The Danube Cycleway Volume 2. Mike Wells
THE DANUBE CYCLEWAY
VOLUME 2: FROM BUDAPEST TO THE BLACK SEA
by Mike Wells
2 POLICE SQUARE, MILNTHORPE, CUMBRIA LA7 7PY
About the Author
Mike Wells has been a keen long-distance walker and cyclist for over 20 years. He has walked all the major British trails, the GR5 through the Alps from Lake Geneva to the Mediterranean and has explored the Italian Dolomites’ Alta Via routes. He has also walked in Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Norway and Chilean Patagonia.
Mike has cycled many routes in Britain including the C2C route across northern England and Lon Las Cymru in Wales, as well as the Camino and Ruta de la Plata to Santiago de la Compostela. He has completed an end-to-end traverse of Cuba, a circumnavigation of Iceland and a trip across Lapland to the North Cape.
Other Cicerone guides by the author
The Adlerweg
The Rhine Cycle Route
The Moselle Cycle Route
The Danube Cycleway Volume 1
© Mike Wells 2016
First edition 2016
ISBN: 978 1 85284 723 4
Printed by KHL Printing, Singapore
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
All photographs are by the author unless otherwise stated.
Contains OpenStreetMap.org data © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA. NASA relief data courtesy of ESRI
Acknowledgements
My thanks to Alessandro and Dragana at Dunavski Plićak cyclists’ guest house for advice on local accommodation in Serbia.
Updates to this Guide
While every effort is made by our authors to ensure the accuracy of guidebooks as they go to print, changes can occur during the lifetime of an edition. Any updates that we know of for this guide will be on the Cicerone website (www.cicerone.co.uk/723/updates), so please check before planning your trip. We also advise that you check information about such things as transport, accommodation and shops locally. Even rights of way can be altered over time. We are always grateful for information about any discrepancies between a guidebook and the facts on the ground, sent by email to [email protected] or by post to Cicerone, 2 Police Square, Milnthorpe LA7 7PY, United Kingdom.
Front cover: The Iron Gates gorges between Veliki Kazan and Mali Kazan (Stage 16)
CONTENTS
Safety and emergencies
About this guide
Stage 1 Budapest to Ráckeve
Stage 2 Ráckeve to Solt
Stage 3 Solt to Kalocsa
Stage 4 Kalocsa to Baja
Stage 5 Baja to Mohács
Croatia
Stage 6 Mohács to Osijek
Stage 7 Osijek to Vukovar
Stage 8 Vukovar to Bačka Palanka
Serbia
Stage 9 Bačka Palanka to Novi Sad
Stage 10 Novi Sad to Novi Slankamen
Stage 11 Novi Slankamen to Belgrade
Stage 12 Belgrade to Kovin
Stage 13 Kovin to Stara Palanka
Stage 14 Stara Palanka to Golubac
Stage 15 Golubac to Donji Milanovac
Stage 16 Donji Milanovac to Drobeta-Turnu Severin
Romania
Stage 17 Drobeta-Turnu Severin to Gruia
Stage 18 Gruia to Calafat
Stage 19 Calafat to Bechet
Stage 20 Bechet to Corabia
Stage 21 Corabia to Turnu Măgurele
Stage 22 Turnu Măgurele to Zimnicea
Stage 23 Zimnicea to Giurgiu
Stage 24 Giurgiu to Olteniţa
Stage 25 Olteniţa to Călăraşi
Stage 26 Călăraşi to Ion Corvin
Stage 27 Ion Corvin to Cernavodă
Stage 28 Cernavodă to Hârşova
Stage 29 Hârşova to Măcin
Stage 30 Măcin to Galaţi
Excursion 1 Galaţi to Giurgiuleşti (Moldova) and Reni (Ukraine)
Stage 31 Galaţi to Isaccea
Stage 32 Isaccea