The spread is genuinely broad: 1480 routes rated easy, 5638 moderate and 878 hard or harder. The terrain that comes up most often is forest, castle and ruins, pilgrimage route. Around 44 percent are circular routes, so parking once is usually an option.

The most reliable season overall is april to october. Start with European long distance path E6, Germany, Alternative Bavarian Forest or Goldsteig N15: Bayerisch Eisenstein - Großer Falkenstein if you want the highlights without a lot of research.