Guide vélo (en anglais) - The Elbe Cycle Route | Cicerone

• 1 227 km from source to sea • suitahle for all levels of cyclists • best undertaken on a hybrid, tourer or gravel bike• visits Prague, Dresden and Hamburg • well waymarked This guide describes the Elbe Cycle route which runs from the river's source in the Krkonose mountains on the CzechfPolish border to Cuxhaven, on the German North Sea coast. Possibly the easiest long.distance wc•le route in Europe in terms oi gradient, it visits a part oi the continent that was mostly inaccessible to foreigners before the fall of Communism in 1989 and which has changed dramatically Since opening up to visitors, On its gentle descent to the sea, the route passes through many small towns that were ignored during the Communist period but have now re- emerged as medieval gems, as well as larger cities such as Prague, Dresden and Magdeburg which have been re. built and restored since the fall oi the Iron Curtain. • follows mostly well-surfaced dedicated cycle tracks• plentiiul iacilities and accommodati