Do you like cycling? Do you like travel? Have you ever imagined doing both?
Now It's much easier because Eurovelo has connected 15 long distance cycle routes across Europe. The routes can be used by cycle tourists as well as by local people making daily journeys. This large network will only be completed by 2020.
Definitions
EuroVelo aim to have the entire network completed by 2020 but not all sections are ready just yet. EuroVelo have therefore tried to show on the maps on their website the conditions that you are likely to experience when out and about. Three different categories have been used and are shown on the maps on website:
Realised – Sections over 50 km in length that have (at least) national signposting in place and detailed route descriptions are available online
Non-realised – Proposed sections that either are not signed yet and/or have no detailed information available at present and/or the route currently contains some very problematic sections (e.g. stretches on public highways with high levels of traffic)
Planned – Purely hypothetical routes between two points.
In general EuroVelo advise you to use touring or trekking bikes for all kind of routes. Because even realised sections for instance can cross environmental protected areas, which are unsuitable for road bikes.
Of course, this network of National EuroVelo Coordination Centres and Coordinators are working on improvements all the time, so you may now find that signage has been installed along certain sections; information is available online or solutions have been found to the problematic sections. Keep checking their website for the latest situation along each route.
Follow the EuroVelo signs
In more and more locations around the European cycle route network, official EuroVelo signage is being installed to make your journey even easier. Just look out for the distinctive EuroVelo signs, which can be incorporated in several different ways. You can now follow the EuroVelo signs in parts of Austria, France, Hungary, Slovakia, Switzerland and the UK to name just some of the countries that have introduced them.
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