Central Europe Bicycle Tours

Topbicycle, our new web project for cyclists, offers Central Europe bicycle tours. All these bike tours begin and end in major cities or capitals that are great destinations in and of themselves. This system makes it easier to begin the trail, and allow you to combine your bicycle tour with a stay in the city at the beginning or the end. For more accomplished bikers the routes can be combined into a challenging super-tour going through five major cities of Central Europe (Dresden - Prague - Vienna - Budapest - Krakow).

Central Europe Bicycle Tours 1) Greenways: Vienna - Prague
2) Amber Trail I: Budapest - Krakow
3) Amber Trail II: Vienna - Krakow
4) Elbe River Trail: Prague - Dresden
5) Danube Trail I.: Passau - Vienna
6) Danube Trail II.: Vienna - Budapest

The links for each tour below will take you to the relevant page on the Topbicycle website.

Czech Greenways: Vienna – Prague
8-day / 7-night, self-guided tour €1090, guided tour €1490

What´s included / Price

In Lednice Valtice Area As yet, one of the great, undiscovered cycling trails in Central Europe. This route is full of cultural and historical gems including UNESCO world heritage sites – the chateaux of Valtice and Lednice, the Telc Renaissance town square and the medieval town, Cesky Krumlov. You will cycle along the remnants of the Iron Curtain following the border area with Austria. You will be staying in the best small towns along the way whose local pubs serve the best beer in the world – it could only be Czech beer!
Fully supported self-guided or guided bike tours with 3-4 star hotel/pension accommodation. We rate this bicycle tour as Moderate – for recreational cyclists.

Amber Trail I: Budapest – Krakow
9-day / 8-night, self-guided tour €1250, guided tour €1690

What´s included / Price

Amber Trail: Budapest - Krakow This classic cycle tour goes through three countries - Hungary, Slovakia, and Poland in the steps of the historic amber trade route. Biking from the waters of the Danube to the springs in the mountains of Slovakia and Poland, there is a wealth of historical/cultural heritage and 6 UNESCO protected sites – Budapest, Banska Stiavnica, the traditional village of Vlkolinec, the pilgrimage site of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, Wieliczka salt mine and the royal city of Cracow.
Fully supported self-guided or guided bike tours with 3-4 star hotel/pension accommodation. We rate this bicycle tour as Challenging – for seasoned cyclists.

Amber Trail II: Vienna – Krakow
10-day / 9-night, self-guided tour €1390, guided tour €1890

What´s included / Price

Town of Mikulov This cycle tour is an easier variant of our classic Budapest-Krakow tour but still follows the ancient system of trade routes from Austria to the Czech Republic to Poland. After riding through the Lower Austrian and South Moravian wine regions you visit the most beautiful cave system in the Czech Republic, and the architectural wonder of Miles van der Rohe, Villa Tugendhet in Brno. Riding on to Olomouc, containing a wealth of protected monuments and to the Polish town and concentration camp Osvetim (Auschwitz), you finally end your tour in the royal city of Krakow.
Fully supported self-guided or guided bike tours with 3-4 star hotel/pension accommodation. We rate this bicycle tour as Moderate – for recreational cyclists.

ELbe River Trail: Prague – Dresden
7-day / 6-night, self-guided tour €950, guided tour €1290

What´s included / Price

Pravcicka Gate This river valley tour follows the course of the Vltava and then the Labe, the rivers linking the two important cultural cities of Prague and Dresden. As well as seeing some important cultural monuments, including the chateau at Melnik and the gothic houses in Litomerice you will cycle through incredible sandstone rock formations as well as the UNESCO protected Elbe river valley in Germany.
Fully supported self-guided or guided bike tours with 3-4 star hotel/pension accommodation. We rate this bicycle tour as Easy – for beginner cyclists.

Danube Trail I.: Passau – Vienna
8-day / 7-night, self-guided tour €1090, guided tour €1490

What´s included / Price

Danube Trail I.: Passau - Vienna This classic trail goes along one of the most popular Austrian cycling trails and is one of the oldest in Europe. The route follows the Danube river and is nearly wholly on dedicated cycle paths which are asphalt but sometimes digress on to a few dirt tracks or short stretches or road with little traffic. The trail leads through Upper and Lower Austria, around romantic river meanders in Schlogen, past many modern hydroelectric power stations and ancient monasteries.The landscape surrounding the trail has a host of cultural and historical heritage from castles, chateaux, elegant Aschach, to Linz with its Baroque square. From here the trail leads on through Mauthausen and Grein with its chateau, to Melk with the most beautiful monastery in Austria. The destination Vienna is filled with historical monuments and architecture and definately worth an extended stay. This cycle route is a European favourite! Fully supported self-guided or guided bike tours with 3-4 star hotel/pension accommodation. We rate this bicycle tour as Easy – for beginner cyclists.

Danube Trail II.: Vienna – Budapest
8-day / 7-night, self-guided tour € 1090, guided tour €1490

What´s included / Price

Danube Trail II.: Vienna - Budapest This easy route winds its way along the Danube between two important European cities Vienna and Budapest. These two cities hold the legacies of the Austro-Hungarian empire in the form of exquisite and impressive architecture.
The route goes through the capital city of Slovakia – Bratislava and on into Hungary. The route goes through the historical towns of Gyor and Esztergom. The the magnificent Esztergom cathedral, the largest in Hungary incorperates an older church. The gem of this tour is the town of Szentendre with its churches, galleries and arts. Add to this the rustic, traditional landscapes of fields, vineyards and forests all bordering the large Danube itself and this makes for a relaxing cycle tour. Fully supported self-guided or guided bike tours with 3-4 star hotel/pension accommodation. We rate this bicycle tour as Easy – for beginner cyclists.