Europe and Eurovelo

So i had heard that there were already European cycle routs, i didnt however realise just how vast they were.

“EuroVelo is made up of 12 routes, totalling over 66,000 km, of which about 45,000 km is already in place. The EuroVelo routes are made up of existing and planned cycle routes at regional and national level, selected according to published criteria (see the EuroVelo Guidelines for Implementation/ Route principles for further details). A signposting system for EuroVelo routes has been developed (see the Manual Signalization for EuroVelo routes for details).”

Of the 12 routes, i have dicovered that Eurovelo 6 passes through pretty much every Country i want to visit plus a couple of new ones!

Eurovelo 6

The great thingabout the Eurovelo cycle route is that it has to hit a certain criteria, and because of this there are certain things you can expect. For a route to be part of EuroVelo it must:

• have no gradient above 6%
• be wide enough for two cyclists
• have an average of no more than 1,000 motorised vehicles a day
• be sealed for 80% of its length
• be open 365 days a year, have provision points every 30 km (19 mi), accommodation every 50 km (31 mi), and public transport every 150 km