A guidebook to cycling the first 1261km of the Danube Cycleway from the Black Forest in Germany, through Austria and dipping into Slovakia, to Budapest, Hungary. The route, which is mainly level cycling, is well within the capabilities of most cycle tourists. It can be comfortably completed in two to three weeks.
The route is described in 29 stages (ranging from 24-66km, averaging less than 44km/stage), and passes through Germany, Austria and Hungary. It utilises Euro Velo route 6 (EV6) and (mostly) follows well-surfaced cycle tracks, often along the riverbank or flood dykes.
- 1:150, 000 mapping included for each stage
- GPX files available to download
- Refreshment and accommodation information given for each stage
- Advice on planning and preparation
- Volume 1 of a two-volume series of the full Danube Cycleway route
Table of Content
Map key Overview map Route summary table Introduction Background Natural environment The route Preparation Getting there and back Navigation Accommodation Food and drink Amenities and services What to take Safety and emergencies About this guide The route Germany Stage 1 Martinskapelle to Donaueschingen Stage 2 Donaueschingen to Tuttlingen Stage 3 Tuttlingen to Sigmaringen Stage 4 Sigmaringen to Riedlingen Stage 5 Riedlingen to Ehingen Stage 6 Ehingen to Ulm Stage 7 Ulm to Lauingen Stage 8 Lauingen to Donauwörth Stage 9 Donauwörth to Ingolstadt Stage 10 Ingolstadt to Kelheim Stage 11 Kelheim to Regensburg Stage 12 Regensburg to Straubing Stage 13 Straubing to Deggendorf Stage 14 Deggendorf to Passau Austria Stage 15 Passau to Aschach Stage 16 Aschach to Linz Stage 17 Linz to Mauthausen Stage 18 Mauthausen to Grein Stage 19 Grein to Melk Stage 20 Melk to Krems Stage 21 Krems to Tulln Stage 22 Tulln to Vienna Stage 23 Vienna to Bratislava Hungary Stage 24 Bratislava to Mosonmagyaróvár Stage 25 Mosonmagyaróvár to Gy?r Stage 26 Gy?r to Komárom Stage 27 Komárom to Esztergom Stage 28 Esztergom to Szentendre Stage 29 Szentendre to Budapest Appendix A Facilities summary Appendix B Language glossary Appendix C Useful contacts Appendix D Tourist information offices Appendix E Youth hostels Appendix F Ferries
About the author
After a career in marketing, culminating as marketing director of a leading supermarket group, Mike Wells started to write walking and cycling guides in his fifties. He has been a keen cyclist for over 25 years. After completing various UK Sustrans routes, such as Lôn Las Cymru in Wales and the C2C route across northern England, he then moved on to cycling long-distance routes in continental Europe and beyond. These include cycling both the Camino and Ruta de la Plata to Santiago de la Compostela, a traverse of Cuba from end to end, a circumnavigation of Iceland and a trip across Lapland to the North Cape. Even further afield he has ridden the Congo-Nile trail from the Congo basin to the source of the Nile in Rwanda’s Nyungwe national park. On all these trips he was accompanied by his partner Christine, who sadly died in 2020. He has written 10 cycling guides for Cicerone, including a series following the great rivers of Europe. For a full list of Cicerone books and articles by Mike Wells, visit his author page.
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