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The Danube Cycleway Volume 2
From Budapest to the Black Sea
Cycling guidebook to the Danube Cycleway exploring the route from Budapest to the Black Sea, the more adventurous second part of the Danube, suitable for most abilities and bike types. The river route starts in Hungary and continues into Croatia and Serbia before ending at Tulcea in Romania. The Danube Cycleway is also part of EuroVelo 6 (EV6).
Seasons
can be cycled at any time between April and October, but best in April-June and then September-October: July and August can be very hotCentres
this is a long point-to-point route with no particular basesDifficulty
although the route is mostly level, with a few gentle gradients, it is a challenging ride due to a lack of tourist infrastructure, particularly in Romania. There are long distances between places offering accommodation or refreshments and very few tourist offices or cycle repair shops. Moreover few rural Romanians speak west European languages. There are long stretches in Hungary and Serbia along unsurfaced flood dykes, although alternative routes are given to allow you to avoid these stages. Otherwise surfaces are mostly asphalt and in good condition, suitable for hybrid or touring cyclesMust See
Budapest: Fishermen's bastion, St Mathias church, Europe's largest synagogue, Liberty monument; Kopački Rit nature reserve; Osijek: Tvrđa fortress; Vukovar: civil war memorials; Novi Sad: Petrovaradin fortress; Belgrade: Kalemegdan fortress, St Sava cathedral; Golubac castle; Iron Gates gorges: Golubacki klisura, Gospodin vir, Veliki Kazan, Mali Kazan; rural Romania; Dervent monastery; Tulcea; Danube DeltaISBN
9781786311894
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Published
Published
28 Nov 2023
Edition
Second
Pages
264
Size
17.20 x 11.60 x 1.50cm
Weight
310g
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A guidebook to cycling the lower 1647km (1023 miles) of the Danube Cycleway from Budapest, Hungary, through the former Yugoslav states of Croatia and Serbia, and on into Romania. The route, which is mainly level cycling, is well within the capabilities of most cycle tourists. It can be comfortably completed in three to four weeks.
Starting where Volume 1 stopped, this volume continues the journey east, bound for the Black Sea. It is described across 32 stages, averaging 53.5km (33 miles) per stage. A three-day variant for Stages 27-32 (Ion Corvin to Tulcea via Constanta and the Black Sea coast) is also described, and information about the boat journey from Tulcea to Sulina through the Delta Danube (Stage 32A) provided.
- 1:150,000 mapping included for each stage
- GPX files available to download
- Refreshment and accommodation information given for each stage
- Advice on planning and preparation
- Volume 2 of a two-volume series of the full Danube Cycleway route
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By Mike Wells
After a career in marketing, culminating as marketing director of a leading supermarket group, Mike Wells started to write walking and cycling guides in his fifties. He has been a keen cyclist for over 25 years. After completing various UK Sustrans routes, such as Lôn Las Cymru in Wales and the C2C route across northern England, he then moved on to cycling long-distance routes in continental Europe and beyond. These include cycling both the Camino and Ruta de la Plata to Santiago de la Compostela, a traverse of Cuba from end to end, a circumnavigation of Iceland and a trip across Lapland to the North Cape. Even further afield he has ridden the Congo-Nile trail from the Congo basin to the source of the Nile in Rwanda's Nyungwe national park. On all these trips he was accompanied by his partner Christine, who sadly died in 2020.He has written 10 cycling guides for Cicerone, including a series following the great rivers of Europe. For a full list of Cicerone books and articles by Mike Wells, visit his author page.
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