The Elbe Cycle Route: Elberadweg - Czechia and Germany to the North Sea

by Mike Wells

Overview

Here is a guidebook to the Elbe Cycle Route, possibly the easiest long-distance cycle route in Europe, being almost entirely flat or downhill for some 1200km. Cruise alongside one of Europe's great rivers as it flows from its source, through Czechia and Germany to the North Sea. This guidebook describes the route across 29 stages (together with a practical prologue stage), with stages ranging from 21 to 69 kilometres. Suggested schedules include 13, 15, 17 and 19 day options, making this a perfect 2-3 week cycle tour. Map extracts at a scale of 1:150 accompany clear route description, with gradient profiles provided where they are helpful. Background information on the region's history and natural environment is also provided, as are practical tips relating to preparation, transport to the start and finish, accommodation, amenities, navigation, safety and more. History abounds along this waymarked route. Pedal passed restored palaces, cathedrals, churches and other baroque and rococo buildings; see where the Iron Curtain once stood; and discover the great cities of Dresden, Magdeburg and Hamburg.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781783628940
Publisher:	Cicerone Press
Publication date:	02/21/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	42 MB
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About the Author

Mike Wells has been a keen long-distance walker and cyclist for over 25 years. He has walked all the major British trails, the GR5 through the Alps from Lake Geneva to the Mediterranean and has explored the Italian Dolomites' Alta Via routes. He has also walked in Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Norway and Chilean Patagonia. Mike has cycled the C2C route across northern England and Lon Las Cymru in Wales, as well as the Camino and Ruta de la Plata to Santiago de la Compostela. He has completed an end to end traverse of Cuba, a circumnavigation of Iceland and a trip across Lapland to the North Cape.
Mike Wells is an author of both walking and cycling guides. He has been walking long-distance footpaths for 25 years, after a holiday in New Zealand gave him the long-distance walking bug. Within a few years, he had walked the major British trails, enjoying their range of terrain from straightforward downland tracks through to upland paths and challenging mountain routes. He then ventured into France, walking sections of the Grande Randonnee network (including the GR5 through the Alps from Lake Geneva to the Mediterranean), and Italy to explore the Dolomites Alta Via routes. Further afield, he has walked in Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Norway and Patagonia. Mike has also been a keen cyclist for over 20 years. After completing various UK Sustrans routes, such as Lon Las Cymru in Wales and the C2C route across northern England, he then moved on to cycling long-distance routes in continental Europe and beyond. These include cycling both the Camino and Ruta de la Plata to Santiago de la Compostela, a traverse of Cuba from end to end, a circumnavigation of Iceland and a trip across Lapland to the North Cape. He has written a series of cycling guides for Cicerone following the great rivers of Europe.

Table of Contents

Map key Overview map Route summary table Suggested schedules Introduction Historical background Natural environment The route Preparation Getting there and back Navigation Accommodation Food and drink Amenities and services What to take Safety and emergencies Using this guide The route Bohemia Prologue Vrchlabí to Elbe spring Stage 1 Elbe spring to Hostinn&##xe9; Stage 2 Hostinn&##xe9; to Jarom?? Stage 3 Jarom?? to Pardubice Stage 4 Pardubice to Kolín Stage 5 Kolín to Nymburk Stage 6 Nymburk to Prague Stage 7 Prague to M?lník Stage 7A L&##xe1;zn? Touše? to M?lník (avoiding Prague) Stage 8 M?lník to Litom??ice Stage 9 Litom??ice to D??ín Stage 10 D??ín to Bad Schandau Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt Stage 11 Bad Schandau to Dresden Stage 12 Dresden to Meissen Stage 13 Meissen to Riesa Stage 14 Riesa to Torgau Stage 15 Torgau to Wittenberg Stage 16 Wittenberg to Dessau Stage 17 Dessau to Barby Stage 18 Barby to Magdeburg Stage 19 Magdeburg to Rogätz Stage 20 Rogätz to Tangermünde Stage 21 Tangermünde to Havelberg Stage 22 Havelberg to Wittenberge Stage 23 Wittenberge to Dömitz Lower Saxony Stage 24 Dömitz to Bleckede Stage 25 Bleckede to Geesthacht Stage 26 Geesthacht to Hamburg Stage 27 Hamburg to Stade Stage 28 Stade to Freiburg Stage 29 Freiburg to Cuxhaven Appendix A Facilities summary Appendix B Tourist information offices Appendix C Youth hostels Appendix D Ferries, lifting bridges and chairlifts Appendix E Useful contacts Appendix F Language glossary