Travel details

Tour profile:

Level 1. Very easy tour, about 80% asphalt, 20% gravel. Flat to slightly hilly terrain, just near the gypsum hills a few short ascents and descents.

Day 1: Krakow

Individual arrival. Stroll through the old town. 

Day 1: Krakow - Sobkow - Busko Zdroj (approx. 45 km/28 miles)

You will meet at 10:00 a.m. the bus driver at the hotel in Krakow. After handing out the cycles there will be a two hour long bus ride to Sobkow. You can have lunch at a restored house that once belonged to nobility on the Nida. Then you cycle along the river past the picturesque ruins of a former knight's castle. Your goal is the spa resort of Busko Zdroj, a small town with an attractive market square and a spacious spa garden with pavilions from the 19th century. You will be staying here for 2 nights.

Day 2: Around Busko Zdroj (approx. 30-40 km/19-25 miles)

You will cycle back to lowland Nida where the river meanders through particularly beautiful alluvial landscapes. There are the black and white cows, storks, lapwings black-tailed godwits. There is a museum to visit in Chroberz and Krzyzanowice has a gypsum hill which you can climb for a bird's-eye view of the region.

Day 3: Busko Zdroj - Solec Zdroj  (approx. 35 km/22 miles)

You ride past a few villages and steppe reserves with flora unique to the region. The reserve at Skorocice is perhaps the most interesting one. An underground brook in the gypsum rocks has hollowed out an impressive gorge and made karst depressions. The final goal for the day is Solec Zdroj, a small spa Village. You will stay here for the next 2 nights.

Day 4: Solec Zdroj - Zalipie  (approx. 70 km/44 miles)

This is the longest leg of the tour and is in the very flat Vistula country. Flat but not monotonous - well-kept pollarded willows border the roads creating a green tunnel over cyclists with their branches. You cross the Vistula river by cable ferry at Nowy Korczyn. Your goal today is Zalipie village, famous throughout Poland for the colourful flowery motives decorating the walls of its houses.

Day 5: Zalipie - Krakow

You leave Solec after breakfast and travel back to Krakow. The latest expected time of arrival is 12:00 p.m. Individual departure or extension.

Tour details/Prices

Arrival days: every Saturday

May 26 - September 15 2012

Arrival | Parking | Departure

Train station/Airport: Krakow
Parking: near the hotel approx. € 70-90/week, at the airport approx. € 20-30/week

Accomodation:
typical 2* hotels & inns

Included services:
+ 7 nights in rooms with private facilities
+ included halfboard (breakfast & dinner)
+ 2 x bus transfer: Krakow - Sobkow & Solec - Krakow
+ luggage transport
+ handle bar bag & information material per room (maps will be provided locally)

generell discount:
Additional/extra bed in double with 2 full paying adults: 0-99 years: -20%

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