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Cycling in Dresden Elbland

Traveling alone? Or as a group? Just get on your bike, take a deep breath and head out into the countryside. What sounds so simple works in Dresden Elbland at any time of year - not least because of the wonderful, well-signposted bike routes. The famous Elbe Cycle Path elegantly follows the river from Pirna to Torgau, and if you feel like exploring off the main route, there are countless themed trails to discover everywhere. Wonderful landscapes, nice wine taverns - and lots of nature also make you want to go on tours lasting several days. 

It is the star among Germany's bike paths: Culture and nature are constant companions on the banks of the Elbe like nowhere else. Dresden's magnificent cultural scene shows itself from its most beautiful sides - a wonderful reward for the many kilometers in the saddle. How about a stopover at the art collections in the palace and Zwinger, for example? 
Photo: Eric Gross, Dresden Elbland

DIE SCHÖNSTEN RADROUTEN IN DRESDEN ELBLAND

Bicycle Ride · Dresden Elbland
Wine Experience Tour
recommended route Difficulty easy
Distance 26.4 km
Duration 3:00 h
Ascent 72 m
Descent 72 m

Enjoyable round trip from Weinböhla via Niederau, Meißen and Sörnewitz back to the starting point. With more than 850 years of wine-growing ...

from Dresden Elbland Redaktion,   Dresden Elbland
Bicycle Ride · Dresden Elbland
Radroute "Rund um Wilsdruff"
recommended route Difficulty easy
Distance 33.6 km
Duration 2:45 h
Ascent 448 m
Descent 448 m

Aussichtsreiche Tour mit historischen Entdeckungen

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from Dresden Elbland Redaktion,   Dresden Elbland
Bicycle Ride · Dresden Elbland
Kleinkuppenweg
recommended route Difficulty easy
Distance 19.7 km
Duration 1:20 h
Ascent 73 m
Descent 63 m

20-kilometer bike tour through the Moritzburg cultural landscape. It leads on slightly hilly terrain on forest and field paths. The bike tour is ...

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from Dresden Elbland Redaktion,   Dresden Elbland
recommended route Difficulty easy
Distance 24.8 km
Duration 1:40 h
Ascent 17 m
Descent 24 m

The connection of the Elbe and Black Elster rivers

from Dresden Elbland Redaktion,   Dresden Elbland
Bicycle Ride · Dresden Elbland
Dresden Adventure Region - Cycle Route 3
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 64.6 km
Duration 4:25 h
Ascent 376 m
Descent 373 m

Dresden Adventure Region Cycle Route 3: In the footsteps of famous poets, painters and musicians Route length: 64 km Profile: moderately ...

from Dresden Elbland Redaktion,   Dresden Elbland
Bicycle Ride · Dresden Elbland
Bergwerksweg
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 8.6 km
Duration 0:45 h
Ascent 212 m
Descent 111 m

 On the tracks of kaolin and clay mining

from Dresden Elbland Redaktion,   Dresden Elbland
Bicycle Ride · Dresden Elbland
Zille Cycle Route - From the Elbe to Radeburg
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 53.9 km
Duration 4:30 h
Ascent 490 m
Descent 490 m

Adventurous round trip in the footsteps of Heinrich Zille.

Dresden Elbland
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 83.8 km
Duration 3:30 h
Ascent 279 m
Descent 279 m

Discoveries of the mills in the Großenhainer Pflege.

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from Dresden Elbland Redaktion,   Dresden Elbland
Bicycle Ride · Dresden Elbland
"Meißner 8" - North route
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 35.8 km
Duration 3:00 h
Ascent 183 m
Descent 301 m

On the tracks of the former narrow gauge railway line

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from Dresden Elbland Redaktion,   Dresden Elbland
Bicycle Ride · Dresden Elbland
Gohrischheiderundroute
recommended route Difficulty easy
Distance 44.8 km
Duration 2:59 h
Ascent 12 m
Descent 12 m

Experience nature on the edge of the nature reserve

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from Dresden Elbland Redaktion,   Dresden Elbland
recommended route Difficulty difficult
Distance 57.4 km
Duration 4:40 h
Ascent 791 m
Descent 791 m

Dresden Adventure Region Cycle Route 5: From the forest botanical garden Tharandt through the Döhlen basin to the chair builder town Rabenau ...

from Dresden Elbland Redaktion,   Dresden Elbland
recommended route Difficulty easy
Distance 38 km
Duration 2:33 h
Ascent 56 m
Descent 98 m

Route: Torgau - Bennewitz - Taura - Schildau - Hohburg - Kühnitzsch - Wurzen

from Dresden Elbland Redaktion,   Dresden Elbland
Long distance cycling
Saxon Towns' Route
recommended route Difficulty
Distance 210.8 km
Duration 14:55 h
Ascent 1,379 m
Descent 1,371 m

Attractive route through magnificent cities

from Dresden Elbland Redaktion,   Dresden Elbland
Bicycle Ride · Dresden Elbland
"Meissner 8" - South route
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 36.8 km
Duration 3:56 h
Ascent 486 m
Descent 486 m

Through romantic valleys and past former numerous mills

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from Dresden Elbland Redaktion,   Dresden Elbland
Bicycle Ride · Dresden Elbland
Heidebogenrundweg - Off through the Heide!
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 128 km
Duration 8:45 h
Ascent 479 m
Descent 479 m

Exciting discovery tour of the Heidebogen

from Dresden Elband Redaktion,   Dresden Elbland
Bicycle Ride · Dresden Elbland
Dresden Adventure Region - Cycle Route 6
recommended route Difficulty difficult
Distance 55.9 km
Duration 3:57 h
Ascent 428 m
Descent 423 m

Adventure Region Cycle Route 6: On the traces of Dresden's city history and old railroad lines Route length: 55 km Profile: difficult, very ...

from Dresden Elbland Redaktion,   Dresden Elbland
Bicycle Ride · Dresden Elbland
Elbe-Moritzburg-Lößnitzgrund Cycle Route
recommended route Difficulty easy
Distance 36.8 km
Duration 3:00 h
Ascent 160 m
Descent 160 m

Through the forest and pond landscapes between Coswig, Radebeul and Moritzburg

from Dresden Elbland Redaktion,   Dresden Elbland
Bicycle Ride · Dresden Elbland
Schleinitzer Rundweg
recommended route Difficulty easy
Distance 20.4 km
Duration 1:45 h
Ascent 150 m
Descent 150 m

To the most beautiful seat of the former landed gentry

from Dresden Elbland Redaktion,   Dresden Elbland
Bicycle Ride · Dresden Elbland
Moritzburger Ring
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 39.6 km
Duration 2:45 h
Ascent 116 m
Descent 116 m

A round trip through natural scenic diversity

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from Dresden Elbland Redaktion,   Dresden Elbland
Bicycle Ride · Dresden Elbland
Hirschstein Mill Cycle Route
recommended route Difficulty easy
Distance 19.5 km
Duration 1:30 h
Ascent 140 m
Descent 140 m

To Dutch windmills and village churches

from Dresden Elbland Redaktion,   Dresden Elbland
Bicycle Ride · Dresden Elbland
Dresden Adventure Region - Cycle Route 7
recommended route Difficulty difficult
Distance 55.1 km
Duration 4:05 h
Ascent 474 m
Descent 474 m

Dresden Adventure Region Cycle Route 7: Through valleys on the left bank of the river Elbe to the edge of the "Most Beautiful Forest in Saxony ...

from Dresden Elbland Redaktion,   Dresden Elbland
recommended route Difficulty easy
Distance 28.9 km
Duration 2:30 h
Ascent 211 m
Descent 145 m

Route: Zehren - Leuben - Schleinitz - Auterwitz - Baderitz - Gärtitz - Döbeln OT Großbauchlitz

from Dresden Elbland Redaktion,   Dresden Elbland
Bicycle Ride · Dresden Elbland
Moritzburg way
recommended route Difficulty easy
Distance 24 km
Duration 2:00 h
Ascent 271 m
Descent 204 m

From the Elbe to the Moritzburg Baroque Palace

from Dresden Elbland Redaktion,   Dresden Elbland
Bicycle Ride · Dresden Elbland
Ketzerbachtalweg
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 19.7 km
Duration 1:45 h
Ascent 295 m
Descent 363 m

From the Mulde Valley over hill and dale

from Dresden Elbland Redaktion,   Dresden Elbland
recommended route Difficulty easy
Distance 28.6 km
Duration 3:00 h
Ascent 81 m
Descent 79 m

Around the Moritzburg pond landscape

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from Dresden Elbland Redaktion,   Dresden Elbland
Bicycle Ride · Dresden Elbland
Elbe-Nassau-Friedewald Cycle Route
recommended route Difficulty easy
Distance 24.4 km
Duration 2:00 h
Ascent 203 m
Descent 203 m

To villages, wineries and viewpoints

from Dresden Elbland Redaktion,   Dresden Elbland
Difficulty
Distance 253.3 km
Duration 17:20 h
Ascent 301 m
Descent 309 m

Dresden Elbland
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 111.1 km
Duration 7:38 h
Ascent 243 m
Descent 243 m

In the triad of landscape, history and culture

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from Dresden Elbland Redaktion,   Dresden Elbland
Bicycle Ride · Dresden Elbland
Röderradroute
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 106 km
Duration 7:15 h
Ascent 205 m
Descent 429 m

Natural idyll along the Röder

from Dresden Elbland Redaktion,   Dresden Elbland
Bicycle Ride · Dresden Elbland
Vineyards tour Moritzburg and Radebeul
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 28.4 km
Duration 2:00 h
Ascent 148 m
Descent 148 m

The tour leads you through the large vineyard of the Radebeul "Lößnitz" and crosses several times the wine hiking trail, which informs you with ...

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from Dresden Elbland Redaktion,   Dresden Elbland
Bicycle Ride · Leipzig
Radweg Leipzig-Eilenburg-Torgau
Difficulty
Distance 57.3 km
Duration 3:50 h
Ascent 89 m
Descent 93 m

Der 57 Kilometer lange Radweg verbindet die Messestadt Leipzig mit der Elbe. Er führt über Eilenburg und und endet in der Renaissancestadt Torgau.

from Abteilung Region,   LEIPZIG REGION
Bicycle Ride · Region Leipzig
Torgian cycling path
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 67.2 km
Duration 5:15 h
Ascent 232 m
Descent 216 m

On 67 km between Torgau and Delitzsch, this cycling route leads in the middle of historical villages and extensive forest and moor areas through ...

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from Abteilung Region,   LEIPZIG REGION
Bicycle Ride · Meißen
Radroute M
recommended route Difficulty easy
Distance 23.8 km
Duration 3:00 h
Ascent 30 m
Descent 110 m

Auf einer entspannten 24km-Radtour erleben Sie die Highlights des oberen sächsischen Elbtales zwischen Meißen und der Moritzburger Kulturlandschaft.

from Wolf-Rüdiger Meyer,   Dresden Elbland
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