Cycling from Pirna to the Bastei Bridge

31.30 km long

Round trip

Difficulty: medium

Condition: medium

Great panorama

Cycling

Radfahrer auf der Stadtbrücke in Pirna — CC-BY | Maximilian Semsch, Elberadweg

Elberadweg in Pirna Oberposta — CC-BY | Maximilian Semsch, Elberadweg

Blick von der Burgruine auf Stadt Wehlen — CC-BY | Maximilian Semsch, Elberadweg

2:30 h
31.30 km
241 m
241 m
114 m
316 m
202 m
Start: Pirna railway station
Destination: Pirna railway station

Cycle tour from Pirna to the Bastei - this circular cycle tour first takes us directly to the Bastei and along some insider tips back to the Canaletto town.

Pirna train station - Copitz - Elbe cycle path - Stadt Wehlen - National Park route - Bastei - Lohmen - Dorf Wehlen - Herrenleite - Mockethal - Pirna train station

Pavements

Street

Asphalt

Gravel

Best to visit

suitable

Depends on weather

Directions

From the railway station, we cycle to the other side of the road and use the cycle path over the city bridge to cross the Elbe. Shortly afterwards, we turn right and follow the Elbe cycle path to Stadt Wehlen. Here we turn left uphill just before the market square and shortly afterwards turn right into Wehlener Grund. The path is part of the official national park cycle routes. After a few relaxed kilometres on the Elbe cycle path, the route now climbs steadily uphill, the surface is only asphalted at the beginning and then loose. After four kilometres of climbing, we arrive at Basteistraße and cycle to the Bastei Hotel, where we lock up our bikes to walk to the Bastei Bridge and the various viewpoints and soak up the views.

After enough landscape and rocky flashes, it's back to the bike. If you want, you can cycle back the same way. We opt for an alternative and cycle the entire Bastei road to the large car park. To avoid the car traffic, we leave the road here and cycle parallel along the Neuweg. We cross Lohmen and cycle along the Sandweg and then Wehlener Straße to Dorf Wehlen. A detour to the Fiedler dairy farm allows us to top up our provisions at the cheese and milk vending machines.

We leave the village straight away and drive between fields in the direction of Herrenleite. Sandstone is quarried here. Especially in summer, it is pleasantly cool here in the forest parallel to the Kratzbach stream. We pass the Herrenleite light railway museum, which is open on Saturdays during the season. We roll back down to the Elbe via Mockethal and back to Pirna.

Tour information

Loop Road
Stop at an Inn

Directions & Parking facilities

Park and Ride Pirna railway station

Parking in Pirna

Arrival and departure:

S-Bahn S1 (Meißen - Schöna) to Pirna station
S-Bahn S2 (Dresden Airport - Pirna) to Pirna station
RB 71 (Pirna - Neustadt - Sebnitz) to Pirna station or Pirna Copitz

Author

Heike Grunow / Tourismusverband Sächsische Schweiz e.V.

Organization

Tourismusverband Sächsische Schweiz

Website

License (master data)

Heike Grunow / Tourismusverband Sächsische Schweiz e.V.

Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

A stop at the Herrenleite Light Railway Museum - here you will find the vehicle collection of the Dresden Historical Light Railway with more than 90 locomotives and over 340 light railway carriages from the GDR era.

Open every Saturday between the end of April and October.

Safety guidelines

Please stay on the marked national park route between Stadt Wehlen and Bastei and do not leave the core zone.

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