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The best long-distance cycling routes in Europe

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Across Europe by bike. No problem on the best long-distance cycling routes the continent has to offer. Through the Provence of France, along the Alps, past the Mediterranean Sea, all the way up to the Atlantic.

Discover Europe on the best multi-stage routes.

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Bicycle Touring
Off the Road - Into the Wildscapes
Toprecommended route Difficulty difficult Multi-stage route
Distance 386.3 km
Duration 26:00 h
Ascent 3,101 m
Descent 3,101 m

This 400 km cycling adventure is divided into 6 journeys, along very scenic gravel paths and quiet roads of Lower Alentejo. It brings you through ...

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from Portugal Wildscapes,   Portugal Wildscapes
Bicycle Touring · France
Mediterranean Cycle Route
Toprecommended route Difficulty easy Multi-stage route
Distance 817.6 km
Duration 59:16 h
Ascent 3,357 m
Descent 3,677 m

The aim of the Méditerranée à Vélo cycle route is to link Spain to Italy and the Pyrenees to the Alps, via southern France. This is the French link ...

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from EuroVelo 8 La Méditerranée à vélo,   La méditerrannée à vélo
Bicycle Touring · France
Veloscenic cycle route : from Paris to Mont Saint-Michel
Toprecommended route Difficulty moderate Multi-stage route
Distance 455.9 km
Duration 31:50 h
Ascent 1,678 m
Descent 1,708 m

The Veloscenie takes you by bike from Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris to Mont Saint-Michel, two icons of French heritage. Leave your car at home and ...

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from La Véloscénie,   La Véloscénie
Bicycle Touring · France
Paris-London, the Green Avenue - Major cycle route
Toprecommended route Difficulty easy Multi-stage route
Distance 765.6 km
Duration 55:15 h
Ascent 3,697 m
Descent 3,722 m

The Green Avenue Paris-London itinerary is the result of a beautiful project, that of linking the two emblematic capitals by bicycle paths and ...

from Juliette Blavoux,   Outdooractive Editors
Bicycle Touring
Mulde cycling path – ‘Vereinigte Mulde’
Toprecommended route Difficulty moderate Multi-stage route
Distance 122.2 km
Duration 8:25 h
Ascent 296 m
Descent 368 m

Start in Sermuth and ride along the Mulde River, past beautiful Mulde meadow, along old railroad tracks, through the former Bitterfeld mining ...

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from Mulderadweg Account,   LEIPZIG REGION
Bicycle Touring · Austria
Iron Curtain Trail - EuroVelo 13
Toprecommended route Difficulty moderate Multi-stage route
Distance 402.2 km
Duration 21:00 h
Ascent 2,158 m
Descent 2,630 m

The cycle route is well signposted over its entire length. You will see various types of signs as you pass through Lower Austria, the Czech ...

from Weinviertel Tourismus,   Weinviertel Tourismus GmbH
Bicycle Touring · Styria
River Mur Cycle Trail ‒ From Steirerkas (Styrian cheese) to wine and pumpkin seed oil
Toprecommended route Difficulty moderate Multi-stage route Open
Distance 452.4 km
Duration 36:00 h
Ascent 616 m
Descent 2,293 m

The River Mur Cycle Trail is considered among aficionados to be one of the most beautiful riverside cycling routes in Alps thanks to the sheer ...

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from Günther Steininger,   Steiermark Tourismus
Bicycle Touring
Fahrradroute Pustertal – Bike, Natur & bäuerliche Lebenswelt
Toprecommended route Difficulty moderate Multi-stage route
Distance 80.9 km
Duration 4:30 h
Ascent 665 m
Descent 1,044 m

Zwischen unberührter Natur und bäuerlicher Lebenswelt führt die Pustertaler Radroute in stetem Auf und Ab durch das landschaftlich reizvolle Hochtal.

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from Monika Heindl ,   alpenvereinaktiv.com
Bicycle Touring · Austria
Danube Cycle Route: from Passau to Vienna in eight days
Toprecommended route Difficulty moderate Multi-stage route
Distance 321.6 km
Duration 22:00 h
Ascent 35 m
Descent 171 m

The Danube Cycle Route takes us in eight days from the three-river city of Passau to the Austrian capital Vienna, for which we should take an extra ...

1
from Andrea Dobinsky,   Outdooractive Editors
Bicycle Touring · Styria
Styrian Wine Country Cycle Trail
Toprecommended route Difficulty moderate Multi-stage route Open
Distance 402.4 km
Duration 36:30 h
Ascent 2,672 m
Descent 2,672 m

On this round cycling tour, a little over 400 km in length, cyclists can discover Styria’s Wine Country in eight stages: its three vineyard ...

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from Günther Steininger,   Steiermark Tourismus
Bicycle Touring
River Enns Cycle Trail ‒ through a world of mountains and water
Toprecommended route Difficulty moderate Multi-stage route Open
Distance 262.8 km
Duration 23:30 h
Ascent 1,526 m
Descent 2,329 m

 The river Enns, and particularly the landscape that we pass through on our tour, has many different faces. On the River Enns Cycle Trail, majestic ...

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from Günther Steininger,   Steiermark Tourismus
Bicycle Touring · Hungary
Thermal trough from the plains to the volcanic region beyond the Bakony
Toprecommended route Difficulty difficult Multi-stage route
Distance 521 km
Duration 36:00 h
Ascent 1,322 m
Descent 1,234 m

Soaking in the warm water after a long roll is always a turn off. This thermal loop connects 15 thermal spas across the country in a multi-day ...

from Leitold Márton,   Outdooractive Editors
Bicycle Touring · Duna-Tisza közi síkvidék
Winding thermal ribbons in the river-carved wastelands
Toprecommended route Difficulty difficult Multi-stage route
Distance 629.1 km
Duration 42:30 h
Ascent 646 m
Descent 571 m

Soaking in the warm water after a long roll is always a turn off. This thermal loop crosses the Great Plain and connects 32 thermal spas

from Leitold Márton,   Outdooractive Editors
Bicycle Touring · Dél-Dunántúl
Thermal baths of Somogy and Mecsek
PremiumPremium content Difficulty difficult Multi-stage route
Distance 535.1 km
Duration 38:26 h
Ascent 2,863 m
Descent 2,864 m

Soaking in warm water after a long roll is always a turn-off. This thermal loop connects 11 thermal baths in the South Transdanubian region in the ...

from Leitold Márton,   Outdooractive Premium
Bicycle Touring · Nyugat-Dunántúl
Thermal grasslands at the south-western ends
Toprecommended route Difficulty moderate Multi-stage route
Distance 577.1 km
Duration 41:50 h
Ascent 3,405 m
Descent 3,405 m

A long winding trip in the warm water, always off.

from Leitold Márton,   Outdooractive Editors
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