2008 Netherlands (Maastricht) – Venice – Croatia full GPS track

2008 Netherlands (Maastricht) – Venice – Croatia full GPS track

If you are searching for a cycling route in Europe, try this website:
www.cyclingeurope.nl/

Or in English with less options:
http://www.cyclingeurope.nl/cycling/

We have cycled three of them, this is the GPS track from the Netherlands to Venice, Italy, only available through the Dutch version of the website it looks like, including the original GPS track:
www.cyclingeurope.nl/routes/venetie/

This is a classic route, actually, there are two different versions that go to Venice, both great to cycle; this one; originally in Dutch called ‘Onbegrensd fietsen’ put together by Paul Benjamins, and a route put together by Reitsma, which continues to Rome. See our 2010 cycling track and:
http://www.reitsmaroutes.nl/ (GPS can be downloaded)

The one presented here touches seven countries (Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy). As you can see, there are some variations to choose from. And we didn’t start in Amsterdam, but in Maastricht, close to the border with Belgium.

After reaching Venice, we bought some maps, and continues to Slovenia, to finally reach a huge camping in Croatia where we had some friends staying, close to Porec:
www.camping-adriatic.com/lanterna-camp-porec (don’t go here, it’s too large after your relaxed cycling holiday)

A few notes:
*Looks like around 80 km’s is missing in Belgium; but it’s easy to find your way there
*There is a train in the alps that we took (I think there is no other route here), a car-train, easy to put your bike on
*Our journey from Venice to Porec might not be the most logical one; you might want to try to combine this with the existing route I just found here: www.cyclingeurope.nl/routes/salzburg-venetie/
*Just before the border with Croatia, we were stuck in the hills, after making quite some altitude meters. The road we followed just stopped. We didn’t want to cycle back, so we decided to continue walking downhill, through some rough terrain. At the end, this wasn’t too far and didn’t take too long; you will quite quickly a road again. See the waypoint where this starts.
*The way back from to Slovenia, we took a different route and made an illegal border crossing between Croatia and Slovenia. There is a road, but it’s meant for local farmers. In Trieste we took the train to Milano, and from their back home with a night train.

Have fun!
Jeffrey and José
jmsipma2@hotmail.com