On the way at Spreewald: The Cucumber-cycle way

On the way at Spreewald: The Cucumber-cycle way An offer for wheel travel groups with the own bus (April - October)

1st day: Arrival to Cottbus
Check in at the hotel

2nd day: Cottbus – Peitz – Burg (approx. 42 km)
The day starts with a guided tour through the city of the clothier, Cottbus. The bicycle tour guides along the Spree at Peitz to one of the largest pond area in Europe. The next stops will be Dissen and Burg in the Spreewald, the largest village in Germany. The return trip takes place with the bus.

3rd day: Burg – Straupitz – Lübben – Lübbenau (approx. 45 km)
After we drove again with the bus to Burg, we start with the bicycles to Straupitz. The neo-classical church, which developed here after the drafts of Karl Friedrich Schinkel, and the smock mill are very famous for Straupitz. During our tour we drive through the places of the Spreewald Lübben and Lübbenau. In the afternoon we explore the Spreewald with the tub and have opportunity to inform us about the history of the cucumber production and get also the typical Spreewaelder cucumber taste.

4th day: Lübbenau – Leipe – Raddusch – Burg –Werben – Cottbus (approx. 42 km)
Today we will travel back to the history. A visit of the Slavic Fort in Raddusch will show you the life of the sorbs 1000 years ago. After that we drive over Burg to Cottbus. In the afternoon there is the possibility to stroll in Cottbus.

5th day: Lübben – Schlepzig – Leibsch – Groß Wasserburg Golßen (approx. 52 km)
The trip in the Spreewald shows us the unaffected nature of this region. High point of the cucumber route will be the inspection of the largest firm of the Spreewald which inlay cucumbers.

6th day: Departure

Services:
• 5x bed and breakfast at a middle class hotel in Cottbus
• 4x half-board
• 1x Spreewälder buffet
• 4x bicycle tour guides
• Guide tour through Cottbus
• Three hour row
• Entrance for the cucumber museum
• Cucumber tasting
• Entrance/guidance of the smock mill
• Entrance Slavic Fort Raddusch
• Factory tour Spreewaldhof Gießen

Unit price apiece:
At double room: ex 335,00 EUR (dependent on the seasonal prices)
Additional fee for single rooms:  80,00 EUR

Minimum participants: 16

On the way at Spreewald: The Fürst-Pückler-cycle way

Park Branitz with its famous pyramid An offer for wheel travel groups with the own bus (April - October)

1st day: Arrival to Cottbus
After the check in at the hotel you become acquainted with Cottbus at a guided tour.

2nd day: Parks and Gardens: Forst – Bad Muskau – Kromlau (approx. 46 km)
Today you will recover two of the most famous parkways which were created by Fürst Hermann Pückler. At first we stroll through the Branitzer Park which is famous for the two pyramids. At our bicycle tour you can visit the Forster rosarium. Furthermore we stop over in the Pückler-park in Bad Muskau which is a part of the UNESCO world heritage. At the end of the present tour a visit of the landscape- and rhododendron park is projected.

3rd day: Excursion to the Spreewald: Peitz – Dissen – Burg – Raddusch (approx. 45 km)
One of the most beautiful fluvial topography is due us today. Our tour starts at one of the largest connected seascapes in Germany and guide along the Spree to Burg. In Burg we will marvel the amenity of the Spreewald with a tub. The Fürst-Pückler-Park ends at the Slavic Fort in Raddusch.

4th day: Through the seascape of the Lusatia: Spremberg – Welzow – Geierswalde - Senftenberg (approx. 50 km)
The largest artificial seascapes in Germany come into existence in the south of Brandenburg. Different seas emerge in lignite open pits which will affiliate with each other in the near future. During our bicycle tour we will see also a swimming house. En route there is the possibility to see over an active open pit from a viewpoint.

5th day: From artists to leviathan: Pritzen – Groß Räschen – Lichterfeld – Finsterwalde (approx. 42 km)
The village Pritzen should give way to the open pits actually but after the dismissal of the lignite extraction a lot of artists settle in the village. The next stop is Groß Räschen where you can catch upon the development of the region at the IBA Terraces. A highlight in the trust sense of the word will be the visit of the conveyor bridge F60. The steel giant is 500 metres long and 80 metres high and looks like a horizontal Eiffel tower.

6th day: Departure

Services:
• 5x bed and breakfast at a middle class hotel in Cottbus
• 4x half-board
• 1x Spreewälder buffet
• 4x bicycle tour guides
• Guide tour through Cottbus
• Two hour row
• Visit/guidance conveyor bridge F60

Unit price apiece: 
At double room: ex 325,00 EUR (dependent on the seasonal prices)
Additional fee for single rooms: 80,00 EUR

Minimum participants: 16

To discover the Lusatia via bicycle

Cottbus - Old market square You can discover a high-contrast travel region by wheel! Along the route of the cycle way of the Spree the sights of the Lusatia are opened for you and your guests. From the territory of the Umgebinde houses over the 1000 years old city Bautzen it goes through the country of the sorbs in the Spreewald. Whether the mountain ranges of the upper Lusatia mountain country, heath and ponds, the Lusatian brown coal district or the Spreewald: it applies always to discover new things. The stages are 45-55 km long, only the first stage is hilly.

Services:
- 5x bed and breakfast in good middle class hotels (3x Bautzen, 2x Cottbus)
- 5x dinners in the hotel (3-courses-menu)
- 4x full-time tour guides
- Guide tour through Bautzen and Cottbus
- “Spreequelltaufe”
- Two hours row in the Spreewald

6 days (March – October), ex 315,00 EUR apiece
Booking number Rad/01/08

Via bicycle along the VIA SACRE

Cloister St. Marienstern Take on a bicycle route of the special kind along the touristy route "via sacre". Thereby you will discover the eight stations of the upper Lusatia as a place of the meditation and peace. Like pilgrims in past times you will also be impressed of the churches, monasteries and sacral buildings of the region and enjoy the atmosphere of the monasteries St. Marienstern and St. Marienthal. Detect the reproduction of the holy places of Jerusalem in Görlitz and marvel at the souvenirs of the Moravian missionaries from all over world. The distance profile is hilly and fastidious.

Services:
- 5x bed and breakfast in good middle class hotels (3x Bautzen, 2x Görlitz)
- 4x dinners in the hotel (3-courses-menu)
- 1x dinner at a Sorbian restaurant
- Guide tour through Bautzen; guidance with a city guard at Görlitz
- 4x full-time tour guides
- Entrance treasury from cloister St. Marienstern
- Entrance exhibition “Großes Zittauer Fastentuch”

6 days (March – October), ex 375,00 EUR apiece
Booking number Rad/02/08

Via bicycle in the country of the sorbs

Lusatia - country of the sorbs You are visiting the homeland of the Slavonian people of the sorbs who live there since the 6th century. Starting point is the secret capital of the sorbs, Bautzen. From Bautzen you will drive to the country of the cloister water with attendance of the Sorbian cemetery in Ralbitz, the pilgrimage church Rosenthal, Cistercian monastery the St. Marienstern over the heath and pond landscape of the upper Lusatia to the Spreewald and the Muskauer heath. The daily stages are 45-55 km long and only hilly in few exceptions.

Services:
- 5x bed and breakfast
- 4x dinners in the Hotel (3-courses-menu)
- 1x dinner at a Sorbian restaurant
- 4x full-time tour guides
- Guide tour through Bautzen
- Entrance treasury from cloister St. Marienstern
- Entrance saurian park Kleinwelka
- Two hours row

6 days (March – October), ex 315,00 EUR apiece
Booking number Rad/03/08