Cycling tours around Uzhhorod: creative and mobile bike rides
Cycling tours
This is the best choice for those who wish to see the ancient city in all its beauty and grandeur. In Uzhhorod, cycling culture began to develop actively over the last five years. The main catalyst for this development was the Night Ride movement. It brought local cyclists together and quite quickly restored the bicycle’s popularity as a means of transport. It became fashionable to get around the city by bike, especially among young people.
Cycling tours: routes and landmarks
It all began in 2010, when a group of people came together around the idea of pleasant, creative and active leisure. But over time this grew into something more. Today practically every resident of Uzhhorod has a bicycle at home. And several thousand cyclists gather for the night rides each time.
Thanks to the explosive growth in the popularity of cycling, Uzhhorod itself began to change too. The local cycling infrastructure is developing. Bike parking spaces and cycle lanes are appearing, cycling schools are opening and bike rental services are offered. Drivers are beginning to perceive cyclists as full participants in road traffic, and even the first bike café has appeared, which constantly circulates around the central part of the city.
The local authorities are increasingly beginning to listen to the needs of cyclists and take their interests into account. Working meetings and round tables on the topic of Uzhhorod’s cycling infrastructure are held regularly, and a programme for its development up to 2020 has even been drawn up.
And this year, with the support of the European Union, a tourist cycling centre has opened in Uzhhorod. Here there are bicycles and equipment that can be rented. You can also get help in planning your travel route and choosing cycling tours.
The advantages of a cycling tour
The main advantage of a cycling tour is mobility. Thanks to the bicycle you will spend less time on the road and be able to see more interesting places and enjoy them. You won’t be held up by rush-hour traffic jams, you won’t need to constantly look for transport if you want to head beyond the central part of the old town, and of course 
Usually, cycling tours start in the centre of the old town at the beginning of the longest linden alley in Europe, by the oldest ash tree in Uzhhorod, the Masaryk ash. Next you will be offered various directions to travel, and the most popular route allows you to see the ancient thousand-year-old city in all its beauty.
During the cycling tour you will be offered to:
- look over the Czech quarters, which are also called the Great and Little Galagov,
- see the monument to the first president of Carpathian Ukraine, a state that existed for only one day,
- visit the incredible Greek Catholic Cathedral,
- the legendary fortress - Uzhhorod Castle and the «Stare Selo» open-air museum (skansen).
Along the way you will make a pit stop to drink aromatic Transcarpathian coffee with sweets from Ukraine’s most famous confectioner, Valentyn Shtefanio, whose sweet masterpieces amaze more and more people every year.
Then, moving along the city’s old Korzo street, you will reach the central square of the city, Teatralna, from where the streets radiate out into every corner of Uzhhorod, and you will head to the most colourful establishment in Transcarpathia - the «Detsa u Notarya» museum-tavern. Here you will be able to enjoy delicious, distinctive, authentic Transcarpathian cuisine, taste local wine and see very original Transcarpathian exhibits.
You can take a ride around Uzhhorod on a bicycle (Cycling tours) during an exclusive, exciting and interesting cycling journey with the company Pro Karpaty.
