Prague-Dresden River Elbe Cycle Path 2025 – The Czech Elbe

8 days/7 nights, approx. 215 km,
20–55 km daily, mostly flat,
3-star-category

Impressive Prague, full of beautiful sight, is in the beginning of your cycling tour and Dresden is at the end of this great bike tour. Enjoy cycling between these two cities along River Vltava and River Elbe, visiting small, picturesquely restored places and cross through a romantic river landscape.

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from  € 702,05 per person 8 days/7 nights,
3-star-category
from  € 702,05
per person
8 days/7 nights,
3-star-category
Elbe mit Karlsbrücke, 2 Schiffen und der Skyline
  • Elbe mit Karlsbrücke, 2 Schiffen und der Skyline
    © Prague City Tourism
  • Zwei Radfahrer unterwegs am Elberadweg in Tschechien
    © Czech Tourism/Petr Polak
  • Schloss Melnik in Tschechien
    © Augustus Tours
  • Blick auf Prag mit Brücke
    © Prague City Tourism
  • Unterwegs am Elberadweg neben dem Fluss
    © Augustus Tours
  • Blick auf Elbe-Fluss Verlauf mit Radweg
    © Augustus Tours
  • Stadt in Tschechien
    © Czech Tourism/Ladislav Renner
  • Dresden mit Elbe-Fluss im Sommer
  • Familie fährt mit dem Rad am Elberadweg in Tschechien
    © Czech Tourism/Stepan Vrzala
  • Elberadweg bei Bad Schantau in Deutschland
    © Augustus Tours
  • Frauenkirchen in Dresden bei Dämmerung
  • Elberadweg mit Blick auf Augustusbrücke in Dresden
    © Frank Exß
  • Residenzschloss in Dresden
    © Augustus Tours
  • Blick übers Elbtal
    © Sylvio Dittrich
  • Elbe-Radweg/Dresden
    © Alicja Rapsiewicz-LosWiaheros
  • mowed river bank on the Elbe at sunset
    © Paul Meixner
  • Eine Gruppe Radfahrer steht am Stadtplatz von Pirna
    © TVSSW, Sylvio Dittrich
  • Elbe-Radweg/Dresden
    © Felix Meyer
  • Radweg an der Elbe mit Blick auf Dresden
    © Sylvio Dittrich
  • Eine Gruppe Radfahrer steht am Stadtplatz von Pirna
    © TVSSW, Sylvio Dittrich

Personal contact

Hannah Schabetsberger 0043 (0)732 / 72 77 - 223 hannah.schabetsberger@touristik.at Mo-Fr 9 a.m. - 4.30 p.m request now Hannah Schabetsberger
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River Elbe Cycle Path 2025 – The Czech Elbe

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Detailed information about this offer

Included services
  • 7 nights in well-kept 3-star niveau hotels along the River Elbe cycle path
  • daily buffet breakfast or extended breakfast
  • luggage transfer from hotel to hotel as far as Dresden
  • information material (cycle map with short English tour description) per room
  • service hotline also at the weekend

    Additional costs:
    All prices in our offer include VAT. Not included in our prices is the city tax (approx. Euro 1,00 to 3,00 per person/night) and is to be paid at the respective hotel.
Itinerary
  • Day 1 - Individual arrival in Prague

    You start your cycling holidays along the Elbe cycle path in Prague. Example of hotel: Hotel Expo in Prague
  • Day 2 - Prague, day at leisure

    Today, get to know the so-called “golden city”, offering a great variety of splendid sights. Visit ”Hradschin Palace”, the world largest palace with its St. Vitus Cathedral and stroll across the picturesque Charles Bridge. Enjoy an evening with great cultural events and a varied nightlife, before you start the next day your cycle route along the River Vltava and River Elbe. Example of hotel: Hotel Expo in Prague
  • Day 3 - From Prague to Melnik, approx. 55 km

    Today you receive your rented bikes if booked. After breakfast cycling along River Vltava and from the castle hill in Melnik enjoy a breath-taking view of the River Vltava and River Elbe confluence. Melnik is the centre of Bohemian's wine-growing region. Example of hotel: Hotel Olympionik in Melnik
  • Day 4 - From Melnik to region Leitmeritz, approx. 45 km

    Your bike tour leads past Roudnice before you reach Terezin, the fortress town only a few kilometers away from Litomerice with its beautiful traditional houses. Example of hotel: Penzion Macha in Leitmeritz
  • Day 5 - From Region Leitmeritz to Decin, approx. 50 km

    In the morning after approx. 20 km cycling along the cycle path, you reach Usti and Labem. Admire the castle ruin Schreckenstein, situated on a rock approx. 100 m above the right riverside before you continue to Decin in the afternoon, where your bike tour ends for today. Example of hotel: Hotel Ceska Koruna in Decin
  • Day 6 - From Decin to Bad Schandau/Pirna, approx. 20-45 km

    Today cycling across the border to Germany you can see the impressive Elbe Sandstone Rocks with spectacular natural scenes. Your bike tour today ends in the picturesque spa resort Bad Schandau. Example of hotel: aktiv-Hotel Sächsische Schweiz in Pirna or Hotel Erbgericht Krippen in Bad Schandau
  • Day 7 - From Bad Schandau/Pirna to Dresden, approx. 20-45 km

    The River Elbe leads past the Königstein Fortress, where we recommend a visit and enjoy the beautiful view across the Elbtal Valley. Cycling via Castle Pillnitz to Dresden, past the, so-called “Blaue Wunder”, (blue wonder) and castles you continue along the River Elbe. Today is enough time to visit Dresden's old town. Example of hotel: Park Inn by Radission Dresden in Dresden
  • Day 8 - Individual departure or extra nights

    Today the cycling holidays end and you can choose a return transfer by bus from Dresden to Prague (for more details please see rates).
Details and cancellation

Parking possibilities during your cycle holiday along the River Elbe cycle path:
Long-term parking is not possible in the hotels in Prague. In the near of the hotels and at the Holešovice train station there are public, guarded and unguarded parking lots (subject to charges). Underground parking is available in the city center for 700 - 800 CZK/ approx. 30 EUR per day. The costs are to be paid directly on the spot.


Note for people with limited mobility
The cycle tour is not suitable for people with limited mobility. However, in specific cases it is possible to accommodate individual customer requests (e.g. barrier-free room).

Passport and visa requirements
To check in to your hotel you will need a valid passport or ID card.
For citizens of countries outside the Schengen area other regulations may apply. You are responsible for obtaining any visa you may require in good time.

Terms and Conditions of Payment:
The deposit of 10% of the tour price is due at the latest 14 days after receipt of the booking confirmation. The balance must be paid 14 days before arrival.

Cancellation Policy:
According to our General Terms and Conditions, the customer may withdraw from the contract at any time in writing. In the event of cancellation or non-commencement of travel, the following cancellation fees will become payable:
20% of the tour price up to the 28th day before departure
30% of the tour price from 27th to 14th day before departure
50% of the tour price from the 13th to the 8th day before departure
70% of the tour price from 7th to 4th day before departure
90% of the tour price from the 3rd day before departure until the day of arrival

If the customer makes changes to the booking (date of travel, tour, duration, transfer of the booking to another person etc.) up to 28 days before departure, for reasons which are outside our control, we will charge a processing fee of € 50,- per booking. After this date, the cancellation policy will apply. Such changes to a booking may only be made in individual cases and if possible; the customer has no right to any changes.

Our detailed Terms and Conditions of Business can be viewed on our website at https://www.radurlaub.com/en/home.html; upon request, will also send them to you by e-mail.

In case of a booking your announced data will be only used from OÖ Touristik GmbH for the process of bookings and related transactions and will be passed on only in the context of the contractual relationship to third parties. (for example, tourist service providers, sights, passenger transport, processors). The detailled Privacy Notice you will find on www.radurlaub.com/en/privacynotice.html

Standard information
The combination of travel services offered to you is a package within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2015/2302.
This ensures that you will benefit from all EU rights applicable to packages. Company OÖ Touristik GmbH will be fully responsible for the proper performance of the package as a whole.
Additionally, as required by law, the company OÖ Touristik GmbH has protection in place to refund your payments and, where transport is included in the package, to ensure your repatriation in the event that it becomes insolvent.
More information on key rights under Directive (EU) 2015/2302 https://www.radurlaub.com/en/reisebedingungen.html.

Financial cover for customers
The tour operator OÖ Touristik GmbH, Freistädter Str. 119, 4041 Linz has completed a bankruptcy insurance with Raiffeisen Landesbank Oberösterreich AG, Europaplatz 1a, 4020 Linz. The liquidator is the Europäische Reiseversicherung AG, Kratochwjlestraße 4, 1220 Wien, Email: info@europaeische.at, 24-hour emergency number: +43 1 3172500.
Travelers have to contact the liquidator within 8 weeks if they are denied claims due to the insolvency of OÖ Touristik GmbH. Details on the business license of OÖ Touristik GmbH can be found on the website https://www.gisa.gv.at/abfrage under the GISA number 14930096.

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Rates and additional services to book

Rates

Arrival: 01.04.2025 - 31.10.2025

daily

A: 01.04.2025 - 11.05.2025 / 14.09.2025 - 31.10.2025
€ 739,00
double room/breakfast (per person and stay)
€ 999,00
single room/breakfast (per person and stay)
B: 12.05.2025 - 13.09.2025
€ 775,00
double room/breakfast (per person and stay)
€ 1.035,00
single room/breakfast (per person and stay)

Discounts

-100%
child up to 02 years
-50%
child 03-12 years

Saving tips

-5%
early booking discount
in case your booking reaches us at least 60 days prior to your holiday start.

Children’s discount (3rd and 4th person in extra bed with 2 full-paying persons)
Extra nights
01.04.2025 - 31.10.2025
69,00
extra night in Prague, double room/breakfast (per person/night)
Discounts:
  • child up to 02 years -100 % (additional bed)
  • child 03-12 years -50 % (additional bed)
110,00
extra night in Prague, single room/breakfast (per person/night)
80,00
extra night in Dresden, Category A, double room/breakfast (per person/night)
Discounts:
  • child up to 02 years -100 % (additional bed)
  • child 3-12 years -50 % (additional bed)
117,00
extra night in Dresden, category A, single room/breakfast (per person/night)
Additional services
01.04.2025 - 31.10.2025
90,00
bus return transfer Dresden-Prague (every Friday at 2 pm) (per person and stay)
01.04.2025 - 31.10.2025
290,00
bus transfer Dresden-Prague (up to 7 persons) (per item)
01.04.2025 - 31.10.2025
25,00
Return transfer of your own bike (per person and stay)
Hired bikes

Ladies/Men-trekking-bike

21-speed: 

  • modell: quality brands Kalkhoff und Raleigh
  • frame: aluminium (with deeper entry to the ladies´ bike)
  • gears: 21-speed derailleur gears with free wheel
  • brakes: 2 caliper brakes
  • saddle: comfortable saddle

7-speed: 

  • modell: quality brands Kalkhoff und Raleigh
  • frame: aluminium (with deeper entry to the ladies´ bike)
  • gears: 7-speed hub gears
  • brakes: back pedal brake, 1 caliper brake
  • saddle: comfortable saddle

 Costs per extra-day: € 15,00

€ 105,00 per person and stay

E-Bike

  • modell: different manufacturers
  • frame: aluminium with deeper entry
  • gears: 8-speed derailleur gears
  • brakes: 2 caliper brakes
  • saddle: comfortable saddle

costs per extra-day: € 30,00

€ 210,00 per person and stay

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Personal contact

Hannah Schabetsberger
0043 (0)732 / 72 77 - 223
hannah.schabetsberger@touristik.at
Mo-Fr 9 a.m. - 4.30 p.m
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Details and cancellation

Parking possibilities during your cycle holiday along the River Elbe cycle path:
Long-term parking is not possible in the hotels in Prague. In the near of the hotels and at the Holešovice train station there are public, guarded and unguarded parking lots (subject to charges). Underground parking is available in the city center for 700 - 800 CZK/ approx. 30 EUR per day. The costs are to be paid directly on the spot.


Note for people with limited mobility
The cycle tour is not suitable for people with limited mobility. However, in specific cases it is possible to accommodate individual customer requests (e.g. barrier-free room).

Passport and visa requirements
To check in to your hotel you will need a valid passport or ID card.
For citizens of countries outside the Schengen area other regulations may apply. You are responsible for obtaining any visa you may require in good time.

Terms and Conditions of Payment:
The deposit of 10% of the tour price is due at the latest 14 days after receipt of the booking confirmation. The balance must be paid 14 days before arrival.

Cancellation Policy:
According to our General Terms and Conditions, the customer may withdraw from the contract at any time in writing. In the event of cancellation or non-commencement of travel, the following cancellation fees will become payable:
20% of the tour price up to the 28th day before departure
30% of the tour price from 27th to 14th day before departure
50% of the tour price from the 13th to the 8th day before departure
70% of the tour price from 7th to 4th day before departure
90% of the tour price from the 3rd day before departure until the day of arrival

If the customer makes changes to the booking (date of travel, tour, duration, transfer of the booking to another person etc.) up to 28 days before departure, for reasons which are outside our control, we will charge a processing fee of € 50,- per booking. After this date, the cancellation policy will apply. Such changes to a booking may only be made in individual cases and if possible; the customer has no right to any changes.

Our detailed Terms and Conditions of Business can be viewed on our website at https://www.radurlaub.com/en/home.html; upon request, will also send them to you by e-mail.

In case of a booking your announced data will be only used from OÖ Touristik GmbH for the process of bookings and related transactions and will be passed on only in the context of the contractual relationship to third parties. (for example, tourist service providers, sights, passenger transport, processors). The detailled Privacy Notice you will find on www.radurlaub.com/en/privacynotice.html

Standard information
The combination of travel services offered to you is a package within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2015/2302.
This ensures that you will benefit from all EU rights applicable to packages. Company OÖ Touristik GmbH will be fully responsible for the proper performance of the package as a whole.
Additionally, as required by law, the company OÖ Touristik GmbH has protection in place to refund your payments and, where transport is included in the package, to ensure your repatriation in the event that it becomes insolvent.
More information on key rights under Directive (EU) 2015/2302 https://www.radurlaub.com/en/reisebedingungen.html.

Financial cover for customers
The tour operator OÖ Touristik GmbH, Freistädter Str. 119, 4041 Linz has completed a bankruptcy insurance with Raiffeisen Landesbank Oberösterreich AG, Europaplatz 1a, 4020 Linz. The liquidator is the Europäische Reiseversicherung AG, Kratochwjlestraße 4, 1220 Wien, Email: info@europaeische.at, 24-hour emergency number: +43 1 3172500.
Travelers have to contact the liquidator within 8 weeks if they are denied claims due to the insolvency of OÖ Touristik GmbH. Details on the business license of OÖ Touristik GmbH can be found on the website https://www.gisa.gv.at/abfrage under the GISA number 14930096.

OÖ Touristik GmbH

In 1990 the OÖ Touristik performed a pioneering work on the sector of organised cycle holidays: the first bookable cycle tour along the Danube including luggage transfer. Already a year later we offered the first group tours. Over the years the offers of the cycle holidays has expanded throughout Europe and are as popular as ever. During the last 30 years we have expanded the portfolio on mountain bike tours, cycle holidays by bike and boat, group tours and hiking holidays as well as winter and wellness holidays. The organisation and handling of international congresses and events meanwhile adds to the successful enterprise sections.