Need a scenic 2 day Pilsen (CZ) to Calais route in Germany

Need a scenic 2 day Pilsen (CZ) to Calais route in Germany

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creampuff

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6,511 posts

149 months

Thursday 4th August 2022
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Need to bike from Pilsen (in Czech Republic near the German border) to Calais over two days. I'm ok with long rides and a direct motorway trip would be about 1000km/10 hours, which is easily ok for me to do in 1 day. So since I have two days, I can take a scenic route.

Have looked at German road trip routes, but most of these are north-south routes or circle routes, so not really suitable for travelling east to west.

Any idea of a good east to west route from Czech Republic to Calais?

Preferably some great roads where the road is the entertainment, rather than boring roads with lots of stops at tourist attractions.

Edited by creampuff on Thursday 4th August 23:39

black-k1

12,135 posts

235 months

Friday 5th August 2022
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Look at the map here

https://www.bestbikingroads.com/motorcycle-roads/c...

select some routes and play join the dots. biggrin

Marquezs Stabilisers

1,513 posts

67 months

Friday 5th August 2022
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black-k1 said:
Look at the map here

https://www.bestbikingroads.com/motorcycle-roads/c...

select some routes and play join the dots. biggrin
As a caveat to that, make sure you pick routes that have been put in by British bikers. They will be interesting and have the potential for speed.

I had a really terribly long and somewhat dull ride from Heidelberg to Luxembourg once as one of the routes I followed had been done by a German on a Harley. 50 kph through lots of villages - I'd have been better just battering up the Autobahn.

creampuff

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6,511 posts

149 months

Friday 5th August 2022
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I’m not convinced about Bestbikingroads I’ve had a few crap rides following the routes on that website. The star rating is not accurate at all; only a handful of ratings so 3* or 5* could mean anything.

black-k1

12,135 posts

235 months

Saturday 6th August 2022
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I know what you mean. One mans 3 stars is another mans 5 stars and the roads that suit one type of bike don't necessarily work well for a different type of bike. Also, an average road in an area may have 5 stars for no reason other than all the alternatives are totally crap.

I use bestbikingroads alongside Google maps. If there appears to be a better alternative then I may well choose that but there aren't many other ways to try and plan a route on good roads in areas you have no local knowledge of.