Radial tour in the World Heritage Region | Stage 3: Oranienbaum - Goitzsche/Bitterfeld

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Description

The World Heritage region of Anhalt-Dessau-Wittenberg awaits you with a wide variety of experiences. In addition to world-famous parks, attractions such as the UNESCO Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve and monuments of industrial culture invite you to visit. Each day of the bike tour will surprise you.

The first days are characterized by castles and magnificent parks in the UNESCO Garden Realm Dessau-Wörlitz, created by a visionary of his time, Prince Leopold III. Friedrich Franz of Anhalt-Dessau. The journey continues through Ferropolis – the city of iron –, the Goitzsche lake region, and the Altjeßnitz estate park, featuring Germanys largest and oldest baroque maze, back to Dessau.

Services:

- 5 nights in good mid-range hotels with breakfast

- Luggage transfer

- World Heritage Card for 3 days

- Ferropolis entrance

- one tour package per room

- 7-day service hotline

Notes: The World Heritage Card can be used on three freely selectable days within the validity period. You can experience 13 UNESCO World Heritage sites free of charge and use over 80 other services in art, culture, nature, and leisure.

Optional additional services: Rental bike (touring bike/e-bike)

Note:

Booking exclusively through Elbe Rad Touristik GmbH. The Gartenträume e. V. is neither the organizer nor the intermediary of this offer.

Booking:

Elbe Rad Touristik GmbH | Gerhart-Hauptmann-Str. 2 | 39108 Magdeburg

Phone: 0391 /7330 334

Fax: 0391 / 7330 335

info@elbe-rad-touristik.de | www.elbe-rad-touristik.de

Prices:

Price per person in a double room: €463.00

Single room surcharge: €146.00

5% discount for group bookings (7-12 participants)

Directions

Oranienbaum – Ferropolis – Goitzsche/Bitterfeld (approx. 43 km)

On the R1 route, you cycle towards Gräfenhainichen until you reach the City of Steel – Ferropolis. Five heavy excavator giants - each with its own history - are presented on a peninsula in the middle of the created Gremminer Lake, covering the desert of a former open-pit mine. From Ferropolis, continue on the COAL | STEAM | LIGHT bike route past the Zschornewitz power plant - a monument of industrial history, through which you will ride through the factory settlement. Until you reach your destination for today - the Goitzsche - you will pass, among others, the Baroque church of Burgkemnitz, the Muldestausee, the book village of Mühlbeck, and the Bernsteinsee. The Great Goitzsche Lake emerged from the former lignite open-pit mine Goitzsche and is now one of the most popular recreational areas in Saxony-Anhalt. A level tower with a sea bridge was built, among other things. The walk across the 200-meter-long sea bridge and the climb up the 26-meter-high tower are rewarded with a fantastic view of the entire region.

 Some World Heritage Card benefits:

Environmental and Nature Conservation Center HAUS AM SEE Schlaitz: Free entry to the exhibition

Book Village Mühlbeck-Friedersdorf: Book voucher worth €15

Wakepark at the Goitzsche: Free wakeboarding or stand-up paddling

Safety instructions

This trip is not suitable for people with limited mobility. As a traveler, you are generally responsible for ensuring that you are physically capable of meeting the requirements of an active trip (e.g., physical activity for several hours).

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival in Dessau

Today, you will travel on your own to the Bauhaus city of Dessau-Roßlau. If time allows, you can visit Mosigkau Rococo Palace as the first stop on your Garden Dreams Tour today. It is located about 10 km before the city gates and can be reached via the Fürst-Franz Weg. The palace and garden complex are among the last largely preserved Rococo ensembles in Central Germany.

Day 2: Dessau - Oranienbaum (approx. 21 km)

You leave the Bauhaus city of Dessau – Rosslau in a northern direction on the Mulde Cycle Path. At the Jagdbrücke, you will join the Elbe Cycle Path/Fürst-Franz Weg, which you will follow towards Vockerode. After about 8 km, you will reach Vockerode. Leave the Elbe Cycle Path and cycle on the Europe Cycle Path R1 via the Bieberfrei facilities at Auenhaus to Oranienbaum.

Day 3: Oranienbaum - Wörlitz and back (approx. 8 km each way)

At the Catholic Christ the King Church, leave the R1 and cycle north to Wörlitz. Back to Oranienbaum, take the same route (alternatively, you can also take the Dessau-Wörlitz railway back).

Day 4: Oranienbaum - Ferropolis – Goitzsche/Bitterfeld (approx. 43 km)

Leave Oranienbaum on the R1 and cycle to Gremminer See. On a peninsula lies the city of iron – Ferropolis. When leaving the peninsula, you will come across the Coal/Steam/Light cycle path, which will take you past Muldestausee to the Great Goitzscher See. Passing the book village of Mühlbeck Friedersdorf, you will reach the level tower and the sea bridge.

Day 5: Goitzsche/Bitterfeld – Jessnitz – Dessau (approx. 32 km)

Cycle back on the Bernsteinpromenade (approx. 2.2 km) until you turn left onto Straße der Opfer des Faschismus. Here you will meet the Mulde Cycle Path, which will take you back to Dessau.

Day 6: Individual journey home or extension

Today, your bike tour through the garden dreams in the World Heritage region ends.

Equipment

Ideal for leisure cyclists, occasional riders &: bike groups with normal fitness. Slightly longer bike tours that require a good basic fitness level. These more dynamic bike tours take you through flat and partly hilly terrain with short but easy ascents.

Average distance per day: 21 – 43 km