For centuries, merchants traveled along the Amber Trail from the Baltic to the Adriatic exchanging goods, ideas and cultures. Now, cyclists can get a taste of life along the ancient trade route on the bicycle tour "Budapest to Krakow on the Amber Trail." The tour covers nearly 200 miles of the new Amber Trail Greenways heritage route as it passes through Hungary, Slovakia and Poland. The tour is operated by Czech tour operator Topbicycle and offered in North America through BikeToursDirect (www.biketoursdirect.com, 877-462-2423).
Chattanooga, TN (PRWEB) April 9, 2008 -- For centuries, merchants traveled along the Amber Trail from the Baltic to the Adriatic exchanging goods, ideas and cultures. Now, cyclists can get a taste of life along the ancient trade route on the bicycle tour "Budapest to Krakow on the Amber Trail." The tour covers nearly 200 miles of the new Amber Trail Greenways heritage route as it passes through Hungary, Slovakia and Poland. The tour is operated by Czech tour operator Topbicycle and offered in North America through BikeToursDirect (www.biketoursdirect.com, 877-462-2423).
Bicycling along the Amber Trail
The tour starts just outside of Budapest in the artists' town of Szentendre. It continues along the Danube River and then up to Banska Stiavnica, an old hillside mining town. The route then crosses sections of the Carpathian Mountains with panoramic views to the Slovakian countryside and remote mountain villages. It finishes in the historic city of Krakow with its extensive, historic Old Town and former Jewish district, the Kazimierz. Along the way, cyclists visit medieval towns, remote villages, pilgrimage sites, silver and salt mines, castles and six UNESCO World Heritage Sites. They also enjoy traditional culture such as local cuisine and watching crafts and carpets being hand-made.
Self-guided tours are priced at 1250 euros ($1990 as of early April), start daily from April through October, and include eight nights lodging with breakfasts, luggage transfers, bicycle rentals with GPS, detailed maps and route information, and service hot line. Guided tours are priced at 1690 euros ($2690), start on May 19, June 21, August 20, and September 15 and 22 and add support van with driver, ride-along guide, dinners, wine-tastings, picnics and many tours and admissions. BikeToursDirect founder Jim Johnson will be joining the September 22 tour.
Further information on this tour is online at http://www.biketoursdirect.com//?location=tourdetail&tid=293&cid=10.
The tour is one of more than 40 bicycle tours in Central and Eastern Europe -- including 11 in the Czech Republic, 10 in Hungary and seven in Poland -- offered through Tennessee-based BikeToursDirect.
BikeToursDirect represents nearly 40 Europe-based bicycle tour companies and handles all aspects of the booking process. At present, the company offers more than 200 guided and self-guided cycling programs in 30 countries through its website at www.biketoursdirect.com; tel. (877) 462-2423 or (423) 756-8907; email: info @ biketoursdirect.com.
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