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Elbe cycle path sporty

From Dresden to Dessau

Sporty bike tour
6 Days / 5 Nights
Distance tour
Individual tour

(Copyright: ADFC, M. Gloger)

If you prefer longer daily stages, then this tour is just right for you. The Elbe cycle route is extremely popular. If you look for the reasons for this popularity, you will quickly find them. Landscapes such as Saxon Switzerland and the ‘Elbe River Landscape’ biosphere reserve await you on this cycle route. Following the Elbe, you cycle through fascinating cities such as Dresden, Meißen and Dessau. 

The itinerary
at a glance

For your 6-day tour from Dresden to Dessau

The information meeting and the handover of the bicycle (if booked) take place in the afternoon. Explore the world famous beauties and the magic of Dresden with the unique sights like “Zwinger Palace”, “Dresdner Frauenkirche” (Church of Lady) and the wonderful opera house (Semperoper).

The bicycle path leads directly along the Elbe to Bad Schandau, to the Albrecht Castles and the Elbe pastures; on the Elbe Ferry to Castle Pillnitz. Further on the path go to the Sandsteintafel Mountain with the fortress Königstein on the right side of the Elbe. Return to Dresden by bike or by a suburban train.

The route today goes along the Saxon vineyards through Radebeul to Meissen (picturesque alleys). Worth while: Albrechtsburg and the world famous Meissen chine manufacture! The picturesque city Meissen is worth seeing! Enjoy a bit more through Germany’s most northern vineyards. The baroque castle Diesbar-Seußlitz with its wonderful park is a good place for rest. The overnight is in town Riesa.

In the Elbe town, Mühlberg you can see its former Cistercian monastery. Worth seeing as well is the Electoral Saxony’s milepost. You should not miss the Treblitz Tree Park with trees and bushes from five continents. Destination of the day is Bad Schmiedeberg.

The castle “Lichtenberg” and “Pretzsch” blaze the trail to Wittenberg. When you arrived in Wittenberg follow the traces of Martin Luther. The Luther Hall, Wittenberg’s most interesting building, has the biggest in the world historic collection on the Reformation. Continue downstream through the charming Wörlitzer Park Grounds to Dessau, a Mecca for architecture lovers.

After breakfast, individual return journey or start of your extension.

Level

Sporty cyclist

Got you! You’re just dying to test your sleek touring bike, your flashy road bike or your brand-new gravel bike. You take 80-kilometre days on hilly routes in your stride. You’re fit, and cycling fast never fails to put a smile on your face.

Topography 

The daily cycling stages take you through flat to undulating terrain.

Road conditions

You will ride on partly unsurfaced cycle paths and small side roads with little traffic.

Route-finding & navigation

You will navigate by yourself using maps and/or GPS data.

Fancy some extra power?

On this sporty cycling tour, an e-bike can give you an extra tempo boost!

Services & Info
Trip details

  • 5 x overnight stays in accommodations of the chosen category
  • 5 x hearty breakfast buffet
  • Luggage transport from hotel to hotel
  • Carefully designed routes
  • PEDALO app and/or GPS data

  • Detailed info package per room in English
  • Personal welcome and briefing in English
  • 7-day service hotline in English
  • Transfer Dessau - Dresden, € 100,- per person
  • Transfer Dessau - Dresden including personal bike, € 139,- per person

If you choose not to receive a printed copy of the detailed itinerary, you will receive a discount of € 20,- per room. In this case, we will email you the digital version of the itinerary and hotel list in advance.

In section 4 of the booking form, you can choose between the printed itinerary and the digital bonus.

Taxes & Fees

Local/resort tax: according to tariff

If applicable, these are to be paid directly to the hotel and are not included in the holiday price.

Prices & Dates
at a glance

Arrival: Daily from 12.04. to 04.10.2025

Prices per person in EUR

Frequently asked
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Sporty tour + e-bike = more momentum and energy

You think adventure, calf workouts and e-bikes are mutually exclusive? Far from it, we say! Cycling with electric power can open up whole new worlds of cycling.

Concept

For cycling holiday connoisseurs who already appreciate the advantages of e-bikes and who would like to cover longer distances at a brisk pace, the combination of an e-bike & a sporty cycling tour offers a new adventure in the form of longer distances and more challenging terrain.

Even those who are not (yet) fit enough but are still craving a sporty PEDALO bike tour should go for it - and treat themselves to an e-bike for support. With a gentle push, it gets you right into the thick of it all!

Or are you travelling as a couple and your partner is always ahead of you? With an e-bike, you will be able to keep up easily.

Your travel documents usually include general travel information, a hotel list, a road book and/or detailed maps as well as a textual description of the route; you will also get luggage tags and possibly also vouchers and/or information material on the various sightseeing attractions. The exact contents of the information package depend on the booked trip and its included services.

The documents will be sent to you approx. two to three weeks before the start of your tour. Depending on the trip, you may receive them partly in digital form and partly by post – or you will receive the hotel list and general travel information in advance by e-mail, and the remaining documents along with the maps on site at your starting hotel.

Please note that the travel documents are issued exclusively for PEDALO guests and are therefore not available without a booking.

The transport of your luggage from hotel to hotel is included as part of the basic service package for all staged tours and round trips in the PEDALO programme. You simply leave your luggage out for our courier in the morning before you set off on your cycling stage. When you arrive at your next accommodation in the late afternoon or early evening, it will be there waiting for you.

Just in case, we recommend always packing a change of clothes in your saddle bag, especially for short stages which you may cover more quickly than the luggage driver.

Depending on how the logistics are organised on site, there may be restrictions on the maximum weight and/or number of pieces of luggage. You will receive more detailed information on this with the travel documents well before the start of your trip.

Travel insurance is not included in our prices. You can decide whether to get a quote elsewhere or simply book your travel insurance online at pedalo.com/en/service/travel-insurance. In any case, we recommend that you take out travel cancellation insurance!

Please note that for last-minute bookings (less than 30 days before the start of the trip), insurance cover can only be taken out within 3 days of booking.

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