Cycling trails & Tours
A dense network of local and nationally known hiking and cycling trails is inviting you to explore the fascinating Luther | Bauhaus | Garden Kingdom region by bike.
Tour advices
From Aken onwards the European Cycle Route R1 goes along the Elbe River up to Vockerode and to the Bauhaus City of Dessau-Rosslau and on to the UNESCO World Heritage listed Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz. From here you will cycle through the Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve including Oranienbaum.
The Prince Franz Garden Kingdom Tour, named after the Prince Leopold III. Frederick Franz of Anhalt-Dessau, connects the palaces and gardens within the Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz.
Lockable bicycle boxes, used as a safe storage for your bicycles and luggage, are available in many places. Please find a list here:
European Cycle Route R1
3500 km
from the city of Boulogne-sur-Mer on the French coast of the English Channel to the Russian city of St. Petersburg
European long-distance cycle route E11
2500 km
Den Haag-Goslar-Dessau-Roßlau-Berlin-Ogrodnik (Russia)
Oranien Path
615 km
Nassau - Diez - Wernigerode - Dessau-Roßlau - Oranienbaum - Oranienburg
Elbe Cycle Route
840 km
from the Czech Giant Mountains / Prague to Cuxhaven
Berlin-Leipzig Cycle Route
250 km
from the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin to Leipzig Central Station
Mulde Cycle Route
120 km
Freiberg/Zwickau - Grimma - Dessau-Roßlau
COAL| STEAM | LIGHT-Cycle Route
120 km
from the mining area of Wittenberg to the Leipzig New Lakeland near Markkleeberg
Fläming Cycle Route
67 km | Bad Belzig - Garitz - Zerbst (Anhalt) - Walternienburg
60 km | Bad Belzig - Garitz - Dessau-Roßlau
Luther Trail in Saxony-Anhalt
about 410 km
round trip with stops in Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Dessau-Roßlau, Lutherstadt Eisleben and Halle (Saale)
Prince Franz Garden Kingdom Tour
72 km
Round trip through the Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
More hiking and cycling trails:
Dessau-Roßlau Round Trip
62 km
Connects the quarters north and south of the Elbe and the floodplain landscape with the Fläming Nature Park
Bauhaus Cycle Tour
20 km
Bauhaus- Masters' Houses - Kornhaus - Employment Office - Törten Estate
Four-River Tour
Includes the hiking and cycling trails along the rivers Elbe, Saale and Fuhne. Good combination facilities to explore single sections of each river.