Danube routes (EV6)
THE EUROVELO NETWORK OF CYCLING ROUTES IN CROATIA
Croatia is integrated into the EuroVelo network of cycling routes that connect the entire European continent. The network consists of marked routes throughout Europe which can be used by tourists on excursions and multi-day trips, as well as by locals who cycle the shorter sections of the EuroVelo routes during their day-to-day activities or on cycling trips. EuroVelo currently comprises of 17 routes totaling over 90,000km.
The 150 km long Danube Route (EV6) passes through the northeast part of Croatia following the flow of the River Danube.
It enters Croatia from the Hungarian the town of Mohács at the border crossing of Duboševica. It continues to Baranja through the towns of Draž, Batina (on the Danube with the memorial complex of the Batina Battle and accommodation), Zmajevac (with a road of wine cellars known as surduk), and Suza (cycling campsite), where it turns left towards the Kopački Rit Nature park. Travelling by bike is a nice way to visit attractions such as Tikveš castle, the Zlatna Greda eco centre and hostel, the visitor reception centre in Kopačevo and the campsite and rural tourism facilities in Kopačevo and Bilje. Using the local road, the route leads to the area of the nature park through the places of Mirkovac, Sokolovac, Kozjak and Podunavlje, all the way to picturesque Kopačevo.
Vukovar
Also passing down this cycling route is the Osijek – Sombor Pannonian Peace Trail (75 km).
From Kopačevo the route passes through Bilje (alongside the castle of Eugene of Savoy and the bike-friendly accommodation) to the city of Osijek (on the Drava with its baroque fortress, museums, galleries, parks, accommodation, zoo, ferry – Kompa on the Drava, plus the beach – the Copacabana Recreation Centre). It continues through Nemetin and Sarvaš to Aljmaš – the mouth of the Drava into the Danube (a pilgrimage centre with the shrine to Our Lady of Shelter and accommodation) and further on through the village of Erdut (with its famous vineyard, wine road, fortress above the Danube and accommodation) and Dalj (on the Danube with the birth house of Milutin Milaković, the scientist, astronomer and geophysicist of global repute). Through Borovo the route comes to the town of Vukovar (on the Danube, “the town of heroes” with the Vučedol Culture Museum, the Eltz castle, the Adica picnic site, the sandy island and beach of Vukovar Ada and the memorials of the Homeland War). The EV6 continues through Sotin, Opatovac (accommodation), Šarengrad (picnic site on the Danube) and comes to Ilok (the fortified town on the Danube with a museum in the Odescalchi castle, the Ilok wine cellar and vineyards of Principovac with accommodation) where it leaves Croatia.
More information about EuroVelo 6 route in Croatia is available on https://en.eurovelo.com/ev6/croatia
