In the framework of the EuroVelo 3 – Pilgrims Route project, the University of Central Lancashire has created a guide on how to encourage visitors to cycle to UNESCO cultural and heritage sites.
The 18-month COSME project aiming to develop EuroVelo 3 – Pilgrims Route came to an end last month and concluded with an instructive Final Conference in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, around the theme “Cycling and Cultural Tourism: the perfect match”. Santiago de Compostela marks the southern end …
Seven European countries, 5,400 km of cycle routes and 20 UNESCO sites. These are some of the things awaiting you along EuroVelo 3 – Pilgrims Route. For 18 months, 9 organisations from 6 of the countries worked hand in hand to further develop the route and to promote it. All of this was part of a…
From 4 -7 September 2019, the annual EUROBIKE trade show will take place in Friedrichshafen, Germany. In this year’s edition of the event, EuroVelo will join the discussions.
The latest user monitoring data from Austria shows that the popularity of EuroVelo 6 continues to rise. The figures are the latest confirmation that this section of the route – along the Austrian Danube Cycle Path – is one of the most popular cycle routes in Europe.
The EuroVelo Conference is the premier event of its class in Europe. Aiming to gather professionals from the tourism and cycling tourism sectors from around the world.
The EuroVelo 3 – Pilgrims Route Final Conference, ‘Cycling and Cultural Tourism: the perfect Match’, took place on 25th – 26th September 2019 in Santiago de Compostela (Spain).
New data from France shows that more cyclists are using the eight EuroVelo routes that cross the country than ever before.
The EuroVelo Media Pack comprises EuroVelo’s two primary communication and promotional tools: the EuroVelo Overview Map and the EuroVelo.com website. The launch of the brand new EuroVelo.com website and the upcoming release of the new EuroVelo Overview Map provide the ideal opportunity to advertise…
On Monday 24 June representatives of the National EuroVelo Coordination Centres and Coordinators’ (NECC/Cs) met in Dublin, Ireland to present best practices, exchange experiences and agree on some significant steps to continue the successful development of EuroVelo across the continent.
The website www.EuroVelo.com is the main cycle tourism web portal in Europe, with more than 5 million page views, 1 million new unique visitors in 2018 and an annual average growth of 20%. It is jam-packed with ideas and suggestions relating to cycling tourism in all European countries and each Eur…
The 30th anniversary of the fall of the Iron Curtain was commemorated by Czech and Austrian partners with an international bicycle ride on 8-11 May 2019. The event was organised by Czech National EuroVelo Coordinator, Partnerství o.p., in collaboration with Weinviertel Tourism. The partners cycled …
The 2019 National EuroVelo Coordination Centres and Coordinators Meeting took place in Dublin, Ireland, on June 24th 2019, just before the Velo-city Dublin.
The cycling world will be heading to Dublin for Velo-city 2019 on 25-28 June. EuroVelo will be there to present the latest developments in cycling tourism, including best practices from all over Europe and the launch of the brand-new EuroVelo web platform!
On April 23rd – 24th 2019, project partners from the EuroVelo 3 – Pilgrims Route COSME project met in the small Danish town of Vejle to plan upcoming activities of the project.
The MEDCYCLETOUR project partners met in Zadar, Croatia on 4-5 April 2019 for their 5th Steering Committee meeting. It was an opportunity for the partners to share the improvements being made along their sections of EuroVelo 8 – Mediterranean Route, particularly regarding promotion and marketing.
Following a seven-month application process, EuroVelo 13 – Iron Curtain Trail has joined the list of 38 Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe. This is the first time that an entire EuroVelo route has been recognised in this way!
The Changing Gear Workshop took place at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Jelling in Denmark on 25 April 2019. This unique event looked at how cycling tourism can benefit cultural heritage. Various people involved in cultural heritage site management attended this free event.
Over 20 people of 11 different nationalities met in Jelling, Denmark on 25 April 2019 to participate in a workshop about promoting access to cultural and heritage sites by bicycle. Organised in the frame of the ongoing EuroVelo 3 – Pilgrims Route project, co-funded by the COSME Programme of the Eur…
A critical spot on the southern stretch of EuroVelo 6 – Atlantic-Black Sea east of Melk, Austria, has been improved, our National EuroVelo Coordinator in Austria, Radlobby, reports.
On 6-10 March, the EuroVelo team returned once again to the Messe Berlin exhibition grounds for the 2019 edition of ITB Berlin, the world’s leading travel trade show. This year was busier than normal: in addition to coordinating the Cycling Tourism Day and presenting the annual EuroVelo awards, we …
The German Cyclists’ Association ADFC again presented its Bicycle Travel Analysis at this year’s ITB Berlin, the world’s leading tourism fair. This annual analysis provides some of the best data available on cycling tourism and is based on several polls with more than 7,500 responses from German cy…
The second annual EuroVelo Cycle Tourism Awards were held at ITB Berlin 2019 on Friday 8 March. EuroVelo 6 – Atlantic-Black Sea was recognised as the ‘Most Popular EuroVelo Route’ of 2018 while, for a second year in a row, France took the honour as the ‘Most Popular Cycle Tourism Country’.
The European Cyclists´ Federation (ECF) is looking for a city/region to host the next EuroVelo Conference in 2020. The EuroVelo Conference is the premier event of its class in Europe. Aiming to gather professionals from the (cycling) tourism sectors from around the world.
EuroVelo returned to the Messe Berlin exhibition grounds for the 2019 edition of ITB Berlin, the world’s leading travel trade show, which was held on 6-10 March, 2019. In cooperation with ADFC (German National Cyclists’ Association), the ECF and EuroVelo organised a Cycling Tourism Day on Friday, 8…
The ECF is to offer a two-day training session for future EuroVelo route inspectors. The training course is to take place on 18-19 March 2019 in Brussels, Belgium. The participants will learn how to survey bicycle routes using the methodology and software provided by the ECF. This EuroVelo Route In…
In December 2018, the Mazowieckie Voivoidship adopted a new land-use plan including updated itineraries for EuroVelo 2 – Capitals Route and EuroVelo 11 – East Europe Route in the region. This is very good news for EuroVelo as it shows political recognition of the European Cycle Route Network in Pol…
European public and private tourism stakeholders gathered on 24 January 2019 in Brussels for the European Tourism Manifesto for Growth & Jobs meeting hosted by The European Travel Commission. The meeting was co-chaired by ECF Advocacy & EuroVelo Director Ádám Bodor.
In January, the Government of the Autonomous Region of Valencia unveiled plans for the development of the Valencian section of EuroVelo 8 – Mediterranean Route. Labelled by Minister Maria José Salvador as the “Mediterranean bicycle corridor”, the cycling itinerary stretches more than 500km across t…
The European Commission is organising a “Showcase Conference on Tourism” on 19 March in Brussels. The conference aims to highlight tourism projects supported by the EU under the programme for small and medium-sized enterprises (COSME) and EuroVelo has been selected among a number of COSME funded pr…