Cycling from Prague to Dresden, along the Elbe, was on my mind last summer. Together with travel journalist Kees Lucassen we put on short pants, packed our cycling bags and headed out for a six-day cycling bonanza along the Czech Republic and (East) German countryside. A fantastic trip that had us enjoy two great cities, tons of sunlight, one massive downpour and one of the most stunning places I have ever been to: Rathen. Soon to be found on my site as an entry into my “favorite vies of the world”.
The article is in Dutch and was published in May 2009 in the largest travel publication in the Netherlands: ANWB REIZEN.
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Hi, I would love to read your article in English if possible.
Please can you tell me how my husband and I could hire bike in Dresden in September to ride to Prague. We would hire bikes with panniers or ride with small back packs.We would then want to bring the bikes back to Dresden by train.
Can we find our own accomodation along the way?
Hope you can help us aussies (both over 55!)
regards
pam
Hi Aussies!
Great you are going to do some of this route. I would recommend a slightly solid bike, something between a mountain and a roadbike, my tires were a bit too thin for some parts of the road.
You can take the bikes with you on the train, sometimes a reservation is necessary (especially on the longer international trains, they have limited room for bikes) but mostly on the regional trains (there are plenty!) you shouldn’t have problems bring a bike onboard. The costs are pretty low if I’m not mistaken.
We had absolutely no trouble at all finding accommodation on the road, part of the story was not booking hotels ahead and we found one within 15 minutes in all places we stayed overnight. Just as you we were just out of high-season.
Our bikes were arranged by a Dutch agency, but just do a bit of Googling and you’ll come across plenty companies who offer all sorts of packages (like http://www.bikeholidays.eu).
Good luck and enjoy the trip!!!
Rutger