Elberadweg Hamburg - Magdeburg

You start your tour at Hamburg with its numerous attractions. The tour leads you through wonderful landscapes that are characterized by the blessing and curse of the water from the Elbe. Idyllic half-timbered villages and lush fruit plantation line your way. Take time to admire the powerful river. Through the UNESCO biosphere reserve “Flusslandschaft Elbe” and the imperial city Tangermünde your way leads you to Magdeburg. Emperor Otto I.´s favorite residence is full of 1200 years of history. The flat terrain allows unpracticed cyclists to cope with bigger laps, too.

Day 1: Individual arrival in Hamburg
Welcome to Hamburg! Do you want to go to one of the numerous musicals in the evening? Let us help you!

Day 2: Hamburg – Lauenburg (about 55 km)
Today your tour starts. The first and only hill is at this lap. The silent floodplaints relax the eyes and the soul and fascinating for every friend of the nature. Your today´s destination is Lauenburg. It has a picturesque old town with many half-timbered houses.

Day 3: Lauenburg – Hitzacker (about 55 km)
If you cycle left you pass Bleckede which is a city at the historic “Storchenstraße”. Your today’s destination is Hitzacker. Here you can marvel at many pretty half-timbered houses. The old town isle with the half-timbered houses and the brick architecture line the city.

Day 4: Hitzacker – Wittenberge (about 70 km)
You cycle along the Elbe to Dömitz which is situated at the estuary of the Elde-channel. Then you cycle to Wahrenberg. This area is one of the european bird conservation areas and an eldorado for friends of the nature. Your today´s destination is Wittenberge. It is the largest city in the Prignitz. The panorama is characterized by the warehouses at the port.

Day 5: Wittenberge – Havelberg (about 38 km)
Today the lap is very relaxing. Enjoy the silence and wide of the landscape while you are cycling on the Elbdeich. You reach Rühstädt which is the city of the storks. Your today´s destination is Havelberg. It is one of the oldest dioceses and is situated in the east of the Elbe. You should visit the romanesque cathedral.

Day 6: Havelberg – Tangermünde (about 54 km)
At Werben you have to take the ferry to get on the other shore. There you can visit the Elbtor from the 15th century. Your today´s destination is the imperial city Tangermünde with its city hall and its beautiful maintained houses.

Day 7: Tangermünde – Magdeburg (about 68 km)
After Tangermünde you pass Buch with its Roland and a dutch windmill. A few kilometres in front of Magdeburg you can see the imposing waterway crossing with its 3117 feet long through bridge. Then you cycle through the Herrenkrugpark and reach your today´s destination and end of your tour Magdeburg.

Day 8: Magdeburg, departure or extension
The 1200-year-old city Magdeburg provides many worth seeing things. At 11 o’clock we invite you to a city tour.
Individual departure or extension.