Good Impact Cycling on EuroVelo 13 – Iron Curtain Trail

Extending for more than 10,000 km, EuroVelo 13 – Iron Curtain Trail is one of the longest long-distance cycling routes in Europe. But it is much more than that: its mission – to connect countries and people on both sides of the former Iron Curtain through cycling tourism – makes it one of the most meaningful routes, especially in today’s world.

You can now go on holiday on selected sections of EuroVelo 13 – Iron Curtain Trail with Good Impact Cycling packages, designed to provide you with a safe and, above all, sustainable cycling experience. All these is made possible by the ICTr-CE project, co-funded by the Interreg Central Europe programme by the European Commission.

Good Impact Cycling

Good Impact Cycling offers carefully designed cycling packages that create unforgettable impressions of nature, culture, and local communities along the route. At the same time, for the first time, the impact of your journey – both positive and negative – is transparently measured. This is done through your personal sustainability score, which includes your carbon footprint as well as the social and economic effects of your trip, calculated using the innovative Impact Measurement System.

Good Impact Cycling follows the principles of regenerative tourism, going beyond sustainability. The goal is not only to protect destinations, but to actively improve and strengthen them. To achieve this, the gap between the “ideal cycling trip” and your actual journey is closed through a clearly calculated sustainability contribution. This contribution is always shown separately, but is already included in the total travel price.

Good Impact Program

Your contribution goes directly into the Good Impact Program, which supports carefully selected environmental and social projects along EuroVelo 13 – Iron Curtain Trail. Step by step, the regions along this fascinating long-distance route are strengthened both ecologically and socially and developed into a flagship destination for regenerative cycling tourism.

The Good Impact Program is managed by the EuroVelo 13 Partnership. On the official page of EuroVelo 13, you will be regularly informed about the projects being supported.

EuroVelo 13 – Iron Curtain Trail Official Booking Centers

have been established for two sections of EuroVelo 13 – Iron Curtain Trail.

They are managed by experienced, inspiring specialist tour operators with deep regional expertise, specifically trained for this task. When you book your cycling trip through one of the Official Booking Centers, you are sure that you are travelling in a particularly sustainable, safe and well-supported way.

Good Impact Cycling opens up unique opportunities for an experience-driven and highly sustainable cycling journey along EuroVelo 13 – Iron Curtain Trail. You will not only enjoy unforgettable experiences along the former Iron Curtain, but also the good feeling of actively contributing to the ecological and social development of these beautiful border regions, once divided by the Iron Curtain.

With the Good Impact Programme and the dedicated Official Booking Centers, the region takes care of you while you take care of the region.

Explore the dedicated and certified tour packages: on the revamped tour packages page on EuroVelo.com, filter the tours by ‘certified’. You will see a varied offer of tours to choose from with the label ‘Good Impact Cycling’.