News and warnings

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.

You are invited to an enjoyable cycling weekend on the Drava Cycling Route. We will cycle the first two stages of the route between Dravograd, Radlje ob Dravi and Maribor. We are looking forward to a weekend full of adventures and enjoyment.

The summer cycling train will drive on Saturdays on the Koroška route on the Maribor - Dravograd route starting on June 27^th, 2020.

Cyclists from Slovenia and abroad have been able to cycle along the Drava Cycling Route for some time now, which is already fully marked; in recent years, many construction works have been carried out to complete the cycle route as quickly as possible.

At the beginning of May, the Municipality of Ormož re-arranged a 3 km long macadam part of the Drava Cycling Route along the HPP Formin canal.

Before the cycling season, the Municipality of Hajdina re-arranged a part of the macadam section of the Drava Cycling Route in Slovenja vas. The Maribor - Ptuj stage along the right bank of the river Drava thus has a well-arranged macadam base.

In order to ensure the best possible arrangement of signalization on the Drava Cycling Route, the Slovenian Infrastructure Agency (DRSI), before the start of the cycling season, installed supplementary signs on the Maribor - Ptuj route and repaired all orientation signboards damaged during the winter.

The Assembly of the Partnership for the Drava Cycling Route was held on Monday, January 27^th, 2020, on the beautiful premises of the Bukovje Manor in Dravograd.

We would like to point out that immediately after the Slovenian border, when the Drava Cycling Route leads towards beautiful sand dunes, the route is very rough and filled with gravel.

We present you the joint advertising brochure for the entire 510 km of the marked Drava cycling route.

The Slovenian Railways report that the railway line through Carinthia (Koroška) on the section Vuhred – Vuzenica is open again.

In Muta, the construction of a bicycle underpass started on the new section of the Drava cycle path. The investor is the Slovenian Infrastructure Agency. When the underpass is finished, the cyclists will be safely guided under the busy state road.

In the municipality of Radlje ob Dravi, between Zg. Vižinga and the Water park, the construction of the new 1,5 km long section of the Drava cycling route has begun, with the Slovenian Infrastructure Agency as the investor.

Due to the construction of the Ormož border crossing, road closures at the border crossing are planned until September 20, 2019. Take note of the detour for motor vehicles.

The Municipality of Ruše concludes the construction of the largest bridging object on the Drava cycling route between Ruše and Bistrica ob Dravi. The cycling route on this section is scheduled to be completed by June 30, 2019.

We are looking forward to it!

This year, the fourth Drava Festival will take place from May 18th to July 14th, 2019. This year’s festival will also be a conglomerate of unified experiences promoting educational and environmental as well as recreational and tourist eventsa long the river Drava.

In 2019, the summer cycling train will drive twice a day on Saturdays between June 22 and August 31, as well as during the holidays on May 1 and 2, June 25 and August 15.

The Municipality of Ruše concludes the construction of the largest bridging object on the 6 km long Drava cycling route between Ruše and Limbuš, with the Slovenian Infrastructure Agency as the investor.

Zakaj se ne bi na kolesarski spektakel leta v Mariboru odpeljali kar s kolesom in to po Dravski kolesarski poti!

27. in 28. aprila bo Maribor prizorišče največjih in najprestižnejših tekmovanj v svetu gorskega kolesarstva. Maribor bo gostil otvoritvena tekmovanja serije svetovnega pokala Mercedes Benz UCI Moutain Bike World Cup 2019.