Bike discovery tour Upper Lusatia

Journey to Bautzen

Overnight stay in Bautzen

Stage 1 - Spree Cycle Route to Neugersdorf (46 km)

Your 1st stage, which consists largely of asphalt cycle paths, takes you along smaller towns and villages with typical Umgebindehäusern (half-timbered houses) to Ebersbach-Neugersdorf where all 3 sources of the Spree flow together.

Overnight stay in Ebersbach- Neugersdorf

Stage 2 - Long-distance cycle route "Saxon low mountain range" (45 km)

Today's highlight is the Zittau Mountains with their mighty sandstone cliffs around the spa towns of Jonsdorf and Oybin.

Overnight stay in Zittau

Stage 3 - Oder-Neisse Cycle Path to Ostritz (19 km)

The completely preserved historic town centre of Zittau with its flower clock & Meissen porcelain carillon as well as countless valuable architectural monuments is wonderful. Destination is the monastery of St. Marienthal, the oldest women's monastery of the Cistercian Order in Germany.

Overnight stay in Ostritz

Stage 4 - Oder-Neisse Cycle Route to Görlitz (20 km)

Between characterful squares within a closed Wilhelminian style development, lovingly renovated Art Nouveau buildings, the historic flair of the Old Town and 3,500 listed buildings from almost all eras, there is a spirit of optimism.

Overnight stay in Görlitz

Stage 5 - Oder-Neisse Cycle Route to Bad Muskau (70 km)

The cycle route now leads from the valley of the Lusatian Neisse into the Muskau Heath and on to Bad Muskau with its Prince Pückler Park and Muskau Castle, which has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Overnight stay in Bad Muskau

Stage 6 - Frog Cycle Path and Spree Cycle Path to Boxberg (41 km)

The entire Upper Lusatian heath and pond landscape is a paradise for frogs and is protected by UNESCO as a biosphere reserve.

Overnight stay in Boxberg

Stage 7 - Spree Cycle Route to Bautzen (45 km)

The route ends by passing through the largest contiguous artificial lake system in Europe and from there into the landscape shaped by lignite open-cast mining, which has been and is still being gradually renaturalised.

Overnight stay in Bautzen