News and warnings

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.

The first international meeting of Slovenian and Croatian stakeholders in the Drava River area, which took place on Thursday, November 8th, 2018, at the Kulturni dom (Cultural Centre) in Miklavž na Dravskem polju.

The Partnership for the Drava Cycling Route, in cooperation with the Initiative for Drava, is organizing an international event titled "DRAVA AS AN OPPORTUNITY", which aims to connect organizations and individuals, who are working in the area of sustainable tourism development and Drava River preservation in Slovenia and Croatia.

On World Tourism Day, which is celebrated this year in the European Week of Sport, we will cycle along the Drava Cycling Route. We will meet on Thursday, September 27th, 2018 at 11 am in front of the Old Vine House in Lent, Maribor.

In the municipality of Muta, in August 2018, the construction of a 1.5 km long section of the Drava Cycling Route between Spodnja Muta and Tuš and the connection to the Vuzenica bridge began. The main investor of the project is the Slovenian Infrastructure Agency (DRSI).

In cooperation with the Slovenian Infrastructure Agency (DRSI), the Podvelka Municipality in August 2018 rearranged 900 m of separated paved cycling route in Brezno. This section is a new planned part of the Drava Cycling Route, which will take place directly along the Drava River.