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Family Cycling Trip along the Drava Bike Route – Drava Bike (Maribor–Ptuj)

The zaDravo project achieved 3rd place in the Best EU Project 2025 competition.

For the ninth consecutive year, a Saturday bicycle train will operate during the school holidays along the Carinthian route between Maribor and Pliberk. The first ride will take place on Saturday, April 26, 2025.

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Subsequently the Dravograd-Trbonje road was reopened to all traffic for the first time a month ago after natural disaster in August last year. However, the road is now once again closed to cars. The road in question is currently open only for cyclists and pedestrians. This situation is anticipated to remain until August 15, when restoration work will begin. The remediation will take one month. During this period, the road will be closed to all traffic.

Slovenian Railways announces that due to work on the line between the stations Vuzenica - Dravograd (remediation of landslides after the recent storm), on Saturday, August 10, an alternative transport will be organized for all Saturday bicycle trains according to an adjusted timetable. The Maribor - Dravograd line will be closed between August 9 and 12, 2024.

The cycling route to Varaždin is flooded and muddy in the section that runs along the banks of the Drava River (near Pušćine).

As part of the 1st stage of the Dravograd - Radlje cycling route, there is a complete road closure on the section between Bukovje Manor and Trbonje Bridge.

For the eighth year in a row, during the school holidays, a Saturday bicycle train will run along the Koroška line (Koroška proga) between Maribor and Pliberk.

It starts with rides on Saturday 15/6 and runs every Saturday until 24/8/2024, and for holidays 27/4, 1/5, 2/5, 25/6 and 15/8/2024.

Peter Pala from Hungary, who cycled from Toblach (I) to Legrad (HR) last week, shared his experiences regarding the accessibility of the Drava cycling route - Drava Bike. He traveled the entire route on a trekking bike. In the following, we share his experiences with you in individual stages.

The heavy rains in August also had consequences on the route of the Drava cycle route - Drava Bike. At RRA Podravje - Maribor we have collected information about its accessibility for you.

The heavy rains in August also had consequences on the route of the Drava cycle route - Drava Bike. At RRA Podravje - Maribor we have collected information about its accessibility for you.

R3-705, Ruše - Puščava, by Činžat, flooding, alternating one-way traffic, road cleaning.

Due to the heavy rains that swept over Slovenia, many watercourses rose extremely quickly and flooded a considerable part of Slovenia. Many places are inaccessible, road and public transport is obstructed. The weather conditions are slowly calming down, but we still urge you to act prudently and responsibly.The natural disaster did not spare even the Drava cycling route. We have collected key information for you about the accessibility of the Drava cycling route - Drava Bike.

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Due to past storms, we warn of possible flooding and landslides. Until the situation stabilizes, cycling is not recommended.

You can find essential information and recommendations regarding floods in Slovenia HERE.

Closures and diversions of the Drava cycling route in Maribor

In 2021, the Directorate of Infrastructure of the Republic of Slovenia started the reconstruction of the bridge over the Drava River between Selnica ob Drava and Ruše. During the works, the bridge will be completely closed, from May 31, 2021 to the fall of 2022. During the complete closure, pedestrians and cyclists will not be able to cross the bridge. For cyclists on the Drava cycle route, a detour is planned from the Castle of Fala along the Ruše–Puščava regional road to Ruše.

The Slovenian Infrastructure Agency (DRSI) is completing the construction of a 1.5 km long section of the Drava Cycling Route from the Municipality of Muta in the direction of the Water Park in the Municipality of Radlje ob Dravi.

The Slovenian part of the Drava Cycling Route is an increasingly attractive destination for both domestic and foreign cyclists. Under the slogan "An Experience Around Every Turn," it hides many adventures along and on the river Drava, from rafting, rowing, and swimming, to enjoying a variety of culinary delicacies, to learning about the cultural pulse of riverside towns. In the future, existing experiences under the brand Drava Bike will be joined by a new one, gold panning, which is being developed in the Municipality of Starše as part of the ZLATA DRAVA (Golden Drava) project.

The Partnership for the Drava Cycling Route, in cooperation with the Municipality of Starše, invites you to cycling along the route of the Drava Cycling Route and to the presentation of "panning for gold," as part of the GOLDEN DRAVA project, carried out in the Municipality of Starše.