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The Elbe Valley from Prague to Dresden Cycle Tour 2010

Map of the Prague to Dresden Cycle Tour This tour follows the route of the rivers Vltava and Labe/Elbe north from Prague to Dresden. You spend 4 nights in the Czech Republic and 2 nights in Germany.
You can add extra nights along the way, or at the end, as you wish.

Day 1. Arrival in Prague.

Day 2. Leave Prague cycling through the Garden of Bohemia along the River Vltava. First pass the castle of Troja, where Kafka worked as a gardener, then the castle of Nelahozeves (Dvořák was born in the village). Then you enter the wine country before ending at Mělník, the centre of Bohemian wine growing. Mělník's renaissance palace offers superb views over the confluence of the Vlatva with the Labe (about 30 miles).
Mělník
Day 3. Leave Mělník for Roudnice nad Labem and Libechov, with its bizarre palace.
Libechov Palace
Here Kafka met his wife in 1918. The next place of significance is the fortress town of Terezín, sadly better known under its German name of Theresienstadt. During the 2nd World war this was a transit camp and ghetto for Jews and other Nazi prisoners en route to extermination camps. The lesser fortress is maintained as a monument to their memory. The last couple of miles bring you to Litoměřice, which with its superb houses is the political and cultural centre of the region (about 28 miles).
Litoměřice
Day 4. Today you start to leave the vineyards behind, During some 14 miles of cycling, passing en route the ruins of Strekov Castle on a rock high above the river, you come you to the town of Ústí nad Labem. Continue to Děčin, the gateway to Bohemian Switzerland with its strange sandstone rock formations (about 30 miles).
Strekov Castle
Day 5. Today is a short day, following the river through woodland and past the impressive sandstone outcrops of the Bohemian and Saxon Switzerlands to the German border and onward to Bad Schandau (about 13 miles).
Porta Bohemica
Day 6. The final day sees you first cycling through the towering Elbe Sandstone Massif of Saxon Switzerland, climaxing with your journey below the Bastei high above Rathen, then through delightful water meadows to Dresden (about 27 miles).
Elbe and Schrammstein
Day 7. Stay an extra day or two in Dresden to explore the museums, churches, art galeries and opera house, or return to Prague and enjoy a day or two visiting there.
As most people on this trip will fly to Prague, the price includes rail travel back to Prague at the end of the cycle tour. You can also return home via Berlin.
Frauenkirche Dresden
Tour Details: The basic package is of 6 nights Bed & Breakfast in 3* hotels and pensions, close to the cycle path, in rooms with shower and WC. Cycle and saddlebag hire if required. Baggage transfer.
If flying to/from Prague, rail tickets back to Prague at the end.
If flying to Dresden, rail tickets to Prague at the start.
The minimum size for bookings is 2 people.
Twin rooms are often available on this cycling tour, but booking twin rooms is likely to require you to accept rooms from both the standard and higher accommodation grades with a corresponding price adjustment. Information on double and twin rooms.

A higher grade of accommodation is also available. This accommodation is in good 3* & 4* hotels, mainly close to town centres, but may therefore be a mile or so from the cycle path.

We strongly recommend that you add extra nights in Prague, either at the beginning of the tour or at the end, if you have initially travelled to Prague by air, and Dresden at the end. You can also return home via Berlin and spend some time in this city too, if you want.

Dates: Available from 1 April to 31 October.
Tour Code: LAB

2010 Tour Price: Rail via Brussels / Cologne - £905
2010 Tour Price: Self Drive via Harwich - Hoek van Holland - £662
2010 Tour Price: From Prague or from Dresden Airport - £627
2010 Tour Price: Single Supplement - £135
2010 Tour Price: Cycle Hire - £incl
2010 Tour Price: Extra nights may be taken at any point - £ask
2010 Tour Price: Room Upgrade (Double Room) - £ 56
Please check our travel page for information on other ways of travelling to your holiday.

Please contact us for prices when using one of these other routes, and also for single supplements, child discounts and so on.

Our telephone number is 01946 861652.
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