by a few historic sights and the “Schluff” museum railway. If you are looking for a hotel for your stay, you can decide whether these rural impressions fit your travel plans. The wider Viersen travel destination also offers other cycling and excursion destinations that form a distinct regional setting.

Apple Growing and Landscape in Tönisvorst

Apples are the main crop grown in Tönisvorst. Large orchards are home to varieties including Boscop, Elstar and Rubinette; the Huverheide is one of the area’s most important apple-growing regions. Along the Apple Route, blossoming fruit trees and orchards shape the landscape. Apples are a lasting feature of the area’s agricultural character, while the blossom is seasonal. If you would like to experience the trees in bloom, it is worth planning your trip around the flowering season.

Cycling Routes and Historic Sights

A circular route passes Groß Lind, with its octagonal round barn and park; the Apple Route, by contrast, focuses on fruit trees and orchards. Haus Raedt is another historic sight: the house dates from the 17th century, is privately owned and can be glimpsed from a detour off the cycling route. It is not open to visitors. The sights along these routes therefore differ: Groß Lind lies on the circular route, while Haus Raedt can only be viewed from the cycling route.

Excursion on the Museum Railway

Another worthwhile excursion is a trip on the historic “Schluff” museum railway, which starts in St. Tönis. It offers a different theme from the cycling routes and apple growing. If you plan to take the trip, check the current timetable when making your arrangements.

More Excursion Destinations in the Wider Viersen Travel Destination

With its towns and municipalities and the Schwalm-Nette Nature Park, Viersen district is an important part of the Lower Rhine tourism destination. The Viersen District Rail Trail is 122.8 kilometres long. It follows or runs parallel to disused railway lines through open fields and quiet forests, leading to the idyllic lake district of the Krickenbeck Lakes. Compared with Tönisvorst’s focus on apple growing and orchards, this route has a different landscape: disused railway lines, forests and the Krickenbeck Lakes.

Another route in the wider Viersen travel destination is the Viersen Circular Route. A good starting point is the Niers boat landing in Viersen-Süchteln; the route first follows the Niers for several kilometres through the Saalbruch nature reserve. Detours from the circular route lead to the Clörather Mühle viewpoint and the historic centre of Dülken at cycling junction 40. There you will find a historic heritage trail and the Narrenmühle, an old post mill with a carnival museum. The circular route also passes St. Maria Hilfe der Christen parish church in Dornbusch.

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