Cycling with children from Bratislava to Budapest, following Eurovelo 6 and Danube

Take a map

Eurovelo 6 from Bratisalava to Butapest is prepared but, but not 100%. There are parts of the road that lead on the usual roads with cars traffic. Also the signs are not always on the place, so be sure to take good map or download some gpx before. You can also use ours (althought small part is missing):

Level

The terrain is nearly flat all the time and therefor it is perfect to cycle with kids. The youngest participant from our group that cycled on his own was 5 years old! We did around 30 km per day, with maximum of 50 km per day.

Attractions

There are lots of attractions on the way. Beautiful cities: Budapest, Bratislava, Komarno, Eszegrom...Druging the first night we stayed in the camping in Čunovo with lot of water sports attractions including rafting and surfing. In Komarno and Štúrovo are thermal baths of a great smell and taste. We have eaten lot of Langos - local specialties, Bryndzove Halusky in Slovakia and many fruits and vegetables cooked on our one, that we bought from local people. Hungary is a free country, you can sleep on the beach and have a fire place there. Great atmosphere. People are very nice and friendly. Only sometimes it is hard to communicate. It is good to learn a few Hungarian words before.

Start in Bratislava, on the bridge through the Danube

Beach at the Danube

Most of the campings have a smaller or bigger swimming pool

Komarno, Europa square

Štúrovo, thermal bath

Camping at the beach

In beautiful Budapest

Beaches in Poland: just beautiful!

Along all the polish coastline you can enjoy the clean, soft sand, the dunes full of green, sunsets and in the summer lots of tasty food. Perfect holidays with kids how can jump on waves, build from sand, play and eats gofry - one of local sweet specialties. You can not expect everywhere such a beautiful beaches in Finland or in Latvia.

Ferrata on Nonnenfelsen: Nonnensteig

You do not have to go to Alps to give a try to rock climbing via ferrata. In Zittau Mountains gives more of via ferrata secured paths. Ferrata on Nonnenfelsen is one of them. As other, is short ( about 30-40 minutes of climbing) but interesting and gives the real feeling of the contact with rocks. Rocks in Zittau Montains are quite porous and therefore easy and nice to climb. On the top leads also usual walking path so non-climbing members of the trip have a fun too. Ferrata is suitable for beginners. Our 7 years old son made it and had fun.

Nonnensteig from distance.

Beginning on Nonnensteig

Bridge on Nonnensteig

A second bridge at the end...

Tripoint: Czech - Polish - German

At the foot of the mountains, at the joining of two streams, among meadows and forests...there is a tripoint: Czech - Polish - German. Nice place for the walk and breath of history.

Polish and Czech side are connected by the bridge, to Germany you have to go throughout the river, or walk to Bogatynia along the river to the first bridge (1-2km).

At this symbolic place, every year there are popular celebrations, the Ecumenical Worship, in June the villa of Nisa swim here on the river and in December the inhabitants send a message in a bottle, throwing it to the water to the tripoint.

Mysterious ruins of the old temple: Ġgantija

Ġgantija are the ruins of the gigantic (the name comes from the word gigantic) temple about 5500 year old! Nobody really know what people build them and what happed to them. Visiting such a UNESCO heritage objects is a perfect occasion to make kids (and adults) aware of the short horizon of the humans history that we know.

Calypso bay (Ramla Bay), Malta

Ramala Bay means in local language The Red Sandy Beach. And really the beach is different from all other in Gozo and Malta. The sand has a gold color - the color worth of nymph Calypso which lived, according to the tradition, in the cave above the beach. The nymph Calypso is known from The Odyssey by Homer. Odysseus was slaved by her for 7 year in this cave before he resumed his journey.

It lakes about 15 minutes to walk up to the hill with entrance to the cave. Calypso Cave is in fact a series of caves and, according to some, these extend right down to the sea. Unfortunately we were not allowed to enter to the cave as it is dangerous because of the geological movements. Still, it is worth to walk up to the entrance as there is beautiful view to the golden Calypso bay.

View on the bay from the walk to the cave.
Golden sand on the feet.

Dwejra: feel the power of nature

Dwejra, before also well known by the name Azure Window, is a place that used to be the symbol of Malta: stone arch. During the heavy storm in March 2017 the arch felt down to the see. But the place is still worth visiting. There are lots of picturesque rocks formations. When the see is calm (and usually it is calm) you can swim in the see near the fallen arch. And with the swimming mask you can still see the arch: next one, underwater one! Just go to the blue hole. It is also very attractive place for diving.

Rocks formation near the fallen arch, blue hole on the first plan.
What left from the Azure Window.
Swimming in blue hole.
Inland see, Dwejra