EuroVelo 4: Central Europe route

Gorgeous coastlines, outstanding medieval architecture, dynamic cities and history lessons aplenty… The Central Europe Route/ EuroVelo 4 crosses Europe from the West to the East. Four thousand kilometers from the Atlantic coast, a small town of  Roscoff across Belgium, Germany to Czechia and further on to Poland and the capital of Ukraine, Kiev.

Across entire Czechia from the West to the East

The route coming from Bavaria follows the river trail Ohre from Cheb to the world famous spa Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary). Then it follows the Berounka river through the Křivoklátsko protected landscape area and passes the medieval castle Karlštejn to the conflurnce of Berounka river (cycle route 3 Prague-Pilsen-Regensburg-Munic and Panerupean cycle route) with the Vltava in Prague. The route runs through Prague, passses the city center it turns to the East as Jizera Greenway (cycle route 17) and joins the Elbe trail and follows the river Elbe to Kolin. After the UNESCO site of Kutná Hora it continues to the hillier Bohemian Highlands to South Moravia and its capital, Brno, which is another UNESCO heritage site. The route goes through the famous battle field of Austerlitz (Slavkov) and than joins the Morava river trail through the Moravian Slovakia region. Your next stop will be another UNESCO site Kroměříž. Near Ostrava with industrial monuments Dolní oblast Vítkovice and Landek park (mining museum) you will reach the Polish border.

Further info:
National cycle friendly certification Cyclist Welcome (Cyklisté vítáni): www.cyklistevitani.cz
Elbe Trail: www.labska-stezka.cz
Cycle Trail Ohře/Eger: www.cykloohre.cz
Greenway Jizera: www.greenway-jizera.cz
cycle Trail Brno-Vienna:  www.brnoviden.cz/
Moravian Trail: www.moravska-stezka.cz
Greenway Krakow-Moravia-Vienna: www.greenways.cz

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