Basel
By plane, Basel-Freiburg-Mulhouse international airport (www.euroairport.com), or via Zurich airport
By train, services to Germany, France and Switzerland: www.sbb.ch,
www.bahn.de, www.sncf.com
By road, motorways between France, Germany and Switzerland
Conditions of the trip :
- Distance : 400 km de Silistra à Constanta
- cumulated elevation from East to West : itinerary lightly undulating from Silistra to Cernavoda (+350 m of slope, similar distance of way down), completely flat afterwards.
- difficulty : medium for adults and adolescents.
- traffic : moderate on the largest part of the road.
To find more practical information and useful links about the road from Budapest to the Black Sea, visit hte website : www.donau-info.org
In general, accommodation and food are more expensive in Switzerland than in Germany.
Local tourist offices can provide addresses of accommodation providers and bicycle hire outlets.
In Switzerland, farmers belonging to the “Aventure sur la paille” organisation are listed in the “Suisse à vélo” guidebook.
Bikeline’s Bett und Bike Deutschland guide provides a list of all accommodation providers who cater for cycle tourists in Germany.
Bicycle hire outlets and bicycle repair shops can be found all along the itinerary. Addresses can be obtained from tourist offices.