Velo Dunajec – the most beautiful bicycle route in Poland
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SELF-GUIDED AND FOR GROUPS
Visit the most beautiful bicycle trail in Poland! Enjoy mountain views on bike trail along the Dunajec River.
On your route you will enjoy variety of attractive, culturally and naturally valuable places of Lesser Poland: Cracow – the old capital city of Poland, salt mines in Wieliczka and Bochnia, fortresses and castels. Admire magnificent wooden architecture – UNSESCO heritage and mountain landscapes of Tatra, Pieniny, Beskidy and Gorce Mountains from the perspective of the bicycle saddle. Take a breath of fresh mountain air and rest in the health resorts in Zakopane, Szczawnica and Krynica Zdrój. It is also an opportunity to get to know highlander traditions and flavors.
Route and difficulty
Profile of the longer bike tour: medium
Bike paths: 50% of the route length, 50% roads with low traffic intensity
Road surface: asphalt 80% of whole tour, the rest – gravel roads
daily climbs: 100 – 770 m
daily distance: 45 -70 km
whole distance: 340 km
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Attractions and programm of the bike tour:
Transfer of Participants by bus from Cracow to Zakopane
Sightseeing of Zakopane on foot or by bike (distance on bike approx. 8 km)
Gubałówka funicular – view point and start of the trip
Bike ride from Chochołów to Nowy Targ along on the Trail around the Tatra Mountains with spectacular views of the majestic mountain peaks.
Historic Podhale wooden buildings in Chochłów
Sightseeing of Nowy Targ
Trial Velo Dunajec Route at the base of Tatra and Gorce Mountains
Dębno – St. Michael Archangel Church from XV century (UNESCO)
Czorsztyn Lake
Niedzica Castle
Pieniński National Park
Red Monastery, Pieniny Mountains
Trail Velo Dunajec in Slovakia – Dunajec River George
Szczawnica Health Resort – old wooden architecture and pump room
Sightseeing Stary Sącz
The Bobrowisko Natural Enclave
Sądecki Ethnographic Park
Velo Dunajec Route around Rożnowskie Lake
Rożnow Power Plant
Ferry across the Dunajec River
Tropsztyn Castle
Czchów Castle
Nowy Wiśnicz Castle – the early baroque castle body with Renaissance elements were built on a quadrangle plan with an internal courtyard from half of the 14th century.
Bochnia – Poland’s oldest salt mine
King’s route through Niepołomicka Forest
Royal Castel in Niepołomice – erected in the XIV century by Casimir the Great.
Kazimierz district – the former Jewish District
Wawel Royal Castle
Old Town – The main Square, Grodzka Street, Cloth Hall, Town Hall Tower,
The Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
End of tour after breakfast
The offer includes:
comfortable accommodation for 7 nights in the hotels and pensions (3-4 stars), double rooms with bathroom
7 breakfasts
rental of trekking bike, helmet, bicycle pump and repair kits, bike lock
tickets to Salt mine – 2 h visiting with English speaking guide
lugguage transportation between hotels
transfer by bus with bikes from Cracow to Zakopane
digital guide, maps, GPS tracks and information about interesting places to visit for each day
insurance
whole day hotline in case of emergency
The offer does not include:
addtional meals
costs of entry tickets to the visited places
ticket to the Gubałówka cable car (normal ticket approx. 45 PLN), paid on spot
tickets to visited attractions
tickets for a boat cruise on Lake Czorsztyńskie (normal ticket with bike approx. 30 PLN), paid on spot
emergency taxi transfers
Price and booking
SELF-GUIDED TOUR
Price (1 person in double room)
Group 2 – 4 participants: from 6.180,00 PLN/1.470,00 EUR
Group 5 – 6 participants: from 5.280,00 PLN/1.260,00 EUR
Group 7 – 8 participants: 4.980,00 PLN/1.190,00 EUR
Final price varies depending on the dates and hotels availability!
Surcharges
rental of e-bike, helmet, bicycle pump and repair kits – 450,00 PLN/110 EUR/8 days/person
single room – 900 PLN/215 EUR/7 nights/person
additional accommodation in Cracow before and/or after the trip: double room – 550,00 PLN/130,00 EUR night, single room – 450,00 PLN/110,00 EUR/night/person
guide in Cracow (up to 3 h) – 700,00 PLN/170,00 EUR/group
Offer for groups – individual pricing
In the comments field, please enter the proposed trip date and number of people. At your request, we can modify the route and scope of services – this need should also be described in the comments field.
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