Footloose Travel Guides

   Prague 3-5 days

   Czech Experience Tour

   Jewish heritage tour

   Chateaux & Castles

   Flexible Greenways

   Greenways by Car

   Bohemia Highlights

   Walk Vienna to Prague

   Walk Budapest to Kracow

   Slovakia

   Bike Vienna to Prague

   Bike Budapest to Cracow

   Bike tours in Czech Rep

   Bike tours in Slovakia

   Bike Central Europe

 Central Europe Bicycle Tours

1) Greenways: Vienna - Prague
2) Amber Trail I:Budapest - Cracow
3) Amber Trail II: Vienna - Cracow
4) Labe River Trail: Prague - Dresden
5) Danube Trail I.:Passau - Vienna
6) Danube Trail II.: Vienna - Budapest

As yet, one of the great, undiscovered cycling trails in Central Europe. This route is full of cultural and historical gems including 6 UNESCO world heritage sites – Schonbrunn palace in Vienna, the chateaux of Valtice and Lednice, the renaissance town square in Telc, the medieval town of Cesky Krumlov and the rustic baroque village of Holasovice.
You will also cycle along the remnants of the Iron Curtain as you follow the border area with Austria. You will be staying in the best small towns along the way whose local pubs serve the best beer in the world – it could only be Czech beer!
Fully supported self-guided or guided bike tours with 3-4 star hotel/pension accommodation. You can also Create-Your-Own bicycle vacations along this route. We rate the tour as moderate – for recreational cyclists. As official partner to the non-profit Greenways trails creation program, we contribute a percentage of the cost of your tour to community development projects and we are able to arrange meetings with local project leaders, who can explain the uniqueness of their area.

This classic cycle tour goes through three countries - Hungary, Slovakia, and Poland in the steps of the historic amber trade route. Biking from the waters of the Danube to the springs in the mountains of Slovakia and Poland, there is a wealth of historical/cultural heritage and 6 UNESCO protected sites – Budapest, Banska Stiavnica, the traditional village of Vlkolinec, the pilgrimage site of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, Wieliczka salt mine and the royal city of Cracow.
Fully supported self-guided or guided bike tours with 3-4 star hotel/pension accommodation. You can also Create-Your-Own bicycle vacations along this route. We rate the tour as challenging – for seasoned cyclists only.

This cycle tour is an easier variant of our classic Budapest-Cracow tour but still follows the ancient system of trade routes from Austria to the Czech Republic to Poland. After riding through the Lower Austrian and South Moravian wine regions you visit the most beautiful cave system in the Czech Republic plus the architectural wonder of Miles van der Rohe, Villa Tugendhet in Brno. Riding on to Olomouc, containing a wealth of protected monuments and to the Polish town and concentration camp Osvetim (Auswitz), you finally end your tour in the UNESCO protected, royal city of Cracow.
Fully supported self-guided or guided bike tours with 3-4 star hotel/pension accommodation. You can also Create-Your-Own bicycle vacations along this route. We rate the tour as easy/moderate – for beginner and recreational cyclists.

This river valley tour follows the course of the Vltava and then the Labe, the rivers linking the two important cultural cities of Prague and Dresden. As well as seeing some important cultural monuments, including the chateau at Melnik and the gothic houses in Litomerice you will cycle through incredible sandstone rock formations as well as the UNESCO protected Elbe river valley in Germany.
Fully supported self-guided or guided bike tours with 3-4 star hotel/pension accommodation. You can also Create-Your-Own bicycle vacations along this route. We rate the tour as easy – for beginner cyclists.

This classic trail goes along one of the most popular Austrian cycling trails and is one of the oldest in Europe. The route follows the Danube river and is nearly wholly on dedicated cycle paths which are asphalt but sometimes digress on to a few dirt tracks or short stretches or road with little traffic.
The trail leads through Upper and Lower Austria, around romantic river meanders in Schlogen, past many modern hydroelectric power stations and ancient monasteries.The landscape surrounding the trail has a host of cultural and historical heritage from castles, chateaux, elegant Aschach, to Linz with its baroque square. From here the trail leads on through Mauthausen and Grein with its chateau, to Melk with the most beautiful monastery in Austria. The destination Vienna is filled with historical monuments and architecture and definately worth an extra visit. This cycle route is a European favourite!

This easy route winds its way along the Danube between two important European cities Vienna and Budapest. These two cities hold the legacies of the Austro-Hungarian empire in the form of exquisite and impressive architecture.
The route goes through the capital city of Slovakia – Bratislava and on into Hungary. The route goes through the historical towns of Gyor and Esztergom. The the magnificent Esztergom cathedral, the largest in Hungary incorperates an older church. The gem of this tour is the town of Szentendre with its churches, galleries and arts. Add to this the rustic, traditional landscapes of fields, vineyards and forests all bordering the large Danube itself and this makes for a relaxing cycle tour.