Arrival near Dresden 

Your arrival will be in a little hotel in Krippen, district of the health resort Bad Schandau in Saxon Switzerland, on the left side of the Elbe River. The hotel is only five minutes away from the train station, so you can reach it comfortably by rapid transit railway from Dresden.

1^st Day 34 km - 21 miles   From Bad-Schandau to Hinterhermsdorf 

After you have got the right bicycle you will be cycling on the right side of the river to the ferry. It will be crossing the Elbe and you will arrive at the largest European mountain fortress called Königstein using the Königstein Express - a fancy double decker bus - and a local line for transport. Here you will spend the morning. You will find more than 30 different buildings on the large plateau - attestors of former centuries.

In the afternoon you will be cycling through the health resort Bad Schandau while marvelling at its still keeling historic Kirnitzschtalbahn tramway built in 1898, passing several mills and restaurants through the wildly romantic rocky Kirnitzsch Valley.

In the late afternoon you will reach our hotel amidst the national park surrounded by meadows and forests. Those who wish may now have a massage in the beauty parlour of the house. But if you will still have enough time and power, you can make a trip to the old wood village with its farmhouses of a special architectural style or into the national park to the landing place on  the Kirnitzsch river.

2^nd Day 56 km - 35 miles   From Hinterhermsdorf to Pirna 

You will start relaxed after a night of heavenly silence amidst the nature. The tour today will be a bit more challenging, but you will be rewarded with beautiful views again and again.

To and fro through the highlands of the Saxon Switzerland you will pass the small town of Sebnitz, famous for its manufacturing of artificial flowers. You will reach the Hohnstein fortress around noon. From the look-out you will enjoy the view of the highlands with its bizarre rocks. You will visit the fortress and the torture cellar and can have lunch in the restaurant nearby.

After about 30 km on the twisty route you will reach the Bastei in the afternoon, with its world famous view of this unique climbing and hiking area of Europe. The stone bridge was eternalized by Caspar David Friedrich amongst others in the famous painting "The rocky gorge". You can also inspect the rocky Neurathen fortress, a fortress of natural stone, which was built by Bohemian knights in the middle of the 14^th century.

In the evening you will cycle downhill and then along the Elbe River to the little Saxon town of Pirna, where you will spend the night.

3^rd Day 27 km - 17 miles   From Pirna via Großsedlitz Baroque Garden and Pillnitz Castle to Dresden 

Those who wish may visit the historic city centre of Pirna in the morning, with its middle-class houses from the 16^th and 17^th century, which were built with their bays and figurines from homelike sandstone. After this you will be cycling along the Elbe River to the Großsedlitz Baroque Garden. Elector of Saxony and King of Poland August the Strong established this French-style gardening composition in 1719, which shortly after served heady parties.

You can have lunch at the Pillnitz castle with its beautiful parkways. In the afternoon you will pass the architecturally interesting steel bridge „Blue Miracle", before you will cycle into the town centre of Dresden, where our lodging will be located.

You can use the evening for a stroll through the Old town.

4^th Day 31 km - 19 miles   From Dresden via Radebeul to Moritzburg 

In the morning you can have a guided sightseeing tour of this town with its multitude of monumental renaissance, baroque and 19^th century buildings.

Around noon you will change the river bank and will reach the famous cultural centre of Altkötzschenbroda with its wonderfully restored village centre. You can look for one of the numerous beer gardens or pavement restaurants to have lunch.

In the afternoon you will pass the viticultural town Radebeul, also famous for his author Karl May. Then you will be cycling along the Lößnitz River Bed with its third oldest narrow-gage railway of Germany until you will arrive in Moritzburg. You will have time to visit the hunting seat of August the Strong, the pheasant bawn and deer park and will sleep in a comfortable hotel in the area.

5^th day 34 km - 21 miles   From Moritzburg to Meißen 

Crossing the forest you will be cycling back to the Elbe River and follow it till Meißen. You will have all the afternoon for a visit to the oldest porcelain manufactory of Europe and the beautiful Old town as well as the Albrechtsburg Castle. You can top off the evening and this nice week with a wine tasting and a fine dinner.

6^th day   Departure 

You can arrive at every Saxon airport (for example Ryanair Airport Altenburg, Dresden, Leipzig) from the Meißen railway station within a short time.